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https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/90473/All-you-need-to-know-about-Royal-Chariots-Museum-prior

An NEH grant for the SAMA to put on a Roman Art exhibition:

https://therivardreport.com/sama-earns-100k-grant-for-show-on-art-of-ancient-rome/

Feature on a statue of Persephone at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/06/arts/gardner-goddess-underworld-rises/

The Philadelphia Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology plans to 'move' some of its collection of 1300 skuls:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-outcry-penn-museum-removes-skulls-enslaved-people-public-view-180975466/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/penn-museum-to-relocate-morton-skull.html
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THE TECHY SIDE
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Latest facial reconstruction was on the skull of Raphael, to confirm it was him (!):

https://phys.org/news/2020-08-raphael-reconstructed-tomb-mystery.html https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/aug/07/3d-reconstruction-raphael-buried-at-the-pantheon-rome
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/314/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/314/pub/314/page/64/article/69937
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-industry-news-august-7-2020-1900427 http://www.archaeology.org/news/8911-200807-renaissance-raphael-reconstruction

... and a feature on Raphael seems to go here:

https://smarthistory.org/raphael-introduction/

Feature on radiometric dating methods:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-do-scientists-determine-the-ages-of-human-ancestors-fossilized-dinosaurs-and-other-organisms/

Interesting study of the process of 'fossilization' of textiles:

https://phys.org/news/2020-08-textiles-fossilization-mineralization.html ================================================================
CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
Tree rings reveal all sorts of climate-related info in South America:

https://elpais.com/sociedad/2020-08-06/los-anillos-de-15000-arboles-revelan-las-sequias-de-600-anos-en-sudamerica.html

More on the Younger Dryas cooling event being caused by volcanic eruptions:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/younger-dryas-cooling-caused-by.html
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TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Roman Nimes:

https://www.luxurytraveladvisor.com/europe/roman-treasures-nimes

Liria Palace:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2020/07/24/babelia/1595587682_513132.html

UNESCO sites in Bulgaria:

https://www.euronews.com/2020/08/05/discover-bulgaria-s-beguiling-unesco-world-heritage-sites
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ================================================================
Feature on Mamie Smith:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/08/opinion/sunday/crazy-blues-mamie-smith.html

Feature on Ethel Smyth:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/arts/music/ethel-smyth-prison-chandos.html

Theatre of War and frontline medical workers:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertglatter/2020/08/04/theater-of-war-using-greek-tragedy-to-help-frontline-medical-workers-cope-during-covid-19/

Persians:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/archive_guest_columnists/arthro/the_persians_in_epidaurus_and_the_new_xerxes_in_the_mediterranean_sea-671332/
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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ================================================================
The Enigma of Keros:

https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/41162-the-enigma-of-keros-documentary-on-one-of-the-top-riddles-of-antiquity.html

Ancient China from Above:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/08/mysterious-carvings-evidence-human-sacrifice-uncovered-ancient-city-china/

Black Death:

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-07-21/bingeing-on-doom-expert-on-europes-14th-century-plague-attracts-a-cult-following
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CRIME BEAT
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Vandalism to icons and murals at the Soumela Monastery in Pontus:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/08/06/icons-in-pontian-monastery-destroyed-by-turkish-vandals/

More on Facebook as a marketplace for looted artifacts:

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/07/archaeologists-defied-isis-then-they-took-facebook/614674/
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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 ================================================================
The UK returned a dozen stolen icons to Greece:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/08/04/uk-returns-twelve-stolen-religious-icons-to-greece/
https://www.ekathimerini.com/255430/article/ekathimerini/news/stolen-religious-icon-returned-from-uk
https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/08/05/uk-returns-twelve-stolen-religious-icons-to-greece/

OpEd on Brexit and repatriation of Indigenous artifacts:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/aug/03/uk-approach-returning-artefacts-indigenous-australia-brexit
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on coins of Pyrrhus:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/coinage-of-king-pyrrhus-coinweek-ancient-coin-series/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v23/club_nbs_esylum_v23n31.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v23/club_nbs_esylum_v23n32.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Bernard Bailyn:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/books/bernard-bailyn-dead.html

Jovita Idar:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/obituaries/jovita-idar-overlooked.html

Gregory Areshian:

https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1023827.html

Gunindra Nath Bhuyan:

https://www.sentinelassam.com/guwahati-city/a-tribute-to-late-archaeologist-gunindra-nath-bhuyan-493036

Jim Coulton:

https://www.merton.ox.ac.uk/news/jim-coulton-1940-2020

Mairi Robinson:

https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/18634139.obituary-mairi-robinson-devoted-career-preserving-scots-language/

Adin Steinsaltz:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/rabbi-adin-steinsaltz-who-made-the-talmud-accessible-dies-at-83/

David Stronach:

https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-david-stronach-world-leading-expert-ancient-near-eastern-art-and-archaeology-2936017

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

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/2982-audio-news-from-archaeologica-july-26-through-august-1-2020
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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 ================================================================
Archaeosoup:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch

Archaeology Podcast Network:

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