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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/winnie-the-pooh-sun-also-rises-among-works-going-public-in-2022

Feature on the history of 'human zoos':

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/29/arts/design/human-zoos-africa-museum.html

Feature on Tupaia's map of the Pacific Islands:

https://knowablemagazine.org/article/society/2021/reading-pacific-navigators-mysterious-map

Some revisionism about Prohibition:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/real-history-prohibition-global/620929/

Review of Jonathan Gottschall, *The Story Paradox*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/30/books/review/the-story-paradox-jonathan-gottschall.html
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Not sure about this study linking 'Auld Lang Syne' and the Freemasons:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/dec/31/freemasonry-behind-auld-lang-syne-arm-linking-at-new-year-study-reveals
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-59838057

Feature on Watch Night:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/30/opinion/watch-night-new-years-eve.html ============================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Rubens:

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/understanding-the-antique/

Ancient Greeks:

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7562088/collection-shows-the-competitive-spirit-of-ancient-greece/
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7566110/the-modern-relevance-of-the-ancient-greeks/

The Grand Egyptian Museum will be opening in the second half of 2022:

http://wam.ae/en/details/1395303006304

Artefacts of the month at assorted Egyptian museums:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/454327/Antiquities/Museums/IN-PHOTOS-Egypt;s-museums-put-on-show-Artefacts-of.aspx

The Boston MFA has opened its revamped Greece/Rome galleries:

https://pappaspost.com/boston-museum-of-fine-arts-unveils-transformed-galleries-of-ancient-greek-byzantine-artwork/

NYPL Treasures:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/28/arts/design/ny-public-library-treasures.html

Plans for a Palestinian Virtual Museum of Archaeological Objects:

https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/1866565-unesco-sweden-partner-to-establish-palestinian-virtual-museum-of-archaeological-objects

The Swedish National Museum has acquited a gold box with a portrait of Gustavus III:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62994

Interesting app to tour the British Museum with a focus on ten looted items in their collection:

https://hyperallergic.com/702540/an-app-guides-gives-you-the-truth-behind-10-looted-objects-in-the-british-museum/

On museums and Nazi-looted art:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jan/02/retrieved-after-decades-the-painting-supposedly-bought-by-the-nazis

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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On DNA preserved in archaeological sediments:

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-dna-archaeological-sediments-thousands-years.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211227154312.htm https://scitechdaily.com/how-ancient-human-and-animal-dna-is-preserved-in-archaeological-sediments-for-thousands-of-years/
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/cave-sediment-dna-10411.html

cf: https://www.pnas.org/content/119/1/e2113666118

... and DNA preserved in 'nit glue' from South American mummies:

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-nits-ancient-mummies-south-american.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211228220818.htm https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/dec/28/how-nit-glue-could-help-answer-head-scratchers-about-our-ancestors
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/ancient-human-dna-found-in-e2-80-98nit-glue-e2-80-99-say-scientists/ar-AASfeNJ
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/12/nits-on-ancient-mummies-shed-light-on-south-american-ancestry/142375
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/mummies-secrets-revealed-by-ancient-dna-preserved-in-lice-cement-180979300/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10259-211230-head-lice-dna

cf: https://academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-article/doi/10.1093/molbev/msab351/6481551

In case you missed the DNA side of the wreck of the Clotilda:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/12/26/dna-found-preserved-sunken-slave-ship-could-help-descendants/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dna-of-enslaved-africans-may-be-recovered-from-ship-ltv9zfgk9
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/12/27/last-known-slave-ship-clotilda-human-dna/9022380002/

More on DNA as evidence of large-scale migration from France to Britain some 3000 years bp:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59741723 https://phys.org/news/2021-12-ancient-dna-reveals-large-scale-migrations.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/10249-211228-britain-bronze-age

... and with a drinking milk adaptation spin:

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2021/december/britons-adapted-to-drink-milk-millennium-earlier-than-Europeans.html

More on the revelations of family relationships revealed by DNA from people interred in the 5700 years bp Hazleton North long cairn:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/22/uk/worlds-oldest-family-tree-scli-scn-intl-gbr/index.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10248-211227-neolithic-family-tree ============================================================
THE TECHY SIDE
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I think we mentioned this project to made 3d models of Indigenous artifacts in British Museums:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-project-creating-3d-models-of-indigenous-artifacts-in-british-museums/
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CLIMATE MATTERS
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A study of sites in Florida threatened by climate change:

https://www.wuwf.org/2021-12-29/florida-study-documents-condition-existence-of-endangered-coastal-archaeological-sites
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Thuringia:

https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-16-states-thuringia/a-45260059 ============================================================
PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
Antigone:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59701738

A Vivaldi opera was performed in Ferrara for the first time after it was cancelled 300 years ago by the city's archbishop:

https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-europe-arts-and-entertainment-theater-0219cfc42d6d9229b019a1c6970edb62

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CRIME BEAT
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'Miscreants' stole a statue and dug up a section of a temple in Indias Belagavi district:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubballi/800-yr-old-shiva-temple-dug-up-for-treasure/articleshow/88641058.cms

I think we mentioned this bust of antiquities thieves caught plundering a cave in southern Judea:

https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/12/26/antiquities-thieves-busted-plundering-ancient-cave-in-southern-judea/

The Monson forgery investigations continue:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/asi-officials-visit-monsons-house/article38065665.ece

More coverage of Turkish occupation forces 'excavating' in Afrin:

http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/829/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/829/pub/829/page/32/article/254063
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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 stolen Cybele statue was returned to Turkey:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/kybele-returns-to-western-city-170342

A call for the return of assorted items associated with Tipu Sultan in the UK:

https://hyperallergic.com/701792/the-british-government-should-return-tipus-treasures-to-india/

200+ items from those big looted antiquities cases in New York returned to Italy:

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2021/12/30/art-cops-bring-back-200-antiquities-from-usa_ecd0c754-3218-4337-8831-6f46ccb79d0a.html
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/italy-welcomes-home-trafficked-antiquities-from-us-museums-170466
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/italy-welcomes-home-trafficked-antiquities-from-us-museums/2021/12/30/c017ec00-6998-11ec-9390-eae241f4c8b1_story.html
https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-travel-arts-and-entertainment-new-york-museums-6f414d70326fede274a00714f95f9b1d
https://www.newsweek.com/stolen-cache-italian-antiquities-us-museums-returned-accused-trafficker-large-1664520

Turkey recovered 3000+ artifacts this year:

https://www.trtworld.com/art-culture/over-3-000-cultural-artifacts-returned-to-turkiye-this-year-53154

OpEddish thing on items Egypt would like returned:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/12/will-egypt-manage-bring-home-all-smuggled-artifacts
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NUMISMATICA
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A study of 'dolphin coinage' from Olbia:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/12/30/nothing-fishy-about-ancient-greek-dolphin-money/

Feature on the top 'coin treasures' found in 2021:

https://www.livescience.com/coin-treasures-uncovered-2021

Feature on ancient pierced coins:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/the-hole-truth-ancient-coins-that-were-pierced/

Feature on the coins from that pair of shipwrecks off Caesarea:

https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/coins-of-different-eras-recovered-from-shipwrecks-off-israel-s-coast

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n52.html

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Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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John Padberg:

https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2021/12/30/john-padberg-obituary-omalley-jesuit-242139

An overview of assorted folks in the art world who died in 2021:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/2021-obituaries-2049322 ============================================================
AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3127-audio-news-from-archaeologica-december-19th-through-december-25th-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
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Archaeosoup:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch

Archaeology Podcast Network:

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