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    From david meadows@21:1/5 to All on Sun Dec 12 09:20:17 2021
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    https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03583-3

    Feature on an interesting Maya urn that was on display in a library:

    https://news.asu.edu/20211129-unique-maya-urn-takes-asu-archaeologist-surprising-journey

    Mammoth remains found during grave excavations from Los Reyes de Juarez (Mexico):

    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/12/mammoth-discovery-in-mexico-during-grave-excavations/142206

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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 'letterlocking':

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/12/mary-queen-of-scots-sealed-her-final-missive-with-an-intricate-spiral-letterlock/

    Feature on Roman numerals on clocks:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/roman-numerals-clock-faces/2021/12/11/046b743e-59d2-11ec-9a18-a506cf3aa31d_story.html

    Feature on Afanasy Nikitin's travels in India:

    https://scroll.in/magazine/1011414/pilgrimages-conflicts-and-naked-women-a-russian-merchants-impressions-of-15th-century-india

    Feature on Marie Curie:

    https://www.livescience.com/38907-marie-curie-facts-biography.html

    An archaeologist accused of bullying has been reinstated at the Max Planck Institute:

    https://www.science.org/content/article/archaeologist-accused-bullying-reinstated-max-planck-institute

    The Netherlands government is trying to purchase Rembrandt's 'Standard Bearer':

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59588109

    Repairs are in store for the Night Watch:

    https://apnews.com/article/travel-lifestyle-painting-museums-netherlands-8a906bc78e725d3e3f87bd3102dad062

    .. and a feature on the original sketch beneath the paint of the Night Watch:

    https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/dec/08/rembrandt-hidden-sketch-revealed-beneath-night-watch
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/12/09/original-sketch-rembrandt-masterpiece-found-underneath-painting/
    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/12/08/rijksmuseum-discovers-the-genesis-of-rembrandts-the-night-watch
    https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-12-08/el-rijksmuseum-descubre-la-genesis-de-la-ronda-de-noche-de-rembrandt-en-un-bosquejo-bajo-el-oleo.html

    Feature on 'painted over' artworks:

    https://www.dw.com/en/from-rembrandt-to-picasso-artworks-that-were-painted-over/g-60068927

    An export bar on a 17th century anonymous painting of a Black woman and her white companion:

    https://www.cnn.com/style/article/britain-painting-export-bar-intl-scli-gbr/index.html

    A Van Gogh self portrait has been conserved:

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/12/10/van-gogh-gets-a-facelift-conservation-of-self-portrait-to-be-revealed-in-london

    Studying the lead in 'lead white':

    https://www.npr.org/2021/12/10/1062525515/scientists-uncover-clues-about-rembrandt-rubens-paintings-through-lead-analysis

    The 'top discoveries of 2021' lists have started to appear ... here's the ones made by Bournemouth U. academics:

    https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/news/2021-12-06/four-top-10-archaeological-discoveries-2021-made-bu-academics-according-archaeology-magazine

    ... and 12 'incredible' ones:

    https://www.cnn.com/style/article/art-design-archaeology-discoveries-2021-scn/index.html

    The US military has ended a project to identify the dead at Pearl Harbor:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/us/pearl-harbor-attack-dna.html

    Feature on how humans have shaped the planet for millennia:

    https://knowablemagazine.org/article/food-environment/2021/why-theres-no-such-thing-pristine-nature

    More on what's going on with the Notre Dame restoration:

    https://onepeterfive.com/whats-happening-with-the-notre-dame-restoration-an-advent-2021-update/

    ... and this one will cause some backlash:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/arts/design/notre-dame-contemporary-art.html

    ... and on Notre Dame's 'musical spirit':

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/09/travel/notre-dame-music-paris-churches.html

    Sciencey sort of thing on the ancient production of pigments:

    https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/simple-campfire-chemistry-hints-how-ancient-humans-produced-pigments/4014845.article

    Feature on the concept of beauty through the ages:

    https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0b8lv7p/why-beauty-is-fundamental-to-the-human-experience-

    The Apple TV series on Dickinson is donating a pile of replicas to the Emily Dickinson Museum:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/arts/television/emily-dickinson-archive-harvard.html

    On the history of the tomato:

    https://elpais.com/ciencia/2021-12-03/el-tomate-no-es-natural-es-un-tesoro-creado-por-el-ingenio-humano.html

    Barcelona's Sagrada Familia might not be structurally complete until 2026:

    https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3158289/barcelonas-sagrada-familia-mark-milestone-its-construction

    Feature on India's British colonial hill stations:

    https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3158402/paradise-lost-rise-and-fall-indias-british-colonial-era-hill

    A silent film is shedding light on 1920s Ireland:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/11/world/europe/silent-film-ireland-discovery.html

    Review of Anna della Subin, *Accidental Gods*:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/08/books/review-accidental-gods-anna-della-subin.html

    Review of *The Dawn of Everything*:

    https://mashable.com/article/dawn-of-everything-history-book

    Review of Molly Yarn, *Shakespeare's Lady Editors*:

    https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/dec/09/new-book-celebrates-the-lost-work-of-shakespeares-female-editors

    Review of Catherine McCormack, *Women in the Picture*:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/08/books/review/women-in-the-picture-catherine-mccormack.html
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    CURRENT EVENTS:
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    Maryland is confronting its history of lynching and racial violence:

    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/maryland-is-the-first-state-to-formally-reckon-with-its-history-of-lynching-and-racial-violence

    A Robert E Lee statue in Charlottesville will be melted down:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/07/charlottesville-melt-robert-lee-statue/

    The Taliban reopened the National Museum in Kabul:

    https://www.khaama.com/taliban-reopens-national-museum-in-kabul-57457457/ https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-national-museum-of-afghanistan-reopens-2044902

    On the history of holly:

    https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2021/12/boughs-of-holly.html

    An Italian church has apologized over a bishop's claim about Santa:

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/11/no-ho-ho-italian-church-apologises-over-bishops-claim-about-santa-claus

    More on the pronunciation of omicron (mostly input from assorted Classicists):

    https://www.spectator.com.au/2021/12/omicron-variants/ https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/12/06/nation/how-we-got-omicron-previously-obscure-d-list-letter/?event=event25
    https://www.motherjones.com/media/2021/11/omicron-variant-pronunciation-classics-scholars-british-american/

    More on the vandalism of Laocoon in San Francisco:

    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/a-sculpture-legion-of-honor-vandalism-2044568

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    LANGUAGE RELATED
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    Concerns for the survival of the Cantonese language:

    https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3158220/will-cantonese-struggle-survive-welsh-hawaiian-and
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    MUSEUM MATTERS
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    Stonehenge (and Seahenge):

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/dec/07/stonehenge-exhibition-british-museum
    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-59564141 https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/stonehenge-british-museum-norfolk-bronze-age-sea-b970385.html
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/stonehenge-norfolk-bronze-age-great-pyramid-of-giza-france-b1971146.html
    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/12/07/golden-hats-celestial-discs-and-circles-of-wood-and-stone-british-museum-reveals-treasures-in-stonehenge-show
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/12/07/stonehenge-sea-unveiled-british-museum/
    http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/812/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/812/pub/812/page/29/article/248663
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10290263/The-cosmic-mystery-Seahenge-Battle-raging-true-purpose-awesome-monument.html
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10286203/Bronze-age-timber-structure-dubbed-Seahenge-goes-display-British-Museum.html
    https://blog.britishmuseum.org/an-introduction-to-stonehenge/

    Vermeer:

    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62841

    Rubens:

    https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-12-06/rubens-picturing-antiquity-getty-villa

    Iranian Arts:

    https://www.dw.com/en/an-exploration-of-five-millennia-of-iranian-art/g-60032922
    https://www.dw.com/en/collection-of-iranian-arts-and-culture-on-show-in-berlin/av-60041924

    Native New York:

    https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/44920/20211206/the-native-american-history-that-new-yorkers-may-not-know
    https://americanindian.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/item?id=981

    3d Mesopotamia:

    https://mesopotamia.getty.edu/

    Peru:

    https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-show-of-ample-and-eerie-majesty-british-museums-peru-a-journey-in-time-reviewed

    The Met removed the Sackler name from its galleries:

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/09/new-york-met-art-museum-to-remove-sackler-family-name-from-galleries
    https://www.newsweek.com/met-removes-sackler-family-name-museums-galleries-following-opioid-controversy-1657849
    https://www.cnn.com/style/article/met-museum-removes-sackler-name-cec/index.html
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/met-museum-removing-sackler-name-2046380

    The Getty has acquired a bust of Germanicus (maybe):

    https://www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/8153-first-century-roman-germanicus-bust-joins-getty-villa-collection
    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62862 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/getty-museum-roman-bust-1234612841/

    The Larnaca musem is (finally) reopening:

    https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/12/06/after-long-delays-larnaca-museum-to-reopen-next-month/

    Feature on the Tenement Museum:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/interactive/2021/tenement-museum/

    The Met and the Studio Museum in Harvard will be overseeing the James Van der Zee archive:

    https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/metropolitan-studio-museum-in-harlem-james-van-der-zee-archive-1234612573/

    There's a new museum of Roman antiquities in Narbonne:

    https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/foster-partners-completes-museum-of-roman-antiquities-in-narbonne
    https://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/fosters-roman-antiquities-museum-set-to-open/5115156.article

    Feature on ten disputed objects at the British Museum:

    https://www.vice.com/en/article/3abdd3/unfiltered-history-tour-ten-disputed-artefacts-british-museum

    Feature on ten of the 'most beautiful' exhibits in the Acropolis Museum:

    https://greekreporter.com/2021/12/10/acropolis-museum/

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    AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
    Big bucks for the Hamilton Aphrodite:

    https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/hamilton-aphrodite-auction-record-1234612590/

    ... and some tiaras associated with Napoleon's Josephine:

    https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/tiaras-thought-belong-napoleons-josephine-sell-760000-2021-12-07/
    https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/45393585/two-of-empress-josphine-bonapartes-tiaras-sell-for-763000

    ... and a collection of 16th century books:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-59609181

    Lalique items coming to auction:

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonydemarco/2021/12/09/a-private-collection-of-lalique-creations-to-be-auctioned-in-paris-by-sothebys/

    We might be hearing more about this auction of items from Iran:

    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/467965/Sold-Iranian-treasures-went-under-the-hammer-in-London-auction

    A warning about the provenance of antiquities coming to auction:

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/dec/07/antiquities-for-auction-could-be-illicitly-sourced-archaeologist-claims
    ============================================================
    ON THE DNA FRONT
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    DNA samples from soil suggests wild horses and mammoths were in the Yukon much longer than preivously thought:

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211208090008.htm

    On repeated development of 'anthrax resistance' in Europe:

    https://phys.org/news/2021-12-anthrax-arms-europeans-evolve-disease.html

    cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-26854-z ============================================================
    THE TECHY SIDE
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    On the use of digital tools to preserve sites threatened by climate change:

    https://www.npr.org/2021/12/08/1062320033/digital-tools-can-preserve-historic-sites-threatened-by-climate-change-effects
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    CLIMATE MATTERS
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    Feature on how archaeologists can contribute to the climate change debate:

    https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/columns/2021/12/09/archaeologist-see-future-climate-change-look-past/6415055001/

    Another feature on sites threatened by climate change:

    https://www.tbsnews.net/features/panorama/melting-our-history-338497

    More on climate change and the collapse of the Liangzhu (and other) cultures:

    https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abi9275 ============================================================
    TOURISTY THINGS
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    Sigiriya:

    https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20211205-sigiriya-sri-lankas-ancient-water-gardens

    Leuven:

    https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021/dec/07/leuven-the-small-flemish-town-belgium-big-bang-history

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    CRIME BEAT
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    Antiquities thieves damaged the Roman amphitheatre in Samaria:

    https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/12/08/antiquities-robbers-damage-ancient-roman-amphitheater-in-samaria/

    A bust in east Jerusalem yielded some Hasmonean-era (and other?) artifacts:

    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/ancient-hasmonean-artifacts-found-in-east-jerusalem-at-end-of-hanukkah-687902
    https://www.ynetnews.com/article/by1161w5ty https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/318117

    Three arrests in Jerusalem revealed dozens of items, including some from the Bar-Kochba revolt era:

    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/dozens-of-artifacts-some-from-bar-kochba-era-found-by-police-3-arrested-688198
    https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/3-arabs-arrested-for-theft-of-ancient-archaeological-artifacts/2021/12/08/

    A major bust in Thessaloniki:

    https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1173609/arrests-over-antiquities-in-thessaloniki/
    https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/12/12/arrests-over-antiquities-in-thessaloniki/

    Some folks from Lucca were caught trying to sell some amphoras online (Italian):

    https://www.toscanamedianews.it/anfore-millenarie-trovate-in-mare-e-vendute-online.htm
    https://corrierefiorentino.corriere.it/firenze/notizie/cronaca/21_dicembre_07/viareggio-sequestrate-tre-anfore-ii-secolo-ac-due-donne-provavano-venderle-internet-f219b386-576f-11ec-8484-7f5da1e8bf41.shtml
    https://iltirreno.gelocal.it/versilia/cronaca/2021/12/07/news/sequestrate-tre-anfore-antiche-denunciate-due-viareggine-1.41004935

    Not sure if this is one major bust or a 'compilation' piece (Italian):

    https://www.corriereditaranto.it/2021/12/10/2211tornano-a-casa-2mila-reperti-portati-allestero/

    Tons of coverage of Michael Steinhardt's being required to return 180 stolen antiquities:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/06/arts/design/steinhardt-billionaire-stolen-antiquities.html
    https://www.livescience.com/billionaire-surrenders-180-stolen-artifacts https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/07/us-billionaire-michael-steinhardt-surrenders-70m-dollars-stolen-art
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/manhattan-new-york-turkey-greece-new-york-university-b1971007.html
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59543021 https://www.cnn.com/style/article/michael-steinhardt-ancient-art-surrender-scli-intl/index.html
    https://www.npr.org/2021/12/07/1062111007/michael-steinhardt-antiquities-prosecutor-seized-hedge-fund
    https://www.reuters.com/markets/funds/billionaire-steinhardt-surrenders-70-mln-antiquities-accepts-collecting-ban-2021-12-06/
    https://www.timesofisrael.com/avoiding-prosecution-michael-steinhardt-to-return-70-million-in-looted-antiquities/
    https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/investor-michael-steinhardt-banned-for-life-from-collecting-antiquities-688053
    https://www.newsweek.com/35m-stags-head-among-stolen-antiquities-hedge-fund-manager-must-return-prosecutor-says-1656562
    https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/06/hedge-fund-pioneer-michael-steinhardt-surrenders-stolen-antiquities-vance-says-.html
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hedge-fund-founder-steinhardt-will-return-looted-antiquities/2021/12/06/9ee6305a-56ce-11ec-8396-5552bef55c3c_story.html
    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/12/07/collector-michael-steinhardt-surrenders-stolen-artifacts
    https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/ancient-art-collector-surrenders-180-stolen-antiquities-valued-at-70m-manhattan-da/3436566/
    https://abcnews.go.com/International/york-billionaire-surrenders-stolen-antiquities-worth-70-million/story?id=81587527
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/annakaplan/2021/12/06/billionaire-michael-steinhardt-surrenders-70-million-in-stolen-art-receives-first-ever-lifetime-ban-from-acquiring-antiquities/
    https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/12/07/michael-steinhardt-returns-70-million-worth-of-stolen-antiquities-including-from-ancient-greece/
    https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20211208-us-billionaire-surrenders-looted-antiquities-worth-70m/
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/michael-steinhardt-banned-from-acquiring-cultural-antiquities-2044531
    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/12/08/michael-steinhardt-surrenders-180-stolen-antiquities-valued-at-70-million/

    ... as a result of which, some NYU students want their department renamed:

    https://nypost.com/2021/12/08/nyu-students-want-to-rename-department-named-after-billionaire-art-collector/
    https://www.jta.org/2021/12/09/ny/student-government-at-nyu-school-named-for-steinhardt-calls-for-removal-of-philanthropists-name

    ... and an opEd:

    https://observer.com/2021/12/the-american-antiquities-trade-is-defined-by-bad-actors/

    14 items have been stolen from protected monuments in India since 2015:

    https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/14-antiquities-stolen-from-monuments-since-2015-minister/article37869545.ece
    https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/dec/08/14-antiquities-stolen-from-centrally-protected-sites-in-six-years-2393162.html

    The US and Egypt have 'enhanced' their anti-antiquities-trafficking agreement:

    https://www.arabnews.com/node/1984196/middle-east

    Feature on Thomas Gavin as artifact thief:

    https://www.npr.org/2021/12/05/1061008298/thomas-gavin-might-be-americas-most-prolific-artifact-thief-but-the-jig-is-up

    More on Monson fakery:

    https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/special-team-to-re-examine-antiques-found-at-monsons-house/article37890952.ece

    More on the Egyptian gang who had a sarcophagus:

    https://www.egyptindependent.com/gang-arrested-for-excavating-archaeological-treasures-in-ain-shams/

    In case you were wondering, Tommy Thompson is still in jail:

    https://apnews.com/article/oddities-ohio-central-america-tommy-thompson-d54be60bb4e0a34153d796cd10bb4265

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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 UN has adopted a Greek resolution on the return of cultural property:

    https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1173287/unga-unanimously-adopts-greek-resolution-on-return-of-cultural-property/
    https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/12/08/un-adopts-greek-proposal-for-the-return-of-stolen-cultural-treasures-full-text/
    https://greekreporter.com/2021/12/07/united-nations-resolution-cultural-property/

    Israel is returning 100 items (more or less) to Egypt:

    https://egyptindependent.com/israel-to-reportedly-return-100-stolen-egyptian-antiquities-to-egypt/
    http://egypttoday.com/Article/1/110716/Egypt-reclaims-95-smuggled-artifacts-from-Israel
    https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/israel-returns-looted-antiquities-to-egypt-during-diplomatic-visit-688308
    https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-lapid-visits-israel-returns-to-egypt-95-stolen-relics-smuggled-into-israel/
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-59571712 https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/12/09/in-goodwill-gesture-lapid-returns-95-smuggled-artifacts-and-relics-to-egypt-during-cairo-visit/
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/10227-211210-egypt-israel-repatriation

    In the wake of the Steinhardt thing (see above), 47 objects will be returned to Greece:

    https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1173450/47-stolen-antiquities-from-steinhardt-collection-returning-to-greece/
    https://neoskosmos.com/en/2021/12/10/news/greeces-culture-ministry-47-ancient-items-returning-to-greece/
    https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/45932-culture-ministry-47-stolen-ancient-antiquities-return-to-greece.html
    https://www.thenationalherald.com/culture-ministry-47-ancient-items-returning-to-greece/
    https://greekreporter.com/2021/12/09/looted-antiquities-steinhart-greece/ https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/12/10/47-antiquities-returning-to-greece-from-the-steinhardt-collection/

    Russia plans to return Nazi-looted archives to the Greek Jewish community:

    https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/12/09/russia-to-return-archives-looted-by-nazis-to-greek-jewish-community/

    Much interest in the official return of the Gilgamesh tablet to Iraq:

    https://phys.org/news/2021-12-looted-gilgamesh-tablet-iraq-formal.html https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-59561151 https://www.trtworld.com/art-culture/looted-ancient-gilgamesh-tablet-returns-to-iraq-after-three-decades-52401
    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/ancient-gilgamesh-tablet-returns-to-iraq-30-years-after-being-looted
    https://apnews.com/article/science-travel-lifestyle-museums-united-nations-e434fb4f2cd88c02169682436897ae54
    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ancient-gilgamesh-tablet-showcasing-earliest-form-literature-returned-rcna8001
    https://thearabweekly.com/iraq-puts-display-ancient-gilgamesh-tablet-returned-us

    Egypt has repatriated some 30 000 items over the past decade, apparently:

    https://tass.com/society/1374275

    More on US returns to Mali:

    https://ml.usembassy.gov/return-to-mali-of-pillaged-and-illegally-trafficked-antiquities/

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