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  • explorator 24.02 (2/2)

    From david meadows@21:1/5 to All on Sun May 2 08:57:42 2021
    [continued from previous message]

    The 'birthing scene' panel of the Moab petroglyphs in Utah was vandalized (a reward is being offered):

    https://sltrib.com/news/environment/2021/04/28/prehistoric-petroglyph/ https://www.ksl.com/article/50155173/this-is-not-an-accident-well-known-moab-petroglyph-damaged-by-vandalism
    https://kutv.com/news/local/sacred-petroglyph-near-moab-defaced-with-race-messages-and-genitalia
    https://www.thespectrum.com/story/news/2021/04/28/racist-message-moab-the-birthing-scene-petroglyph-utah/4879079001/
    https://kutv.com/news/local/sacred-petroglyph-near-moab-defaced-with-race-messages-and-genitalia
    https://gearjunkie.com/news/moab-birthing-rock-vandalism?fbclid=IwAR2UdXpf6hJKtv2hvdaBzfWftcO3W6jXP80ywnbWlERRKh0rW3ctnUXlaKg
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-9518881/Racist-message-ancient-Utah-petroglyph.html
    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/another-ancient-petroglyph-panel-has-been-vandalised-in-utah
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/vandals-deface-native-american-petroglyphs-utah-racist-phrase-180977630/

    Evidence of social tensions (combined with drought?) are being linked to three 'dramatic upheavals' in Pueblo development:

    https://phys.org/news/2021-04-social-tensions-disruptions-ancient-pueblo.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/wsu-stp042121.php https://www.sciencealert.com/over-and-over-again-rising-social-tension-preceded-collapses-of-pueblo-societies
    https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/social-tensions-preceded-disruptions-in.html

    Assorted interesting artifacts from the site of Maryland's first English settlement:

    https://www.npr.org/local/305/2021/04/29/991706723/archaeologists-discover-artifacts-from-maryland-s-first-english-settlement
    https://www.thebaynet.com/articles/0421/joke-about-finding-coin-from-1634-at-st-marys-fort-becomes-reality.html
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/05/02/rare-coin-maryland-dig/ https://dcist.com/story/21/04/28/st-marys-maryland-archeological-discovery-colonizing-settlements/
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/9666-210430-maryland-colonial-artifacts

    Another possible Tulsa Race Massacre burial site will be examined:

    https://www.newsweek.com/mass-grave-discovery-might-1921-tulsa-race-massacre-1587553
    https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/post/city-says-race-massacre-mass-grave-exhumation-track-june-1-start

    A Williamstown church bell made by Paul Revere's foundry was recovered after a fire:

    https://www.wamc.org/post/bell-made-foundry-paul-revere-recovered-after-fire

    The Camp Security dig has resumed:

    https://www.eveningsun.com/videos/news/2021/04/26/see-revolutionary-war-camp-security-dig-resume-terraced-wooded-area/7389958002/
    https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2021/04/27/revolutionary-war-prisoner-war-camp-security-dig-resumes-york/7390298002/

    Interview with David Givens about Jamestown:

    https://www.wtkr.com/coast-live/recent-discoveries-at-jamestown-on-coast-live

    Archaeological finds in the Straits of Mackinac are potentially delaying/getting in the way of a pipeline project:

    https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/could-an-ancient-submerged-cultural-site-stop-enbridges-great-lakes-oil-and-gas-pipeline/Content?oid=26991598

    Feature on underwater archaeology in the Great Lakes:

    http://greatlakesecho.org/2021/04/28/how-archeologists-excavate-great-lakes-wrecks/

    More on the find of the site of Harriet Tubman's (father's) home:

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/04/archaeologists-found-the-site-of-harriet-tubmans-family-home/
    https://southernmarylandchronicle.com/2021/04/27/harriet-tubman-historic-site-discovered-at-blackwater-wildlife-refuge/

    The Hannah Duston statue in Haverhill (MA) is the focus of another 'take down' campaign:

    https://www.wamc.org/post/statue-killer-towns-debate-presentation-colonial-woman
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    CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
    Remains of a Classic Maya capital of a kingdom in Chiapas:

    http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/capital-sak-tzi-kingdom-08223.html?fbclid=IwAR2fYYB8mMQwt7WEjwvftvjwXh3gyr1eFTAODcdhDwELUSQgQbbwlIyvB6M

    An interesting 8th century Mayan tomb from El Palmar:

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/over-top-mayan-tomb-reveals-090150619.html

    Remains of a 200 years bp (English?) shipwreck of the Caribbean coast of Mexico:

    https://www.ksdk.com/video/entertainment/buzz60/200-year-old-shipwreck-found-by-archaeologists-in-caribbean/600-51d7ec0e-2c15-460a-9683-18562fd8e69b

    Dozens of hand prints possibly associated with a Maya ritual from a cave in the Yucatan:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-latin-america-56960028 https://www.ksdk.com/video/entertainment/buzz60/200-year-old-shipwreck-found-by-archaeologists-in-caribbean/600-51d7ec0e-2c15-460a-9683-18562fd8e69b
    https://news.yahoo.com/ancient-maya-cave-reveals-mysterious-211538400.html

    LiDAR is revealing evidence of terracing and details Maya structures in the Puuc region of the Yucatan:

    https://www.livescience.com/lidar-maya-yucatan.html

    Traces of a pyramid (?) structure at Tlacochcalco:

    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/04/traces-of-pyramidal-structure-discovered-in-former-chalca-altepetl-of-tlacochcalco/138833

    Torrential rains caused a roof collapse at the Templo Mayor in Mexico City:

    https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210429-torrential-rain-collapses-roof-over-famed-aztec-temple-in-mexico
    https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/hailstorm-brings-down-roof-of-mexicos-greatest-aztec-temple
    https://elpais.com/mexico/2021-04-29/los-arqueologos-temen-por-los-otros-techos-del-templo-mayor-el-que-cubre-la-piramide-esta-a-punto-de-colapsar.html
    https://elpais.com/elpais/2021/04/29/album/1619730555_345635.html https://elpais.com/mexico/2021-04-29/una-tormenta-destruye-la-cubierta-de-un-edificio-del-templo-mayor-de-los-aztecas.html

    More on the 'embassy complex' in Tikal:

    https://www.livescience.com/teotihuacan-maya-embassy-in-tikal.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/were-these-ancient-mesoamerican-cities-friends-they-became-foes-180977509/
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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 ================================================================
    Thomas Becket's skull will be part of the British Museum's exhibition devoted to him:

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/25/thomas-beckets-skull-will-displayed-british-museum/
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2021/05/01/sacred-mysteries-afterlife-piece-beckets-cranium/
    http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/582/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/582/pub/582/page/38/article/167123
    https://aleteia.org/2021/04/27/skull-of-st-thomas-becket-to-go-on-display-at-british-museum/

    Research suggests a Holbein miniature might depict Anne of Cleves rather than Catherine Howard:

    https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/may/01/how-holbein-left-clever-clue-in-portrait-to-identify-henry-viiis-queen

    I think we've mentioned 'the worst year to be alive' suggestion before:

    https://greekreporter.com/2021/04/26/536-worst-year-ever-to-be-alive-in-history/

    The 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune is causing some reflection:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/world/europe/france-protests-yellow-vests-paris-commune.html

    On the history of the Parsee gara/sari:

    https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3130862/how-parsee-gara-or-sari-has-chinese-influences-and

    Fragments of the tapestry of the Apocalypes of Angers were found in a gallery in Paris:

    https://fr.aleteia.org/2021/04/29/des-fragments-de-la-tenture-de-lapocalypse-dangers-retrouves-a-paris/

    On 'anti-feminist' women and art history:

    https://psyche.co/ideas/what-art-history-reveals-about-the-rise-of-anti-feminist-women

    Feature on Napoleon's library:

    https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/europe-news/napoleon-bonaparte-the-bookworm-7918460

    Feature on Caravaggio:

    https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-04-26/la-historia-del-caravaggio-que-si-salio-de-espana.html

    ... and the work which is under dispute in Spain right now:

    https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-04-26/jorge-coll-se-decidira-si-se-vende-o-no-despues-de-la-investigacion-y-restauracion-del-cuadro.html
    https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-05-01/la-academia-de-san-fernando-entrego-a-perez-de-castro-el-caravaggio-porque-desconocia-su-origen.html

    Feature (review?): on the two sieges of Zaragoza by Napoleon:

    https://elpais.com/babelia/2021-04-27/zaragoza-la-ciudad-indefensa-que-derroto-al-mayor-ejercito-del-mundo.html

    When the New York Times began printing on Sundays:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/02/insider/sunday-newspapers.html

    Pondering the legacy of Alexander Graham Bell (review):

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

    Discussing Slavery at a Jane Austen Museum:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/world/europe/jane-austen-slavery-museum.html

    Pondering inherent racism in psychiatry:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/health/psychiatry-racism-black-americans.html

    Feature on the origins of writing:

    http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/where-did-writing-come-from/

    Feature on the kraken:

    https://phys.org/news/2021-04-technology-uncovering-mysteries-kraken.html

    I think we mentioned these Medici frescoes found during renovations at the Uffizi:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/construction-workers-uncover-forgotten-renaissance-era-frescoes-italys-uffizi-gallery-180977597/

    Feature on Harvard archaeology students bringing archaeology virtually to plenty of classrooms:

    https://phys.org/news/2021-04-virtually-archaeology.html

    Pondering the citron from the Ghent Altarpiece:

    https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210428-the-ghent-altarpiece-an-unlikely-fruit-meaning-original-sin

    Feature on the mutiny on the HMS Bounty:

    https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2021/04/the-real-story-behind-the-infamous-mutiny-on-the-hms-bounty

    On Hugo Kohl's efforts to preserve early American jewellery:

    https://craftsmanship.net/the-jewelry-archaeologist/

    On the relic(s) known as Jesus' foreskin:

    https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/how-jesus-foreskin-became-one-of-christianity-s-most-coveted-relics-and-then-disappeared-1.6002421

    On the history of blackface:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/blackface-older-you-think-180977618/

    On saving St Mark's Cathedral from rising waters:

    https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/venice-st-mark-s-floods

    Feature on John Milton's Areopagitica:

    https://aeon.co/essays/reading-john-miltons-areopagitica-in-the-information-age

    A long-believed fake Poussin is now considered real:

    https://gephardtdaily.com/entertainment/conservationists-say-long-believed-fake-poussin-painting-is-real/

    Review of Sarah Ruden's translation of the Gospels:

    https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/what-we-can-and-cant-learn-from-a-new-translation-of-the-gospels

    Review of Dyer, *Les Soixante-Quinze Feuillets et Autres Manuscrits Inedits* (Proust):

    https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/les-soixante-quinze-feuillets-marcel-proust-review-marion-schmid/

    Review of Tod, *Sensational: The Hidden History of America's 'Girl Stunt Reporters':

    https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-lost-legacy-of-the-girl-stunt-reporter

    An award for Sarah Parcak:

    https://www.beloitdailynews.com/news/local-news/sarah-parcak-receives-2021-roy-chapman-andrews-society-distinguished-explorer-award/article_18014f21-41ec-5fd2-914a-dd98bffce9dc.html

    More on Leonardo not being the creator of a sculpture of Flora:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-use-whale-wax-show-leonardo-da-vinci-did-not-create-sculpture-180977600/
    ================================================================
    MUSEUM MATTERS
    ================================================================
    Epic Iran:

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/ancient-army-will-guard-v-and-a-exhibition

    Colors of the Romans:

    https://www.laprensalatina.com/italy-showcases-mosaics-dating-back-to-ancient-rome/

    Nero:

    https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/19255804.colchesters-fenwick-treasure-feature-roman-emperor-exhibition/

    Matres matutae:

    https://www.ilpescara.it/eventi/mostre/imago-museum-statue-collezione-matres-matutae-capua.html

    Treasures of Akrotiri:

    https://greekreporter.com/2021/04/30/treasures-of-akrotiri-exhibit-travels-to-russia-for-first-time/

    Interesting feature on how the Getty has been cleaning up during Covid shutdown times:

    http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/inside-the-year-long-deep-clean-of-the-getty-museum/

    Feature on the new Siwa Oasis Museum:

    https://cairoscene.com/Travel/New-Siwa-Oasis-Museum-in-Shali-Fortress

    Feature on Princeton's art museum moving a 13th century stained glass window:

    https://paw.princeton.edu/article/photo-relocating-13th-century-stained-glass-new-museum

    Feature on the Museum of Lycian Civilizations:

    https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/antalya-museum-sheds-light-on-lycian-league-1st-democratic-union/news

    Faced with some major tax bills, the head of Samsung has donated a pile of are to South Korean museums:

    https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/samsung-donation-art-lee-kun-hee-1234591084/
    https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-04-29/los-herederos-de-samsung-donan-23000-piezas-de-arte-a-museos-de-corea-del-sur.html
    ================================================================
    AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ================================================================
    George Washington's first letter to a US Jewish community is coming to auction:

    https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/george-washingtons-first-letter-to-a-us-jewish-community-to-be-auctioned-666398

    ... as is a 'mourning scarf' associated with Alexander Hamilton:

    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61258

    The world's 'most valuable stamp' is on the auction block again:

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/28/worlds-most-valuable-stamp-expected-to-sell-for-up-15m-in-london

    A Sussex auction house pulled a Benin Bronze from auction:

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/auction-house-cancels-sale-of-benin-bronze-over-looting-concerns-vgpvsr9dm

    That 1794 'flowing hair' copper prototype coin fetched a nice price:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-first-dollar-coins-struck-us-mint-sells-840000-180977598/

    ================================================================
    ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
    A study of the role of DNA in brain evolution:

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210426154805.htm

    What DNA reveals about ancient diseases:

    https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/04/teeth-ancient-pathogen-dna/618700/
    https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646319/a-short-history-of-humanity-by-johannes-krause-and-thomas-trappe/

    In case you missed the excitement about DNA extracted from ancient bear feces:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-sequence-entire-genome-bear-species-without-use-fossils-180977613/

    ================================================================
    THE TECHY SIDE
    ================================================================
    Latest (really interesting) scan of a mummy revealed it not to be the expected priest but rather a woman who was seven months pregnant (!):

    https://phys.org/news/2021-04-egyptian-mummy-pregnant-woman-male.html https://www.livescience.com/pregnant-egyptian-mummy-warsaw.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/29/researchers-shocked-to-find-egyptian-mummy-was-a-pregnant-woman
    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/02/world/europe/egyptian-mummy-pregnant-warsaw.html
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56926005 https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/pregnant-mummy-revealed-scli-intl-scn/index.html
    https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-04-30/hallada-la-primera-momia-egipcia-embarazada.html
    https://www.dawn.com/news/1621187/scientists-claim-discovering-first-pregnant-egyptian-mummy
    https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/worlds-first-pregnant-egyptian-mummy-uncovered-in-warsaw-21588
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/04/first-pregnant-ancient-egyptian-mummy-revealed-by-study/138836
    https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/egyptian-mummy-found-to-be-pregnant.html
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-reveal-first-known-pregnant-egyptian-mummy-180977637/
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/9668-210430-egypt-mummy-pregnancy

    Feature on technology used in archaeology:

    https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/04/28/1022982/data-archaeology-ancient-city-grid-burial-site/

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    TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
    Coastal cities in Turkey:

    https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-cities-on-mediterranean-coast-fascinate-visitors-amid-pandemic-164258

    Paris:

    https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/jeffrey-milstein-paris-from-the-air/index.html

    India's archaeological wonders:

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/web-stories/indias-top-archaeological-wonders-from-ancient-times/photostory/82292561.cms
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    PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ================================================================
    Medea:

    https://gazette.com/arts-entertainment/uccs-students-return-to-colorado-springs-stage-with-brutal-greek-tragedy/article_d8e6eb56-a2b4-11eb-8d81-6f468f08e319.html

    Feature on Josquin des Prez:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/29/arts/music/josquin-des-prez-classical-music.html

    Classical plays are returning to the theatre in Syracuse:

    http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2021/04/28/classical-plays-return-to-siracusa-theater_2b31d2b0-f0b2-48ee-821c-2b2c4e277a9c.html

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    TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ================================================================
    A documentary on Fishbourne Roman Palace is in the works:

    https://www.chichester.co.uk/news/people/sir-tony-robinson-visits-fishbourne-roman-palace-for-new-documentary-3213742
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    CRIME BEAT
    ================================================================
    Italy was marking the recovery of over half a million (!) stolen or counterfeit works in 2020:

    https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/rome-forum-theft-tops-500000-works-recovered-by-italy.868357

    A couple were sentenced for failing to report the discovery of an Iron Age hoard of 933 gold coins from Great Baddow:

    https://www.yellowad.co.uk/couple-sentenced-over-ancient-treasure-discovery-in-great-baddow/
    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-56945507

    A Kalymnos man was arrested for possession of ancient artifacts:

    https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/04/30/kalymnos-man-arrested-artifacts/ ----------
    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 12th century reliquary stolen 30+ years ago was recovered by Italian police:

    https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/584/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/584/pub/584/page/64/article/168243

    The British Institute of Persian Studies returned tom items to Iran:

    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/460242/Tens-of-Iranian-relics-returned-home-from-British-institute

    Italy returned a pair of smuggled items to Egypt:

    https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/410270/Egypt/Politics-/Egypt-retrieves--smuggled-artefacts-from-Italy.aspx
    https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-recovers-two-smuggled-greco-roman-antiquities-from-italy/
    https://dailynewsegypt.com/2021/04/30/italy-returns-two-greco-roman-artefacts-to-egypt/
    http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2021-04/30/content_77454520.htm

    UPenn will be returning skulls from their Morton Cranial Collection to their communities for reburial:

    https://www.npr.org/2021/04/27/988972736/penn-museum-apologizes-for-unethical-possession-of-human-remains

    Germany returned a Nazi-looted painting of St Florian of Lorch to the heirs of Jewish dealer:

    https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/germany-restitutes-medieval-painting-stolen-by-nazis-to-rightful-heirs-666450

    Germany will be returning Benin Bronzes next year:

    https://www.dw.com/en/germany-to-return-looted-benin-bronzes-to-nigeria-in-2022/a-57382591
    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/arts/design/benin-bronzes-germany.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/30/germany-first-to-hand-back-benin-bronzes-looted-by-british
    https://www.npr.org/2021/04/30/992496264/germany-will-repatriate-benin-bronzes-plundered-from-africa-in-the-19th-century
    https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/germany-start-returning-benin-bronzes-2022-2021-04-30/
    https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/germany-returns-benin-bronzes-2022-declaration-1234591348/
    https://www.cnn.com/style/article/benin-bronzes-germany-restitution/index.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/major-push-museums-around-world-make-plans-repatriate-benin-bronzes-nigeria-180977519/

    Nigeria has high hopes of many returns, of course:

    http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/nigeria-gets-ready-to-receive-world-s-benin-bronzes

    ... related item on the monetary value of a Benin Bronze at Aberdeen U:

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/from-gbp750-to-gbp500-000

    More on the US returning smuggled items to Afghanistan:

    https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/04/25/afghan-relics-seized-from-smugglers-being-returned/
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    Feature on Lingwell Gate's Roman Coin Moulds Project:

    https://www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk/dirty-money-lingwell-gates-roman-coin-moulds/

    Latest e-Sylum:

    http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n17.html

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