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    From david meadows@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 8 08:59:20 2021
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    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amaravati/andhra-pradesh-14th-century-kakatiya-inscription-found-in-prakasam-district/articleshow/84946832.cms
    https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ancient-tamil-inscription-found-at-temple-near-chirala/article35672340.ece
    https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/020821/14th-century-tamil-inscription-unearthed-at-motupalli.html

    An ancient water management structure with an interesting inscription from Trichy:

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/trichy/chola-era-inscription-praises-goldsmith-for-sponsoring-sluice/articleshow/85139168.cms

    More on that silver coin from Keeladi:

    https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/silver-coin-found-at-keeladi-reveals-economic-activities-of-settlement/article35712050.ece

    More on the 3000 years bp shark attack victim from Japan:

    https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/archaeologists-resolve-enigma-of-man-savaged-3-000-years-ago-in-japan-1.9945494
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    AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ================================================================
    Feature on Tongerlongeter:

    https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-tongerlongeter-the-tasmanian-resistance-fighter-we-should-remember-as-a-war-hero-165308

    Plans to rebury a number of Aboriginal remains is causing controversy:

    https://theconversation.com/mungo-ancestral-remains-reburial-proposal-disrespects-the-elders-original-vision-164854
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    NORTH AMERICA
    ================================================================
    Finds from the site of the second battle of Sackets Harbor:

    https://www.wwnytv.com/2021/08/01/unearthed-artifacts-tell-story-war-1812-battlefield/

    Native American remains from an Oak Harbor construction site (WA):

    https://www.southwhidbeyrecord.com/news/native-american-remains-unearthed-at-building-site/

    More 'likely human' bones from a construction site in Columbus, Indiana:

    https://www.wdrb.com/news/national/more-bones-likely-human-found-at-indiana-construction-site/article_3fc582b9-1b4b-5879-8c3a-928012833c47.html

    Feature on the ongoing-dig at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump:

    https://globalnews.ca/news/8095227/archaeology-students-dig-up-the-past-at-head-smashed-in-buffalo-jump/
    https://globalnews.ca/video/8095289/digging-up-the-past-in-southern-alberta

    A potential investigation of an unmarked Pensacola graveyard is being discussed:

    https://www.wuwf.org/local-news/2021-08-02/task-force-may-study-unmarked-pensacola-graveyard

    GPR has identified three possible burials beneath Tropicana Field:

    https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/special-reports/erased/graves-tropicana-field-parking-lots/67-30e18341-3ab5-4173-82c5-da68b6c6e5dc
    https://www.fox23.com/news/trending/3-possible-graves-found-under-parking-lots-tampa-bay-rays-stadium/MGBQLL4UWNCEPIV4Y67E5T25NY/

    Fallout over plans to reinter possible Tulsa Race Massacre victims:

    https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/racemassacre/critics-air-grievances-over-reinterment-of-possible-tulsa-race-massacre-burials/article_38dc20b6-f56d-11eb-a3ef-1b4d213a70c5.html

    Studying New York's old growth forests for dating and climate purposes:

    https://phys.org/news/2021-08-york-city-hidden-old-growth-forests.html

    cf: https://structurae.net/en/literature/conference-paper/harvesting-new-york-city-old-growth-urban-forestry

    More on obsidian from Lake Huron:

    https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/08/03/lake-huron-rock-ice-age/5434121001/

    Feature on northern free states' 'black laws':

    https://www.npr.org/2021/08/03/1024108231/until-justice-be-done-examines-northern-free-states-so-called-black-laws

    A plaque commemorating the enslaved people who helped to build the White House:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-plaque-tells-enslaved-people-who-built-white-house-180978342/

    Estimating Mayflower descendants:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57698818

    Fires in California have pretty much destroyed the Gold Rush town of Greenville:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58106314 https://www.sfgate.com/california-wildfires/article/greenville-dixie-fire-main-street-buildings-lost-16366580.php
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    CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
    Study suggests Machu Picchu might be at least a few decades older than previously thought:

    https://news.yale.edu/2021/08/04/machu-picchu-older-expected-study-reveals https://phys.org/news/2021-08-machu-picchu-older.html https://www.livescience.com/machu-picchu-older-than-thought.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/04/scientists-discover-machu-picchu-could-be-at-least-two-decades-older-than-thought
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/machu-picchu-age-history-peru-b1896588.html
    https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/machu-picchu-peru-study-scli-intl-scn/index.html
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/machu-picchu-older-than-previously-thought-1995769
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/radio-carbon-dating-reveals-that-machu-picchu-is-older-than-previously-thought/139831
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/radiocarbon-dating-reveals-machu-picchu-older-previously-thought-180978360/
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/9887-210805-machu-picchu-date

    An interview with Leonardo Lopez Lujan and Eduardo Matos Moctezuma about the Templo Mayor and related things:

    https://elpais.com/mexico/2021-08-03/el-templo-mayor-cambio-la-cara-de-ciudad-de-mexico.html

    Feature on 'tension' between Mexico and Spain, history-wise:

    https://elpais.com/babelia/2021-08-07/mexico-espana-la-historia-que-nos-divide.html

    Feature on assorted books' approaches to the conquest of Mexico:

    https://elpais.com/babelia/2021-08-07/las-otras-conquistas-de-1521-narradas-desde-mexico.html

    Investigations continue on pre-Columbian spheres from Costa Rica:

    https://thecostaricanews.com/investigations-continue-on-pre-columbian-spheres-in-costa-rica/

    Feature on Maya Blue and the pottery it was used on:

    https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2021/08/maya-blue-and-the-vessels-of-the-diving-gods/

    Feature on amaranth:

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/06/ancient-grain-amaranth-food-trend-indigenous

    Feature on Caral:

    https://www.history.com/news/caral-peru-norte-chico-oldest-civilization-western-hemisphere

    Studying why the Maya abandoned their cities:

    https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/why-did-the-maya-abandon-their-once-bustling-cities

    A contest to stop the deterioration of the Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent in Teotihuacan:

    https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2021/08/inah-launches-contest-to-stop-deterioration-of-the-feathered-serpent-pyramid-in-teotihuacan/

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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 ================================================================
    A 28 000 years bp preserved lion cub from Siberia:

    https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/05/world/frozen-cave-lion-cubs-siberia-scn/index.html

    cf: https://www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/4/3/24/htm

    A project to restore an 800 years bp church organ in Bethlehem:

    https://catholicphilly.com/2021/08/news/world-news/800-year-old-church-organ-in-bethlehem-may-breath-new-life/
    https://catholicleader.com.au/news/world/musicologist-hopes-to-reconstruct-12-century-organ-from-bethlehem-church-that-survived-crusades/

    Feature/study/project of Ogham:

    https://www.thenational.scot/news/19495243.ogham-insights-set-transform-understanding-ancient-celtic-writing-style/
    https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40352630.html

    Feature on studying ancient food residues:

    https://thecounter.org/what-can-a-3000-year-old-baby-bottle-tell-us-about-ancient-food-habits/

    Feature on the Black underwater archaeologists looking for slave shipwrecks around the world:

    https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/searching-for-slave-ship-wrecks-scn/index.html

    Feature on Ezra Pound:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/06/books/the-downfall-of-ezra-pound.html

    On the Men-Yoroi:

    https://www.mindbounce.com/trivia/the-mempo-was-a-distinctive-piece-of-armor-worn-where/

    Feature on Marie Antoinette's 'decorative dairy':

    https://www.apollo-magazine.com/marie-antoinette-dairy-milkmaid-rambouillet-neoclassicism/

    Feature on Panini and Piranesi:

    https://www.lagazzettaitaliana.com/history-culture/9771-eighteenth-century-views-of-rome-the-art-of-giovanni-paolo-panini-and-giovanni-battista-piranesi

    Feature on Isaac Newton:

    https://interestingengineering.com/isaac-newton-the-father-of-modern-science

    Thomas Jefferson didn't think the Constitution would last very long, apparently:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/04/opinion/amend-constitution.html

    On the weirdness of English spelling:

    https://aeon.co/essays/why-is-the-english-spelling-system-so-weird-and-inconsistent

    A German pensioner was fined for having a WWII tank in his house:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-58077039 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9859553/German-pensioner-fined-200-000-keeping-WWII-TANK-AA-gun-huge-arsenal-home.html

    Feature on the sport of pedestrianism:

    https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210723-the-strange-19th-century-sport-that-was-cooler-than-football

    Pending changes to the NYPL photo collection are causing concerns:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/arts/design/new-york-public-library-picture-collection.html

    On the history of 'Hey Diddle Diddle':

    https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/hey-diddle-diddle-lyrics-meaning-nursery-rhyme/

    Sherwood Forest has a nudism problem, apparently:

    https://www.dw.com/en/merry-nudists-disturb-visitors-in-robin-hoods-sherwood-forest/a-58782293

    On ancient nomads:

    https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210730-the-ancient-origins-of-the-new-nomads

    On the history of wedding veils:

    https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/wedding-veils-long-intricate-history-214030047.html

    On the history of service-based US economy:

    https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/08/pandemic-american-shoppers-nightmare/619650/

    On the history of aspirin:

    https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/02/hippocrates-willow-history-aspirin/

    On cave art as 'cinema' (we've heard this before):

    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/prehistoric-cave-art-proto-cinema-1994505 https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/atxurra-cave-art-experimental-archaeology

    Reviewish of Jennifer Scheper Hughes, *The Church of the Dead: The Epidemic of 1576 and the Birth of Christianity in the Americas*:

    https://phys.org/news/2021-08-explores-plague-christianity-americas.html

    Review of a book on agent-based modelling applications in archaeology:

    https://phys.org/news/2021-08-agent-based-archaeology-simulate-complexity-societies.html

    Review of Maria Tatar, *The Heroine with 1001 Faces*:

    https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/09/maria-tatar-heroine-1001-faces/619494/

    More on the possible Michelangelo thumbprint:

    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61906 ================================================================
    CURRENT EVENTS: ================================================================
    On the history of gymnastics:

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/explainer-how-gymnastics-evolved-from-exercising-naked-explainer-tokyo-greek-alexander-the-great-men-b1894884.html
    https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/ancient-greece-meant-exercising-naked-how-gymnastics-evolved-over-time/2575761/
    https://www.wsls.com/sports/2021/08/02/explainer-how-gymnastics-evolved-from-exercising-naked/

    On the first Olympics:

    https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/5-facts-you-may-not-know-about-the-first-olympics

    How they trained for the Olympics in ancient times:

    https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210804-how-to-train-like-an-ancient-greek-olympian

    On the role of Indigenous athletes in the Olympics:

    https://daily.jstor.org/how-do-indigenous-athletes-fit-into-the-olympics/

    On what Poe can teach us about the pandemic:

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

    On teaching US history in the South:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/02/opinion/South-slavery-Confederacy-curriculum.html

    A study of some 'precedents' for the US Capitol insurrection:

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/02/want-to-make-jim-jordan-sing-about-the-capitol-attack-ask-jefferson-davis

    Feature on Emancipation Day:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/08/01/aug-1-is-emancipation-day-end-british-slavery-didnt-mean-freedom/

    Australia is planning reparations to Indigenous persons:

    https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/08/05/australia/australia-reparations-stolen-generation-intl-hnk/index.html
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/05/australia-indigenous-school-reparation/
    https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/5495620001

    cf: https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/stolen-generations

    OpEd on decolonizing anthropology:

    https://www.michigandaily.com/columns/decolonizing-anthropology-im-not-indiana-jones-and-i-dont-want-to-be/
    ================================================================
    MUSEUM MATTERS
    ================================================================
    Nero:

    https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/europe-news/nero-british-museum-exhibition-betrayed-conspiracy-8161250

    Syrian mosaics:

    https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1165446/valuable-syrian-mosaics-on-show-in-athens/

    Typewriters:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-scotland-57955578

    Epic Iran:

    https://english.alaraby.co.uk/features/epic-iran-spellbinding-journey-pasts-presents

    Decoding the Roman Dead:

    https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/19488382.inside-colchester-castles-new-exhibition-decoding-roman-dead/

    Buddhist relics from Sind:

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mumbai-museum-to-preserve-fifth-century-buddhist-relics-from-stupa-in-sind/articleshow/84958422.cms

    Doggerland:

    https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/environment/566123-archeologists-piece-together-lost-atlantis-from

    The 'iceberg wall' at the Titanic Museum collapsed:

    https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/03/us/titanic-museum-iceberg-injured-trnd/index.html

    Medieval coins found by a metal detectorist are being donated to a Coventry museum:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-58128228

    UNESCO is hyping the GEM:

    https://dailynewsegypt.com/2021/08/03/grand-egyptian-museum-to-exert-significant-influence-regionally-globally-unesco/

    Ireland's Great Hunger Museum is not reopening:

    https://www.nhregister.com/metro/article/Quinnipiac-s-Ireland-s-Great-Hunger-Museum-16368969.php

    Beirut's national museum is 'slowly' reopening:

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/beirut-national-museum-slowly-re-opens

    Review of a pair of books on museums and looted objects:

    https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/n16/adewale-maja-pearce/strewn-with-loot ================================================================
    AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ================================================================
    High expectations for a Van Gogh coming to Christie's:

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/blog/a-usd40m-van-gogh-landscape-is-coming-up-for-sale-in-new-york

    ================================================================
    ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
    DNA suggests 'Levantines' and 'Arabians' have different origins:

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210804123500.htm https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/genomic-study-levantines-and-arabians-have-different-origins-1.10084582

    Using DNA to identify concentration camp victims:

    https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/08/06/remains-of-concentration-camp-victims-identified-as-jewish-prisoners-in-new-genetic-study/
    ================================================================
    THE TECHY SIDE
    ================================================================
    A database of 3000 lead isotope analyses from the Iberian peninsula:

    https://phys.org/news/2021-08-database-isotope-analyses-geological-archaeological.html

    Another feature on the use of AI on ancient texts:

    https://news.nd.edu/news/researchers-use-ai-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-ancient-texts/
    https://techxplore.com/news/2021-08-ai-secrets-ancient-texts.html ================================================================
    CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
    Feature on the effect of climate changes at various time in Egypt's history:

    https://news.yale.edu/2021/08/02/forever-changes-climate-lessons-ancient-egypt

    More on climate and the origins of agriculture in Japan:

    http://en.ritsumei.ac.jp/news/detail/?id=618 http://www.archaeology.org/news/9878-210802-japan-climate-agriculture ================================================================
    TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================

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    PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ================================================================
    Analyzing Bach's piano music:

    https://psyche.co/ideas/bachs-chamber-music-is-intimate-precision-and-homeric-epic-in-one

    In case you don't know Stravinsky:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/04/arts/music/classical-music-stravinsky.html ================================================================
    CRIME BEAT
    ================================================================
    A pair of brothers in Capaccio were found in possession of some archaeological relics:

    https://www.v-news.it/capaccio-paestum-trovati-reperti-archeologici-di-stile-dorico/

    A pair of Arkansas men pleaded guilty to damaging a historic mine site:

    https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdar/pr/two-arkansas-men-plead-guilty-damaging-historic-mines-buffalo-national-river

    A Dutch man is facing charges after a failed attempt to steal a Roman coin collection in Germany:

    https://www.dw.com/en/germany-trial-begins-over-failed-robbery-of-roman-golden-coins/a-58740610
    https://nltimes.nl/2021/08/03/dutch-man-jailed-trying-steal-roman-gold-german-museum
    https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/dutch-man-trial-failed-theft-roman-coin-collection-1234600700/
    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61930

    A pro-Hadi Yemeni minister is accused of smuggling antiquities:

    https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2021/08/02/663572/Document-reveals-pro-Hadi-Yemeni-minister-involved-in-antiquities-trafficking
    https://alkhabaralyemeni.net/2021/08/02/138314/

    More on CPB officers in Kentucky intercepting a shipment of illicit antiquities coming from Mexico:

    https://www.kentuckytoday.com/stories/ancient-artifacts-seized-by-customs-officers,33440
    https://www.kentucky.com/news/nation-world/national/article253252728.html https://www.murrayledger.com/news/state/ancient-artifacts-seized-by-customs-officers-in-louisville/article_f734d64c-f3f2-11eb-97f0-97a56063d46b.html
    https://www.boston25news.com/news/trending/customs-agents-thwart-attempted-smuggling-12th-century-artifacts-kentucky/NVT2FLAOAJHZDBAKFQTK23QNPE/
    https://www.whio.com/news/trending/customs-agents-thwart-attempted-smuggling-12th-century-artifacts-kentucky/NVT2FLAOAJHZDBAKFQTK23QNPE/
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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 ================================================================
    A piece of Stonehenge taken by a restoration worker in the 1950s has been returned and studied:

    https://phys.org/news/2021-08-analysis-stonehenge-core-sample-megalith.html https://www.livescience.com/stonehenge-pillars-mesozoic.html https://www.sciencealert.com/rediscovered-chunk-of-stone-henge-gives-a-glimpse-deep-inside-the-iconic-pillars-2/amp

    cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0254760

    Italy has won a court battle with a dealer over a bust of Alexander the Great:

    https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/celebrities/article253264258.html https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/italy-wins-battle-over-ancient-bust-of-alexander-the-great-9r5vxf83d
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/italy-wins-us-case-as-it-seeks-to-reclaim-marble-statue/2021/08/04/076bceee-f56a-11eb-a636-18cac59a98dc_story.html
    https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/celebrities/article253264258.html

    Feature on efforts to have remains of 116 000 Native Americans returned:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/06/arts/design/native-american-remains-museums-nagpra.html

    Australia is returning 14 items of dubious provenance to India:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58027898

    ... while India is counting up how many things have been returned over the years (none of these have the same numbers):

    https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/54-stolen-antiquities-retrieved-since-1976-75-during-7-years-of-modi-government-rajya-sabha-told
    https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/050821/75-pc-stolen-heritage-returned-during-7-years-of-pm-modis-govt-g-kis.html
    https://english.newstracklive.com/news/41-stolen-archaeological-objects-returned-to-india-in-modi-term-mc23-nu764-ta322-1174988-1.html

    Mexico is receiving some 750 items from around the world:

    https://www.vallartadaily.com/750-archaeological-pieces-will-be-repatriated-to-mexico/

    More on the return of some 17 000 items from the US (and others) to Iraq:

    https://phys.org/news/2021-08-iraq-looted-ancient-artifacts.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/world/middleeast/iraq-looted-artifacts-return.html
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/03/us-to-return-17000-looted-ancient-artefacts-to-iraq
    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/thousands-of-priceless-antiquities-returned-to-iraq-wmzngbz0r
    http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/682/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/682/pub/682/page/59/article/202730
    https://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-heritage-int/iraq-says-us-to-return-17000-ancient-artifacts-looted-after-invasion-idUSKBN2F414V
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/9883-210804-iraq-gilgamesh-tablet-repatriation

    ... including the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet:

    https://www.occrp.org/en/27-ccwatch/cc-watch-briefs/14955-hobby-lobby-hands-over-legendary-tablet-to-be-returned-to-iraq
    https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/08/doj-repatriates-looted-dream-of-gilgamesh-tablet-other-artifacts-to-iraq/
    ... and an opinion about it:

    https://www.trtworld.com/opinion/the-us-return-of-looted-iraqi-antiquities-is-just-an-empty-gesture-48858

    This seems to be a repatriation-related opEd aimed at the British Museum:

    https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1470623/British-Museum-Elgin-Marbles-George-Osborne

    Feature on the most valuable things 'stolen by the British' from India and other countries:

    https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/social-relevance/valuable-things-stolen-by-the-british-546394.html
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