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https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200813-the-secret-toilet-humour-in-a-titian-masterpiece

On the history of the Victorian 'afternoon tea':

https://blog.britishmuseum.org/the-tea-rific-history-of-victorian-afternoon-tea/

Reviewish of Isabel Wilkerson's books comparing white supremacy in the US to India's caste system:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/08/17/isabel-wilkersons-world-historical-theory-of-race-and-caste

Trying to fix the 'frat party' atmosphere at archaeological field schools:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/08/fed-archaeologists-aim-fix-frat-party-atmosphere-field-schools

Remembering Hiroshima:

https://theconversation.com/even-before-hiroshima-people-knew-the-atomic-bomb-45271

A plaque for Sarah Siddons:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-53735429

A graphic novel approach to Shakespeare:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/15/books/review/tankard-jeremy-hermione-yorick-and-bones.html

Pondering the thought of Edmund Burke:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/opinion/sunday/edmund-burke.html

I think we mentioned this item on the last Zoroastrians:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/06/last-of-the-zoroastrians-parsis-mumbai-india-ancient-religion

Review of Wolfram Eilenberger, *Time of the Magicians*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/books/review-time-of-magicians-wittgenstein-heidegger-wolfram-eilenberger.html

More on Cromwell's 'cut and paste' Bible for Henry VIII:

https://www.livescience.com/thomas-cromwell-inserted-himself-into-henry-viii-great-bible.html
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ================================================================
Latest shipwreck whiskey auction:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/whiskey-1941-shipwreck-auction-180975523/

Big bucks expected for a 1794 US silver dollar:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/08/11/1794-flowing-hair-silver-dollar-10-million-for-sale-nj/3342208001/

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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
Studying the frequency of Nigerian DNA in African Americans:

https://qz.com/africa/1890291/why-so-many-african-americans-have-nigerian-ancestry/

A DNA study is hinting at possible evidence for syphilis in the 'Old World' prior to Columbus' voyages:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200813142330.htm https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/08/medieval-dna-suggests-columbus-didn-t-trigger-syphilis-epidemic-europe
https://www.archaeology.org/news/8956-200814-europe-syphilis-dna

Evidence from a 17th century bishop support a Neolithic emergence of tuberculosis:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200814123209.htm

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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Treasures of Ancient Egypt:

https://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/mysteries-of-antiquity/Content?oid=16374999

Some CNN hyping of the impending opening of the GEM:

https://egyptindependent.com/cnn-unveils-promotional-film-on-the-grand-egyptian-museum/

... and the first Khufu Solar Boat is heading there:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/90775/1st-Khufu-Solar-Ship-dismantled-in-preparation-for-transferring-to

Feature on the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/90666/What-are-the-most-prominent-exhibits-at-the-National-Museum

Assorted museums are involved in a project analyzing mummy portraits:

https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/art/louvre-abu-dhabi-joins-global-research-project-to-analyse-ancient-mummy-portraits-1.1062790

Latest manoeuvres from the Museum of the Bible regarding unprovenanced artifacts:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/hobby-lobby-settlement-iraq-1901127/amp-page

The Agora Museum has had to close for a couple of weeks due to Covid-19 issues:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/255691/article/ekathimerini/news/agora-museum-shuts-for-14-days-due-to-covid-19-case

The Israel Museum reopened:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Art-artifacts-back-on-display-for-Israel-Museum-15475858.php

Layoffs are coming to the Tate:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tate-job-redundancies-coronavirus-union-strikes-1202696706/

A 'face-lift' is planned for the Sudan National Museum:

http://www.jordantimes.com/news/region/rundown-sudan-national-museum-get-face-lift
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THE TECHY SIDE
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3d printing a 12th century candle stick at Gloucester Cathedral:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-53696250

There's a new carbon dating standard apparently:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/uos-rus081020.php https://phys.org/news/2020-08-secrets-international-carbon-dating-standard.html https://phys.org/news/2020-08-cave-art-climate-chaos-carbon.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200812144122.htm https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/08/researchers-unlock-secrets-of-past-with.html
https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/science-notes-radiocarbon-dating-gets-a-facelift.htm

More on that Raphael facial reconstruction:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/3-d-facial-reconstruction-suggests-raphael-self-portrait-presents-idealized-version-artist-180975549/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/08/raphaels-face-reconstructed-to-solve.html
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CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
Climate change is being blamed for the demise of woolly rhinos:

https://phys.org/news/2020-08-ancient-genomes-woolly-rhinos-extinct.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200813113157.htm https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/13/world/woolly-rhinos-extinction-climate-change-scn/index.html
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/320/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/320/pub/320/page/15/article/71864
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/08/ancient-genomes-suggest-woolly-rhinos.html

How coral provides 'exact climate date' from the past:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/08/exact-climate-data-from-past.html
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TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Termessos:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/travel/termessos-the-city-alexander-the-great-failed-to-conquer

Jiankou:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200810-jiankou-chinas-remote-and-dangerous-great-wall

Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compstela:

https://elpais.com/revista-de-verano/2020-08-12/el-apostol-resiste.html

Leipzig:

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-from-a-to-z-leipzig/g-19522642

Saxony:

https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-16-states-saxony/a-45260052

Antalya:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/antalya-capital-of-turkish-tourism-worlds-open-air-museum/news
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ================================================================
Antigone in Ferguson:

https://mdtheatreguide.com/2020/08/theatre-review-antigone-in-ferguson-by-theater-of-war-productions-via-zoom/

Bacchae (drive in version):

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/arts-and-theater/os-et-bacchae-drive-in-play-review-20200815-wds5keyfmreffawmpehxrfwsgi-story.html

Performing some Euripides at home:

https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/sophocles-in-staten-island-family-does-greek-plays-at-home.html

Pondering Bach on a harp:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/arts/music/bach-goldberg-variations-harp.html

Feature on John Barbirolli:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/arts/music/john-barbirolli-new-york-philharmonic.html

On the role of music at Auschwitz:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/arts/music/anita-lasker-wallfisch-auschwitz-salzburg-festival.html
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CRIME BEAT
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A raid in Istanbul netted 42 artifacts from various periods:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/turkey-42-historical-artifacts-seized-in-istanbul-raid/1939238

Some fallout from the death of dealer Douglas Latchford:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/douglas-latchford-reactions

Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2020/08/news-culture-crime-news-3-9-august-2020.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/

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REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY ================================================================
Calls to repatriate artifacts in the wake of Douglas Latchford's death:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/08/15/calls-repatriate-trafficked-relics-british-art-dealer-takes/

Latest opEd on repatriation from museums:

https://asiatimes.com/2020/08/repatriating-looted-treasures-wont-keep-them-safe/

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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on the propaganda aspects of ancient and medieval coins:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/ancient-and-medieval-coins-as-royal-propaganda/

Feature on the coins depicting Achelous:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/the-coinage-of-achelous-water-god-of-ancient-greece/

Latest e-Sylum:

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

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v23/club_nbs_esylum_v23n33.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Adin Steinsaltz:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/09/books/rabbi-adin-steinsaltz-dead.html

Jean-Louis Ferrary:

https://www.efrome.it/lefr/actualite/jean-louis-ferrary-1948-2020.html

William Nethercut:

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/statesman/obituary.aspx?n=william-robert-nethercut&pid=196645964

Anton Powell:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/08/13/anton-powell-self-made-classicist-advanced-studies-sparta/

Eusebio Leal Spengler:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/world/americas/eusebio-leal-spengler-who-restored-old-havana-dies-at-77.html

Julian Bream:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/arts/music/julian-bream-dead.html

Aritana Yawalapiti:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/arts/music/julian-bream-dead.html

Fay Chew Matsuda:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/10/nyregion/fay-chew-matsuda-musuem-of-chinese-americas-immigrant-died.html

Vuslat Muller-Karpe:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/archaeologist-buried-in-ancient-city-she-excavated-157287

Douglas Latchford:

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/douglas-latchford-death-of-an-adventurer-explorer
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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS ================================================================
Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/2984-audio-news-from-archaeologica-august-2-through-august-8-2020
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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 ================================================================
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http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch

Archaeology Podcast Network:

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