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  • explorator 24.08 (2/2)

    From david meadows@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 13 08:20:17 2021
    [continued from previous message]

    https://www.fox23.com/news/local/archaeologist-discover-total-27-burial-sites-oaklawn-cemetery-analysis-soon-begin/SKNP352ENZDGTMTVGBVT2WQVHM/
    https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/27-total-burials-found-in-1921-mass-graves-investigation-archaeologists-confirm
    https://www.cbs58.com/news/a-total-of-27-graves-have-been-found-so-far-at-1921-tulsa-massacre-search-site
    https://www.lex18.com/news/national/27-total-burials-found-in-1921-tulsa-race-massacre-mass-graves-investigation-archaeologists-confirm
    https://ohionewstime.com/tulsa-massacre-search-site-in-1921-has-found-27-tombs-so-far/175900/

    ... and perhaps more:

    https://www.news9.com/story/60c2b33d4355b10bdd8e47f8/archaeologists-find-coffins-under-headstones-for-2-known-massacre-victims-say-they-are-outside-of-oaklawns-mass-grave--

    Nice feature on the Tulsa Race Massacre itself:

    https://theweek.com/us/1001410/the-tulsa-race-massacre

    Feature on 'other Tulsas':

    http://www.wnyc.org/story/other-tulsas/

    A preliminary dig prior to Quebec Tramway construction:

    https://queenscitizen.ca/2021/06/08/archaeological-excavations-on-the-way-to-the-future-tramway/

    Robert E. Lee's former home has reopened with a renewed focus on the enslaved people who lived there:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/arlington-house-once-robert-e-lees-mansion-reopens-180977934/

    Feature on the Great Hopewell Road:

    https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/columns/2021/05/16/no-corn-menu-ancient-ohioans/5066655001/

    Feature on redating assorted North American sites:

    https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/13/archaeologists-dates-wrong-north-american-indigenous-history-new-techniques/

    Feature on the 400 years project:

    https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2021/06/06/992742396/the-400-years-project-looks-at-native-american-identity-through-the-native-lens

    cf: https://www.400yearsproject.org/

    Feature/book excerpt on the material culture of African American women:

    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/06/history-african-american-women-their-handiwork/619082/

    Pondering the 'deadliest day' in US history:

    https://www.livescience.com/deadliest-day-america.html

    More on a study suggesting a human presence in the Americas some 30 000 years bp:

    https://www.sciencenews.org/article/americas-ancient-people-arrival-mexico-coxcatlan-cave

    cf: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/latin-american-antiquity/article/new-ams-radiocarbon-ages-from-the-preceramic-levels-of-coxcatlan-cave-puebla-mexico-a-pleistocene-occupation-of-the-tehuacan-valley/F4C32FB10E73D660CB7D9B44E2C29A72

    ================================================================
    CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
    Study suggests culturally-diverse pre-Columbian peoples in a region of the Amazon significantly altered the landscape:

    https://phys.org/news/2021-06-pre-columbian-life-understudied-area-sw.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/uocf-ssl060421.php

    cf: https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2021/06/04/2022206118

    Somewhat confusingly, a little ways away, another study suggests somewhat different things:

    https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/s-ipw060221.php https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57388939 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/08/indigenous-peoples-were-stewards-of-the-western-amazon/

    cf: https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2021/06/04/2022213118

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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 ================================================================
    Feature on some forged 17th century music books:

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/these-forged-17th-century-music-books-went-undetected-for-a-century/

    Not sure where to put this one: study suggests indigenous mortality following Spanish colonization in Asia and the Americas did not always lead to forest regrowth:

    https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/mpif-imf060721.php

    Feature on early versions of the Golden Gate Bridge:

    https://www.sfchronicle.com/oursf/article/The-Golden-Gate-Bridge-s-first-draft-1922-16228933.php

    Pondering where the Queen of Sheba was from:

    https://menafn.com/1102233719/Where-Did-the-Queen-of-Sheba-RuleArabia-or-Africa

    ... and whether Ivan was really so terrible:

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-nero-wasnt-so-bad-was-ivan-that-terrible-11623352098

    Latest on the sinking of the USS Indianapolis:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/06/06/uss-indianapolis-mcvay-hashimoto/

    Feature on Edgar Allan Poe's version of science:

    https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/07/john-tresch-edgar-allan-poe-science/619014/

    Feature on the Lampedusa Cross:

    https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/07/john-tresch-edgar-allan-poe-science/619014/

    Feature on Venus as morning and evening star in various cultures:

    https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/astronomy/venus-first-peoples-recognising-the-morning-and-evening-star/

    On Queen Victoria as a micromanager:

    https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p09l3wfv/the-queen-spying-on-her-children

    On the apparent renewed popularity of prehistoric funerary barrows:

    https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/buried-in-prehistoric-barrows

    Pondering the origins of the image of Satan:

    https://www.livescience.com/what-does-the-devil-look-like.html

    In case you're wondering about the Pulitzers:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/books/pulitzer-prize-books.html

    On the ancestor of the watermelon:

    https://www.reviewgeek.com/86719/scientists-have-uncovered-the-humble-watermelons-oldest-ancestor/

    ... and plans to reintroduce the Toromiro to Easter Island:

    https://laboratorio.latercera.com/fibras-que-innovan/noticia/los-herederos-del-toromiro/1018158/

    Feature on Thomas Hardy's Wessex:

    https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/thomas-hardy-wessex-robert-macfarlane-stanley-donwood-folio-society/

    Feature on assorted artworks stolen by Napoleon and their fate:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/09/arts/design/napoleon-looted-art.html

    Feature on 'illegitimacy' (mostly in drama):

    https://www.wnpr.org/post/bastards-look-illegitimacy-game-thrones-hamilton-and-beyond-1

    Franz Kafka's papers are now online:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/view-assortment-franz-kafkas-letters-and-drawings-online-180977909/

    Trying to save endangered languages in Taiwan:

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/09/healing-words-taiwans-tribes-fight-to-save-their-disappearing-languages

    Feature/reviewish on misdiagnosis of women's health over the centuries:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/western-medicines-woman-problem-180977925/
    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/08/books/review/unwell-women-elinor-cleghorn.html

    Feature on newspapers in China 900 years ago:

    https://www.medievalists.net/2021/05/how-newspapers-existed-china-900-years-ago/

    On military veterans turning to archaeology:

    https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/american-veterans-archaeological-recovery-digs/

    Feature on the pandemic roots of infant baptism:

    https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/new-testament/the-pandemic-roots-of-infant-baptism/

    Oxford University Press is closing its almost 500 years bp printing arm:

    https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jun/09/oxford-university-press-to-end-centuries-of-tradition-by-closing-its-printing-arm

    Comparing Trump fans to Jacobites:

    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/06/will-trumpism-go-way-jacobites/619176/
    ================================================================
    CURRENT EVENTS: ================================================================
    Controversy over a racist mural in the Tate:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/arts/design/tate-mural-rex-whistler-racism.html

    On China's destruction of Uyghur heritage:

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/chinese-destruction-of-cultural-property-evidence-of-genocidal-intent

    Reflecting on the toppling of the statue of Edward Colston:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-57337123

    ... while a statue at the Museum of the Home is causing controversy now:

    https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/jun/12/museum-of-the-home-reopens-to-protests-over-statue-of-slave-ship-owner

    On Charlottlesville voting to remove some Confederate statues:

    https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/08/us/charlottesville-confederate-statues/index.html
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/charlottesville-confederate-statues-removal/2021/06/07/ea741566-c7ca-11eb-a11b-6c6191ccd599_story.html
    https://www.theroot.com/charlottesville-city-council-votes-to-finally-remove-2-1847055679
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/confederate-statues-charlottesville-virginia/

    On the difficulty of the search for remains at residential schools in Saskatchewan:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/sask-archeologist-says-search-for-children-s-remains-at-residential-schools-will-be-long-difficult-process-1.6056485

    ... related:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/11/deb-haaland-indigenous-boarding-schools/

    Items related to Sheffield closing its archaeology department:

    https://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/people/letter-archaeology-department-should-be-invested-in-to-grow-and-thrive-again-3269808
    https://indiaeducationdiary.in/newcastle-university-newcastle-academic-launches-campaign-to-dig-for-archaeology/

    Review of Tiya Miles, *All that she carried*:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/09/books/review-all-that-she-carried-ashleys-sack-tiya-miles.html
    ================================================================
    ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ================================================================
    Using DNA to trace the 10 000 years bp origin of goat domestication to Iran's Zagros Mountains:

    https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/tcd-1dp060321.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210607161154.htm https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/06/oldest-livestock-genome-reveals-origin-today-s-goats
    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/10-000-year-old-goat-remains-used-to-create-oldest-livetock-genome-yet-sequenced-1.4587561
    https://www.newscientist.com/article/2280046-goats-were-first-domesticated-in-western-iran-10000-years-ago/
    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/09/10000-year-old-dna-pens-the-first-tales-of-the-earliest-domesticated-goats/
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/9741-210608-iran-domesticated-goats

    Iron Age/Roman/Saxon chickens apparently lived longer because they were considered sacred:

    https://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/homepage/title_861463_en.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/uoe-acl060721.php https://phys.org/news/2021-06-ancient-chickens-sacred-food.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210607161043.htm https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9663343/Archaeology-CHICKENS-lived-longer-Iron-Age-seen-sacred-not-food.html
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/9739-210608-long-lived-chickens

    ================================================================
    MUSEUM MATTERS
    ================================================================
    Ancient Greeks: Atheletes, Warriors and Heroes:

    https://neoskosmos.com/en/202072/ancient-greeks-athletes-warriors-and-heroes-features-objects-on-loan-from-the-british-museum-to-showcase-physical-prowess-ancient-greeks/

    Raphael:

    https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/rome-to-reopen-domus-aurea-with-interactive-raphael-show.html

    .Raphael (Madrid):

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/08/pigeons-drop-in-on-raphael-exhibition-in-madrid

    Bibienas:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/arts/music/bibiena-drawings-morgan-library.html

    Treasure of Chianti:

    https://news.fsu.edu/news/2021/06/10/ancient-coins-discovered-by-fsu-team-on-view-now-in-italian-exhibition/

    Keros idols:

    https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1162513/mysteries-of-keros-smashed-idols-explored-in-athens-show/

    Seikilos:

    https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/09/ancient-greek-lyre-ready-to-play-at-seikilo/

    Glass Ark:

    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/11/the-glass-ark-in-venice/

    Painting Our Past: The African Diaspora in England:

    https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/jun/09/paintings-reveal-hidden-histories-of-africans-in-england

    Thomas Becket:

    https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2021/11-june/books-arts/visual-arts/exhibition-review-thomas-becket-murder-and-the-making-of-a-saint-at-the-british-museum

    Nero:

    https://www.theweek.co.uk/from-the-magazine/953130/british-museum-nero-exhibition
    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/06/14/how-nasty-was-nero-really https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/jun/06/nero-the-man-behind-the-myth-review-legend-and-truth

    Thomas Cole's Arch of Nero:

    http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/after-disputed-sale-at-sotheby-s-thomas-cole-s-the-arch-of-nero-will-go-on-view-in-philadelphia

    A mosaic exhibition online from the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki:

    https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/greek-news/culture/44763-thessaloniki-archaeological-museum-exhibit-to-show-online-mosaic-of-summer.html
    https://neoskosmos.com/en/201993/summer-mosaic-to-be-featured-to-the-world-online-by-the-archaeological-museum-of-thessaloniki/

    The Saffron Walden Museum is putting some local metal detectorist finds on display:

    https://www.theweek.co.uk/from-the-magazine/953130/british-museum-nero-exhibition

    The China National Silk Museum is hosting Silk Road Week:

    https://www.shine.cn/feature/art-culture/2106070234/

    Some favourite items from the British Museum archive:

    https://blog.britishmuseum.org/14-of-my-favourite-items-from-the-british-museum-archive/

    The atrium and grand staircase are complete at the GEM:

    https://dailynewsegypt.com/2021/06/08/installation-work-on-atrium-grand-staircase-completed-at-grand-egyptian-museum/

    ... and 65% of Tut's items have been transferred there:

    https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/65-of-king-tutankhamun-artefacts-ready-for-display-at-grand-egyptian-museum-1.1237525
    https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/most-king-tutankhamun-displays-ready-at-grand-egyptian-museum-1.1237525

    The Egyptian Museum of Antiquities has also had a 'makeover':

    https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/06/egyptian-museum-antiquities-gets-makeover-compete-tourists

    The University of Connecticut will be opening a Sparta Museum:

    https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/09/new-sparta-museum-amphitheater-to-open-in-connecticut/

    The Rijksmuseum has acquired a 17th century Persian miniature:

    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61522

    Feature on the challenges facing museums in Yemen:

    https://whbl.com/2021/06/09/as-war-destroys-yemens-present-museums-struggle-to-preserve-its-past/

    Expansion at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/arts/design/georgia-okeeffe-museum.html

    ================================================================
    AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ================================================================
    A Mona Lisa replica is coming to auction:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57390392

    Feature on the most expensive Picasso's to be auctioned:

    https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/artists/pablo-picasso-highest-auction-records-1234594915/

    Big bucks for a US Double Eagle gold coin:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57402432 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1933-double-eagle-sells-189-million-sets-world-record-most-valuable-coin-180977965/

    A British Guyana one cent stamp fell short of its expected price:

    https://www.npr.org/2021/06/08/1002985432/british-guiana-1-cent-stamp-falls-well-short-of-anticipated-auction-bounty

    ================================================================
    ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
    DNA study of Tianyuan Man (40 000 years bp) and others suggests a new population emerged in East Asia some 19 000 years bp:

    https://www.livescience.com/ancient-east-asia-population.html

    DNA suggests the occupants of a pair of Viking burials found 900 km apart were related:

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jun/09/skeletons-of-viking-men-to-be-reunited-in-danish-exhibition
    https://phys.org/news/2021-06-viking-relatives-reunited-denmark-years.html https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/two-viking-relatives-reunited-in-denmark-after-1-000-years/ar-AAKSnts?ocid=BingNewsSearch
    https://www.dw.com/en/viking-skeletons-found-far-apart-were-related-dna-shows/a-57835212
    https://phys.org/news/2021-06-viking-relatives-reunited-denmark-years.html https://www.euronews.com/2021/06/11/skeletons-of-two-related-viking-men-reunited-in-denmark-for-first-time-in-1000-years
    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61536 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/viking-era-relatives-reunited-1000-years-after-deaths-180977953/
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/9746-210610-denmark-viking-dna

    ... see also: https://en.natmus.dk/museums-and-palaces/the-national-museum-of-denmark/exhibitions/join-the-vikings-on-raid/

    I think we mentioned this identification of a Franklin Expedition member via DNA:

    https://maritime-executive.com/editorials/dna-analysis-identifies-sailor-from-the-doomed-franklin-expedition
    ================================================================
    THE TECHY SIDE
    ================================================================
    Using high tech approaches to study human occupation of Cyprus:

    https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/06/06/archaeologists-turn-high-tech-to-trace-earliest-human-activity/

    More on applying machine learning to pottery fragments:

    https://hyperallergic.com/651726/machine-learning-matches-ancient-pottery-fragments-tusayan-white-ware/
    ================================================================
    CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
    More on climate concerns for Indonesian petroglyphs:

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-10/sulawesi-cave-paintings-climate-hange-achaeologists-sale-erosion/100206280
    ================================================================
    TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
    Nafplion:

    https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/06/exploring-nafplion-the-first-capital-city-of-modern-greece-video/

    Native American earthworks:

    https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/646946/ancient-native-american-earthworks-you-can-visit

    Ek'Balam:

    https://mexiconewsdaily.com/mexicolife/ek-balam-much-to-see-small-footprint/

    Roman sites in Lincolnshire:

    https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/history/find-traces-lincolnshires-roman-forts-5457906

    How Covid is affecting Taj Mahal tourism:

    https://www.dw.com/en/india-taj-mahal-tourism-shut-down-by-covid-pandemic/a-57802142

    People aren't happy with the return of cruise ships to Venice:

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/05/angry-protests-in-venice-at-shock-return-of-cruise-ships
    ================================================================
    PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ================================================================
    Assorted items related to 'Raiders of the Lost Ark':

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/enduring-myths-raiders-lost-ark-180977923/
    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/movies/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-anniversary.html
    ================================================================
    TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ================================================================
    Digging For Britain is looking at body snatchers in Hull, apparently:

    https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/bbc4s-digging-for-britain-to-film-in-hull-as-burial-ground-exhumation-reveals-gruesome-evidence-of-precautions-against-bodysnatchers-3270499

    ================================================================
    CRIME BEAT
    ================================================================
    Israeli authorities caught some illegal diggers red handed at Khirbat al-Jahush:

    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/suspects-arrested-after-destroying-antiquities-in-illegal-excavation-670342
    https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/06/07/authorities-bust-destructive-illicit-dig-in-northern-israel/
    https://thejewishvoice.com/2021/06/agencies-catch-5-bandits-in-archeological-site-in-northern-israel/

    A foiled antiquities smuggling case in the UAE:

    https://gulfnews.com/uae/crime/ministry-of-interior-foils-attempt-to-smuggle-archaeological-coins-and-drugs-1.1623268522741

    Feature on the illegal trade of manuscripts from Yemen:

    https://english.alaraby.co.uk/features/stolen-heritage-illicit-trade-yemens-rare-manuscripts

    On assorted petroglyph vandalism cases in Canada:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/rock-art-being-destroyed-1.4199911

    On petroglyph vandalism not being a victimless crime:

    https://www.hjnews.com/townnews/politics/public-needs-to-know-petroglyph-vandalism-not-a-victimless-crime/article_cc95fd0d-ab9f-5617-be14-c5dbba7d06bc.html

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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/

    ================================================================
    REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY ================================================================
    The US returned 27 stolen items to Cambodia:

    https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/27-stolen-cambodian-antiquities-be-returned-us
    https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/united-states-returns-27-stolen-antiquities-cambodia-2021-06-11/
    https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-returns-27-looted-khmer-antiquities-back-kingdom
    https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50872145/ancient-heritage-recovered-cambodian-ambassador-accepts-return-of-lost-artefacts/
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/3-8m-looted-antiquities-to-cambodia-1979478 https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/new-york-investigators-hand-over-27-smuggled-art-objects-valued-at-usd3-8m-to-cambodia

    Nepal wants a 13th century statue back from an Australian gallery:

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-12/nepal-carving-stolen-from-kathmandu-temple-at-art-gallery-nsw/100205712

    The Metropolitan Museum is returning three Benin Bronzes to Nigeria:

    https://www.npr.org/2021/06/09/1004859329/metropolitan-museum-of-art-sends-three-benin-bronzes-home-to-nigeria
    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/09/arts/design/met-museum-benin-bronzes-nigeria.html
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/new-york-museum-stolen-art-nigeria-b1864444.html
    https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/art/benin-bronzes-new-york-s-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-to-return-three-african-artworks-to-nigeria-1.1238560
    https://wskg.org/arts/metropolitan-museum-of-art-sends-three-benin-bronzes-home-to-nigeria/
    https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/met-museum-returns-benin-bronzes-nigeria/index.html
    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/the-met-returns-three-african-art-objects-to-nigeria

    Interview with a few museum officials about their African collections:

    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/benin-bronzes-roundtable-1976576

    The British Museum seems to have quite a few Benin-related items:

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/british-museum-pressure-return-900-looted-artefacts-benin-bronzes-v3mcxfh2p

    ... and an oped on whether Britain should return its Benin Bronzes:

    https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/the-story-of-the-benin-bronzes-7989816

    I think we mentioned this Pissarro at the University of Oklahoma before:

    https://www.cnn.com/style/article/camille-pissarro-painting-meyer-oklahoma-university/index.html

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