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https://www.rappler.com/science/society-culture/thousands-year-old-rock-found-penablanca-cagayan

A study suggests a human presence in Fiji some 1000 years bp contributed to the flourishing of a bee species:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/fu-hhb062421.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210629101223.htm https://cosmosmagazine.com/nature/animals/human-colonisation-could-have-helped-fijian-bees-flourish/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/06/how-humans-brought-change-to-tropical.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/29/how-humans-brought-change-to-a-tropical-paradise/

Review of Nicholas Thomas, *Voyagers*:

https://blogs.sciencemag.org/books/2021/06/28/voyagers/ ================================================================
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ================================================================
More accusations of artifact mistreatment/destruction by Rio Tinto:

https://nit.com.au/disposal-of-heritage-material-a-devastating-blow-to-traditional-owners-and-science/
https://www.iflscience.com/environment/mining-corp-chucked-ancient-indigenous-artifacts-in-the-garbage-aboriginal-group-claims/
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NORTH AMERICA
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A 2000 years bp burial from an Indiana construction site:

https://www.wlwt.com/article/2000-year-old-bones-found-at-indiana-construction-site/36854613
https://abc7chicago.com/indiana-construction-site-bones-found/10837359/ https://indianapublicmedia.org/news/2,000-year-old-bones-found-at-indiana-construction-site.php

A trove of Chickasaw-repurposed metal objects in Mississippi originally connected to Hernando de Soto:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-07/fmon-ard070221.php https://phys.org/news/2021-07-routing-de-soto-chickasaws-repurposed.html

Search for Fort Ancient culture remains at a site near the Ohio-Indiana border:

https://www.wlwt.com/article/archaeological-dig-near-ohio-indiana-border-what-are-they-looking-for/36886602

Recently-found skulls from Lake Jackson (FL) are probably from nearby burial mounds:

https://news.wfsu.org/wfsu-local-news/2021-06-30/skeletal-remains-found-at-lake-jackson-believed-to-be-from-burial-mounds

Remains of a French and Indian War fort on the Susquehana:

https://www.pennlive.com/life/2021/06/french-indian-war-fort-from-1756-found-along-susquehanna-river.html
https://dailyvoice.com/pennsylvania/dauphin/news/fort-from-the-seven-years-war-uncovered-in-dauphin-county/811965/

cf: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-antiquity/article/remains-of-the-fray-nascent-colonialism-and-heterogeneous-hybridity/01142FD7A4D22DCC8E4C7C5E0D793F31

Latest finds from the Tulsa Race Massacre burials dig (analysis is ongoing):

https://texasnewstoday.com/skeleton-remains-of-children-and-adults-found/335043/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/06/26/tulsa-massacre-body-found-bullet/
https://www.freep.com/story/news/nation/2021/06/27/tulsa-race-massacre-site-graveyards-remains-researchers/5365073001/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/multiple-bullet-wounds-found-in-black-man-remains-search-for-tulsa-massacre-victims
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9813-210628-tulsa-remains-examined

... and a feature on other race massacres in the US:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/29/us/elaine-massacre-history-lessons.html

The restoration of the historic Black church's Oak Grove Cemetery at Colonial Williamsburg is almost complete:

https://www.dailypress.com/virginiagazette/va-vg-oak-grove-cem-0624-20210628-j5ntmfzhg5didgkrzpnaa4xhlm-story.html
https://wydaily.com/james-city-county/2021/07/02/colonial-williamsburg-archaeology-helps-oak-grove-baptist-restore-historic-cemetery/

Hood College has resumed digging at Fort Kaskaskia State Park:

https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/coronavirus/with-virus-on-wane-archaeology-students-return-to-the-dig-at-fort-visited-by-lewis/article_7c700955-765f-5e5e-8d3f-2837b8e77af1.html

Concerns arising from modern day 'ash scattering' at the Alamo:

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Scattered-ashes-at-Alamo-set-off-concerns-about-16282120.php

I think we had this story of 'oldest known American tattoo tools' from Tennessee a while ago:

https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/oldest-tattoo-tools-tennessee-native-american

More on tobacco pipes of various Native American groups:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/06/use-of-tobacco-pipes-by-native-groups.html

More on the 'time capsule' from the Calhoun Monument:

https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/national-international/article252412518.html
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/business/article252412518.html

Feature on the 'evictions' which came when Yellowstone Park was created:

https://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/articles/2021-06-21/manufactured-wilderness

Plans for a major study of the Battle of the Alamo:

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Historical-significance-of-1836-Alamo-battle-panel-16279478.php

Plenty of historical documents relating to the lives of free and enslaved Black Americans from a Maryland attic:

https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/arts-culture/561409-thousands-of-pages-documenting-slavery-found-in

A project researching the enslaved people who built the White House:

https://www.npr.org/local/305/2021/07/02/1012311667/historians-are-searching-for-stories-of-enslaved-people-who-built-the-white-house
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/spn/introduction

Feature on Ben Franklin and smallpox inoculations:

https://theconversation.com/benjamin-franklins-fight-against-a-deadly-virus-colonial-america-was-divided-over-smallpox-inoculation-but-he-championed-science-to-skeptics-161569

Ranking the best and worst presidents:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/who-was-worst-president-everand-how-do-historians-decide-180978105/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/06/30/presidential-rankings-2021-cspan-historians/
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
A long-term dig at the Inca site of Son Mas de Potecari is under way:

https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2021/07/01/86199/excavation-start-inca-mallorca-archaeological-site.html

Using fecal evidence to determine how the Maya in Guatemala were affected by climate change:

https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/faecal-records-show-maya-population-affected-climate-change-331661
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/mu-frs063021.php https://phys.org/news/2021-06-fecal-maya-population-affected-climate.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210630125416.htm https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-where-archaeology-can-t-go-fecal-signals-in-lake-reveal-mayan-secrets-1.9960242
https://www.archaeology.org/9824-210702-guatemala-itzan-population

More on the question of whether the Maya had parks:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/06/did-ancient-maya-have-parks.html

More on that shipwreck from Antigua:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9733643/Shipwreck-8ft-underwater-Antigua-18th-century-naval-ship-used-Revolutionary-War.html
https://divernet.com/2021/07/01/antigua-shipwreck-could-be-unique/

Feature on the Lady of Cao:

https://www.laprensalatina.com/lady-of-cao-the-woman-who-changed-the-history-of-ancient-peru/
https://aldianews.com/articles/culture/social/fifteen-years-lady-cao-woman-who-ruled-peru/65402
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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 the oldest living olive tree:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/28/3000-year-old-olive-tree-in-crete/

Pondering what Carpaccio's 'Hunting in the Lagoon' depicts:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/interactive/2021/vittore-carpaccio-hunting-on-the-lagoon/

On windows in art:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210624-the-ultimate-symbol-for-our-times

On the history of carb consumption:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01681-w

A VanGogh bookmark (!):

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2021/06/van-gogh-bookmark/

On the broken mirror superstition:

https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/How-did-the-superstition-that-broken-mirrors-16281217.php

Not sure if we've mentioned the 'rediscovery' of Rembrandt's *Adoration of the Magi*:

https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/arts-culture/560529-long-lost-rembrandt-worth-up-to-nearly-240-million

Feature on the halo;

http://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210623-the-halo-a-symbol-that-spread-around-the-world

Feature on Australian birds appearing in medieval manuscripts:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/07/05/where-did-that-cockatoo-come-from

Plans to monitor the decay of the Titanic:

https://phys.org/news/2021-06-titanic-deterioration.html

Feature on the history of condominums:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/07/surfside-tower-was-just-another-condo-building/619348/

On Dante's possible effect on paintings of heaven:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/review/dante-s-dazzle

On medicine and women's bodies:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/how-medicine-sought-to-control-womens-bodies-while-ignoring-their-symptoms/2021/07/01/b84868ba-c7bd-11eb-81b1-34796c7393af_story.html

Feature on London Art Week:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/preview/london-art-week-returns-in-revolutionary-style

Feature on Margaret Mead:

https://aeon.co/essays/when-it-came-to-sex-and-gender-margaret-mead-had-it-both-ways

Feature on Byron:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/07/03/lord-byron-the-romantic-poet-who-died-for-greece-2/

A signer's copy of the Declaration of Independence was found in a Scottish attic:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61700

Feature on Handsteins:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-are-handsteins

A mouse thought to be extinct for 150 years has been found living on an island off Australia:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/mouse-thought-extinct-for-150-years-found-living-on-island-1.5491394

... while humans are off the hook again for a pile of megafauna extinctions now being blamed on climate change:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/02/world/mastodons-elephants-climate-change-scn/index.html
https://elpais.com/ciencia/2021-07-01/cuanto-influyo-la-caza-de-los-humanos-prehistoricos-en-la-extincion-de-mastodontes-y-mamuts.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-021-01498-w

Feature on the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand:

https://www.jpost.com/international/on-this-day-archduke-franz-ferdinand-assassinated-sparking-world-war-i-672226?_ga=2.44558688.510257403.1624874714-1969581575.1579377799

More opinions on the threat to Sheffield archaeology:

https://www.thestar.co.uk/education/university-professor-slams-possible-closure-of-sheffields-archaeology-department-3289592

Review of Williams, *The Secret Life of the Savoy*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/books/review-secret-life-savoy-hotel-olivia-williams.html
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CURRENT EVENTS: ================================================================

More on unmarked burials near residential schools in Canada:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/751-unmarked-graves-discovered-near-former-indigenous-school-canada-180978064/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/indigenous-groups-in-canada-reports-more-bodies-at-school-canada-pope-francis-british-colombia-roman-catholic-church-benedict-xvi-b1875794.html

... and more potential sites in Ontario:

https://www.northernontariobusiness.com/industry-news/technology/thunder-bay-archaeologist-ready-to-lend-a-hand-on-residential-school-investigations-3916987

A statue of Columbus was toppled in Colombia:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-57651833 https://m.elmostrador.cl/dia/2021/06/29/colon-asesino-manifestantes-derriban-estatua-de-cristobal-colon-en-ciudad-colombiana-de-barranquilla/

... while statues of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth were hauled down in Winnipeg:

https://www.newsweek.com/queen-elizabeth-ii-statue-toppled-protesters-canada-1606324
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/statues-of-british-queens-toppled-on-canada-day-115892293589

Chicago is setting up a monument to Ida B. Wells:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chicagos-first-monument-to-black-woman-will-commemorate-activist-ida-b-wells-180978094/

OpEd on the 'war on history':

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/29/magazine/memory-laws.html

Pondering celebrations for the US 250th birthday in 2026:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/02/arts/1776-2026-A-DIFFERENT-STORY.html

Chaucer is disappearing from university curricula:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/why-is-chaucer-disappearing-from-the-university-curriculum-leicester-essay-a-s-g-edwards/

Amsterdam's mayor has apologized for the city's role in the slave trade:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/01/amsterdam-mayor-apologises-for-citys-past-role-in-slave-trade

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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Decoding the Roman Dead:

https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/19416357.historian-dan-snow-teams-colchester-museums-exhibition/

Epic Iran:

https://www.theweek.co.uk/arts-life/culture/art/953356/epic-iran-victoria-albert-museum-review

Nature in Art:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/30/nature-in-art-the-case-of-a-byzantine-manuscript/

Making of Rodin:

https://ohionewstime.com/why-this-rodin-scholar-is-willing-to-look-behind-the-thinker/194474/
https://menafn.com/1102369971/Why-this-Rodin-scholar-would-gladly-see-the-back-of-The-Thinker

The Dog Show:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-02/dogs-on-display-museum-fetes-200-years-of-cartoon-canines

Nero:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/07/04/nero-new-exhibition-challenges-accepted-infamy-of-roman-ruler/

Cezanne:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/27/arts/design/cezanne-moma-drawings.html

Palace Seen and Unseen:

https://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/art/galleries_museums/unearthing-the-past-the-palace-of-the-governors-reveals-its-history/article_ecc0f946-cded-11eb-a0da-ebf6fe2ed135.html

Egyptian antiquities at the Louvre:

https://www.africanews.com/2021/06/28/ancient-egyptian-antiquities-exhibit-at-paris-louvres-museum-reopens/

The V&A is facing pressure for its stance on 'contested heritage':

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/jun/28/va-insists-it-has-responsibility-to-tell-truth-about-collections

... while the British Museum's labelling in the Africa galleries is evasive:

https://hyperallergic.com/659691/british-museum-africa-galleries-labels-evade-responsibility/

Latest updates on the GEM:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/105465/Egypt%E2%80%99s-tourism-antiquities-min-follows-up-on-latest-works-of

... and the Khufu Boat will be going there soon:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypts-antiquities-ministry-readies-for-transfer-of-khufu-boat-to-gem/

On some new/upgraded museums in Greece:

https://www.greece-is.com/5-new-upgraded-museums-open-greece/

New displays coming to the Izmir Archaeological Museum:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/ancient-artifacts-to-be-exhibited-in-western-turkey/2290704

The New York Historical society museum is expanding:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/arts/design/new-york-historical-society-lgbtq-museum.html

More on reactions to George Osborne as trustee chair at the British Museum:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/jun/27/george-osborne-at-the-british-museum-what-do-they-see-in-him

Funding for upgrades and improvements to UK museums:

https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2021/07/03/museums-granted-60-million-for-upgrades-and-improvements/

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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ================================================================
Big bucks for a 460 years bp gilded helmet from Augsburg:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/651/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/651/pub/651/page/44/article/190279

... and for a painting by Winston Churchill:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/29/1-8-million-dollars-for-a-painting-by-winston-churchill/

... and a Fragonard:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/fragonard-philosopher-reading-auction-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/rediscovered-fragonard-painting-auction-france-1234597160/

... and a Picasso from a Maine closet:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/picasso-painting-hidden-maine-closet_n_60de101ae4b070f97b3af0f5

... and the oldest bottle of whiskey:

https://robbreport.com/food-drink/spirits/worlds-oldest-whiskey-old-ingledew-137000-sale-1234622607/

A Reubens is coming to auction:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/jun/27/rare-rubens-drawing-bought-at-small-french-sale-up-for-auction

... as is a Lautrec:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/28/rare-toulouse-lautrec-under-the-hammer/

... and a timber for Cook's Endeavour:

https://www.theage.com.au/national/small-piece-of-timber-from-captain-cook-s-endeavour-up-for-400-000-auction-20210629-p5859o.html

An overview of recent auctions at Christie's:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/christie-s-june-london-sale-asian-bidding https://robbreport.com/shelter/art-collectibles/picasso-magritte-works-top-christies-212-5-million-sales-in-london-and-paris-1234622777/

On the problem of provenance and auctions:

https://elpais.com/internacional/2021/06/21/la_serpiente_emplumada/1624285089_910345.html
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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
DNA suggests southern Norway was rather isolated:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/06/southern-norway-was-more-genetically.html

DNA shows traces of an earlier Coronavirus epidemic:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/over-20000-years-ago-coronavirus-epidemic-left-marks-human-dna-180978088/
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THE TECHY SIDE
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On use of drones and DNA in archaeology:

https://www.wvxu.org/post/how-drones-and-dna-can-drill-down-past

On the technology behind the restoration of Rembrandt's Night Watch:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/commentisfree/2021/jul/03/enjoy-the-restored-night-watch-but-dont-ignore-the-machine-behind-the-rembrandt

Studying the origins of 'rock varnish' and its connection with petroglyphs:

https://phys.org/news/2021-07-long-standing-mystery-art-canvas.html

Latest facial reconstruction is of an 8000 years bp Swedish fellow whose skull was found on a spike in a bog:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/the-face-of-a-man-whose-head-was-mounted-on-a-spike-8000-years-ago/

Robert Ballard is hyping some 'deep sea robots' to find shipwrecks:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jul/04/deep-sea-robots-will-let-us-find-millions-of-shipwrecks-says-man-who-discovered-titanic
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CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
Studying medieval climate change impact on Caerlaverock Castle:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-57694242 ================================================================
TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Marsa:

https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/marsa-a-port-of-antiquity.884110

Delos:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/07/04/the-island-of-delos-where-greek-myths-cults-and-history-come-alive/

Heritage Sites in Greece:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/28/unesco-world-heritage-sites-to-visit-in-greece-photos/

Germany's Romanesque Road:

https://www.dw.com/en/back-to-the-middle-ages-on-the-romanesque-road/g-45142153

Touristy developments in Florence:

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/florence-ban-food-drink-uffizi/index.html ================================================================
PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ================================================================
Martha Washington haunted by her slaves:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/28/theater/review-miz-martha-washington.html

Feature on Francois-Xavier Roth and Les Siecles:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/01/arts/music/francois-xavier-roth-les-siecles.html

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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ================================================================
Hype or a documentary on the Ashanti Empire:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p09mz95s/the-african-gold-nation-who-stood-up-to-the-british-empire
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CRIME BEAT
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Greek police arrested a trio of folks trying to sell a Roman-era statue of Hecate:

https://www.euronews.com/2021/06/28/greek-trio-arrested-for-trying-to-sell-priceless-roman-statue-for-40-000
https://apnews.com/article/europe-business-global-trade-arrests-government-and-politics-2cc2de1cc7e95b17164fd618a2d77421
http://www.tribtown.com/2021/06/27/eu-greece-antiquities-illicit-trade/ https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2021-06-27/greek-police-arrest-2-trying-to-sell-rare-roman-era-statue
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/06/28/police-arrest-three-men-trying-to-sell-off-ancient-greek-statuette/

Greek police recovered a Picasso and Mondrian which were stolen almost a decade ago:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/jun/28/greek-police-recover-two-stolen-paintings-by-picasso-and-mondrian
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/01/world/europe/greece-picasso-mondrian-stolen-art.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57644846 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/06/28/stolen-picasso-found/ https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/police-recover-greek-art-heists-stolen-p-id732224621
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/29/1011250907/a-greek-construction-worker-has-been-arrested-for-the-theft-of-a-picasso-masterp
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/greece-recovers-picasso-mondrian-paintings-stolen-gallery-2012-n1272576
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/greece-police-recover-picasso-mondrian-painting-stolen-museum-heist-national-gallery/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/picasso-mondrian-stolen-athens-national-gallery-art
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/stolen-picasso-mondrian-paintings-recovered-greece-national-gallery-1234597228/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/30/solving-of-national-gallery-theft/

... and there was a sideshow arising from the police dropping the Picasso:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2021/jul/01/greek-police-recover-stolen-picasso-after-nine-years-drop-it-in-front-of-media-video
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210701-greek-police-trolled-as-priceless-picasso-hits-the-deck

203 ancient coins were seized at the Cairo Airport:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/105571/203-antique-coins-seized-at-Cairo-International-Airport
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/africa/2021-07/01/c_1310036814.htm

Madrid police recovered 90 gold Roman imperial coins:

https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/06/28/madrid-police-recover-90-gold-coins-from-the-roman-empire/

Three arrests (and repatriation of goods) for smuggling Egyptian antiquities to France:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/416142/Egypt/Politics-/Egypt%E2%80%99s-top-prosecutor-back-to-Cairo-with-looted-a.aspx
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/105545/Egypt%E2%80%99s-Antiquities-Committee-examines-restores-Egyptian-artifacts-recovered-from-France
https://www.egyptindependent.com/three-arrested-over-smuggling-egyptian-antiquities-to-france/
https://egyptianstreets.com/2021/06/28/egypts-prosecutor-returns-looted-artifacts-to-cairo-from-france-arrests-three/
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/105437/Public-Prosecutor-Hamada-al-Sawy-returns-Cairo-after-retrieving-114

A prominent Egyptian businessman arrested for funding illegal digs:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/1/416208/Egypt/Renowned-Egyptian-businessman-arrested-over-fundin.aspx
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2021/06/30/egyptian-businessperson-hassan-rateb-detained-for-15-days-pending-investigation/
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/105488/Egyptian-businessman-Hassan-Rateb-arrested-over-funding-illegal-excavation
https://www.egyptindependent.com/businessman-hassan-ratib-arrested-over-financing-illegal-archaeological-excavations/
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/egyptian-businessman-rateb-arrested-for-funding-illegal-excavations-1.1251120
https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/prominent-egyptian-businessman-arrested-over-antiquity-trade-1.1625065784027
https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/14741-in-egypt-more-high-ranking-arrests-in-antiquities-trafficking-ring

Feature on the use of Facebook to sell ancient artifacts:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/looters-flout-facebook-ban-to-sell-ancient-artefacts-mhrwprh5p

More on the Egyptian MP similarly arrested for trafficking antiquities:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/416362/Egypt/Politics-/Former-Egyptian-MP,--others-detained-over-charges-.aspx
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/105574/Egyptian-Prosecution-227-artifacts-seized-with-former-MP-led-gang
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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 Berlin Museum has approved a plan to return the Benin Bronzes:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/prussian-cultural-heritage-foundation-approves-benin-bronzes-negotations-1234597361/
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/berlin-moves-forward-plans-return-looted-benin-bronzes-78556718
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/berlin-museums-board-agrees-to-relinquish-benin-bronzes
https://observer.com/2021/07/berlin-museums-benin-bronzes-restitution/

The Museum of South Australia is going to return some Benin Bronzes:

https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/museum-of-south-australia-to-return-benin-bronzes-on-loan-20210630-p585pj

Greece wants the Karpathos Lady statue in the British Museum returned:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1163597/appeal-launched-for-lady-of-karpathos-to-be-displayed-in-greece/
https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/28/petition-launched-karpathos-lady-statue/

Norway returned some Roman coins to Slovakia:

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22692166/norway-returns-illegally-exported-roman-coins-to-slovakia.html

The Brooklyn Museum returned 1305 items to Costa Rica:

https://thecostaricanews.com/costa-rica-recovers-pre-columbian-pieces-that-were-in-the-brooklyn-museum/
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/costa-rica-archaeologists-awe-brooklyn-museum-returns-1305-artifacts-2021-07-03/

More on the return of 800+ items to Italy seized from a Belgian collector:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/06/nearly-800-archaeological-finds-stolen.html
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on coins of some Caesars who didn't last very long:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/almost-emperors-three-caesars-who-didnt-quite-make-it-and-their-coins/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n26.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n27.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Hans Pohlsander:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/timesunion-albany/name/hans-pohlsander-obituary?id=5871212

Frederick L Williams:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/thesouthern/name/frederick-williams-obituary?pid=199275983

Thomas Gordon Smith:

https://www.archpaper.com/2021/07/thomas-gordon-smith-dies-at-73/

Elizabeth French:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/07/02/elizabeth-french-archaeologist-driven-lifelong-love-ancient/

Frieda Fritzshall:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/29/us/frieda-fritzshall-dead.html

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

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3084-audio-news-from-archaeologica-june-20-through-june-26-2021
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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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