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https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-machu-picchu-historic-sanctuary-celebrates-41-years-as-historic-sanctuary-876320.aspx

A study of how the Maya survived drought conditions:

https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2022/01/05/research-reveals-ancient-maya-lessons-surviving-drought
https://phys.org/news/2022-01-reveals-ancient-maya-lessons-surviving.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220105094535.htm https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/research-reveals-ancient-maya-lessons-on-surviving-drought/142411

Latest Aztlander magazine:

https://aztlander.wordpress.com/
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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 ============================================================
Not sure where to put this feature on the potential of deep submergence archaeology in the Mediterranean:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/01/deep-submergence-archaeology

A high-res photo of the Nightwatch is now available (I think we mentioned this):

https://apnews.com/article/europe-arts-and-entertainment-painting-amsterdam-ed301a09d590b2ceddc1b52deba070d5
https://elpais.com/tecnologia/2022-01-05/rembrandt-en-maxima-resolucion-para-admirar-hasta-el-minimo-detalle-de-la-ronda-de-noche.html?sma=newsletter_diaria_noche20220105m

Suggestion that Voltaire was the first science fiction writer:

https://www.wired.com/2022/01/geeks-guide-ada-palmer/

Feature on the still-missing Amber Room:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/the-mystery-of-the-missing-amber-room/142423

Wondering about the naming of William Blake Pond:

https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2022/01/for-whom-was-william-blake-pond-named.html

Feature on the writings of Ibn al-Arabi:

https://psyche.co/ideas/from-sexual-union-to-the-divine-the-teachings-of-ibn-al-arabi

Feature on the Luther Bible:

https://www.dw.com/en/8-things-to-know-about-the-luther-bible/a-60326867

On the 'secret message' of flowers in Victorian times:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/to-victorians-flower-arrangements-were-often-secret-messages

On AD and CE:

https://udayton.edu/magazine/2022/01/common-era.php

The Bronte sisters 'lost library' story:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/02/bronte-sister-britain-discovery-sale/

Funding for an algorithm to identify references in Jewish historical texts:

https://www.hit.ac.il/en/news/news-and-stories/citations_grant

Feature on Sophia Duleep Singh:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-59882057

In case you missed the hype about the 1921 UK census being released:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59879470

Something about cyclical time:

https://www.sapiens.org/column/curiosities/cyclical-time-technology/?ct=t()

The search for Shackleton's Endurance begins next month:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10370995/Archaeology-Search-wreck-Shackletons-lost-ship-Endurance-begin-MONTH.html

Review of Alessandro Barbero, *Dante: A Life*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/books/review/dante-a-life-alessandro-barbero.html

Review of a book on the press in the Iberian Peninsula in the 17th century:

https://agencia.fapesp.br/a-imprensa-na-peninsula-iberica-no-seculo-xvii/37664/

More 'top archaeological discoveries of 2021' compilations:

https://hyperallergic.com/704156/the-top-archaeological-discoveries-of-2021/ https://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/community/dig-it-a-look-back-at-the-past-year-in-archaeology-4925582

... and five digs to keep an eye on in 2022:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology-to-watch-in-2022 ============================================================
CURRENT EVENTS:
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[I think I forgot some of this section last week]

Controversy, apparently for a statue of the first woman to get a PhD in Padua:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/03/italy-proposal-statue-elena-cornaro-piscopia-first-woman-phd-debate

Mary Anning is getting a statue too:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jan/04/perfect-spot-statue-of-fossil-hunter-mary-anning-nears-unveiling

On that second time capsule from the statue of Robert E Lee in Richmond:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/27/us/robert-e-lee-statue-capsule-confederate.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/12/27/1068320392/virginia-workers-unearthed-a-second-time-capsule-at-the-robert-e-lee-statue-site
https://apnews.com/article/robert-e-lee-statue-time-capsule-opened-830b32a7890497f9b329cd2d14cea4b0
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/27/us/virginia-lee-second-time-capsule-open-trnd/index.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/27/time-capsule-copper-richmond-lee/

... and some Confederate monuments from Virginia are headed to a Black history museum:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/virginia-confederate-monuments-will-likely-head-to-black-history-museum-say-officials

Feature on the Western calendar:

https://theconversation.com/the-messy-history-of-our-modern-western-calendar-170780

On Cupid and Valentine's Day:

https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/why-cupid-symbol-valentine-day-163525027.html

A (very late) pardon for Homer Plessy:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59888947

How Machiavelli would interpret January 6, 2021:

https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/08/machiavelli-tumult-capital/

Review of Barbara Walter, *How Civil Wars Start*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/books/review-how-civil-wars-start-barbara-walter.html

More on Greek letters and omicron:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/comma-queen/a-linguistic-look-at-omicron ============================================================
LANGUAGE RELATED
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On studying Indigenous languages at Brown:

https://www.brown.edu/news/2021-12-08/naisi ============================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Saka Gold:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/saka-gold-fitzwilliam-museum/

Sherlock Holmes:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/arts/design/sherlock-holmes-exhibition-grolier.html

Neanderthals:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/12/neanderthals-at-natural-history-museum.html

Unearthed:

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/article-691696

Audubon:

https://beineckeaudubon.yale.edu/

Horse in Ancient Athens:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/07/horse-ancient-athens-exhibition/ https://www.athina984.gr/en/2022/01/05/ippos-to-alogo-stin-archaia-athina-ekthesi-technis-kai-epistimis-stin-amerikaniki-scholi-klasikon-spoydon/

Ancient Greeks:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/sponsored/valour-art-and-greek-achievement-ancient-greeks-athletes-warriors-and-heroes/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-greeks-review-hellenism-triumphant-11641572124

Your Royal Coffee:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/111520/Your-Royal-Coffee-temporary-exhibition-launches-in-Alexandria%E2%80%99s-Royal-Jewelry

Yiddish Culture:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/arts/yivo-institute-archives-yiddish-life-online.html

Much press attention for Stienhardt items still being on display at the Israel Museum:

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-billionaire-looted-art-israel-museum.html https://apnews.com/article/science-travel-lifestyle-israel-middle-east-c41d78cafd7323d242143ef29f5b1440
https://www.timesofisrael.com/several-of-michael-steinhardts-looted-art-pieces-still-on-display-at-israel-museum/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/01/08/us-billionaires-stolen-ancient-greek-heliodorus-stele-remain-on-display-at-israel-museum/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/billionaires-looted-art-still-on-display-at-israel-museum/2022/01/07/6c6f9510-6f80-11ec-b1e2-0539da8f4451_story.html

Questioning what's on display (or not) at the Boston MFA's renovated Greek and Roman galleries:

https://www.wgbh.org/news/commentary/2022/01/04/the-mfas-complicated-history-with-censoring-queer-desire-pervades-new-exhibit

A new Jewish museum is going up in Mantua:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-691833

Latest hype for the GEM:

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2022/01/08/grand-egyptian-museum-almost-complete-official/
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
A 'rediscovered' work of Bernhard Strigel is expected to fetch a nice price:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/01/07/rediscovered-bernhard-strigel-painting-found-in-a-toulouse-home-expected-to-sell-for-up-to-euro800000

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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Interesting story arising from DNA recovered from stamps on postcards:

https://www.wired.com/story/dna-artifact-testing/

Studying the DNA of Lychee fruit and its link with humans:

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-lychee-genome-story-tropical-fruit.html

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-021-00971-3

Feature on 'sediment DNA':

https://theconversation.com/digging-deep-dna-molecules-in-ancient-dirt-offer-a-treasure-trove-of-clues-to-our-past-172489
https://phys.org/news/2022-01-deep-dna-molecules-ancient-dirt.html

Using DNA to figure out why assorted lions and bears disappeared from parts of North America:

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-lions-ancient-dna.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220104102633.htm

cf: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.16267

More on DNA pointing to mass migration to Britain in the Bronze Age:

https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/19823221.bronze-age-saw-mass-migration-say-york-researchers/
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THE TECHY SIDE
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A project to xray child mummies in Palermo:

https://www.livescience.com/child-mummies-research-project-capuchin-catacombs https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/05/sicily-palermo-child-mummies-scientists-hope-unravel-mystery
https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/01/06/scientists-plan-to-digitally-unwrap-200-year-old-child-mummies-in-sicily
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/child-mummies-capuchin-catacombs-palermo-researched-rcna10991

cf: https://juvenilemummyproject.wixsite.com/palermo ============================================================
TOURISTY THINGS
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Minoan hiking:

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2022/jan/06/zakros-gorge-hiking-and-foraging-in-crete
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
An economist recommends 'King Lear':

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/books/review/amartya-sen-by-the-book-interview.html
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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ============================================================
Expedition Content:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/movies/expedition-content-review.html ============================================================
CRIME BEAT
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A bust at Cairo airport yielded coins from various periods and a 'candlestick':

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/111598/9-archaeological-coins-brass-candlestick-confiscated-at-Cairo-International-Airport
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2022/01/08/egypt-thwarts-smuggle-attempt-of-9-coins-dating-back-to-roman-ptolemaic-eras/
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/africa/20220105/2bc0ddf041cc4ea18d2c6ceb3d0686a5/c.html
http://famagusta-gazette.com/2022/01/06/egypt-seizes-ancient-coins-candlestick-at-airport/
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/9/454697/Antiquities/In-Photos-Byzantine,-Ptolemaic-chandelier,-coins-s.aspx
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202201/1245231.shtml

Latest in the trial of Hassan Rateb:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/111641/Egypt%E2%80%99s-court-adjourns-trial-of-businessman-Hassan-Rateb-to-Feb
https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-court-starts-hearings-into-case-of-businessman-former-mp-over-antiquities-trafficking/

Tombaroli damaged the Villa of Civita Giuliana:

https://www.madeinpompei.it/2022/01/09/danni-gravi-e-irreparabili-alla-villa-di-civita-giuliana-la-condanna-per-i-tombaroli-di-pompei/

Purported Roman-era artifacts seized in Turkey:

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/nearly-90-roman-era-artifacts-seized-in-nw-turkey/news

Petroglyphs in Big Bend National Park have been irreparably vandalized:

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article257046592.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/09/us/big-bend-park-rock-vandalism.html

Feature on looting in Nepal:

https://www.nepalitimes.com/banner/who-looted-nepals-gods/
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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 Roman bust was spotted in a news report about Michelle Obama and recovered:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/roman-bust-recovered-after-michelle-obama-visit-f9x5b3t0h

The US is returning assorted court-case items to Italy:

https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-travel-arts-and-entertainment-new-york-museums-6f414d70326fede274a00714f95f9b1d
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/12/italy-welcomes-home-trafficked.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10264-220103-italy-looting-repatriation

Some aftermath of Benin Bronze returns:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/01/07/nigeria-seeks-calm-tensions-over-return-benin-bronzes

Chile returned some items to the Rapa Nui:

https://m.elmostrador.cl/cultura/2022/01/06/ministerio-de-las-culturas-retorna-piezas-ancestrales-a-rapa-nui/

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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v25n01.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v25n02.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Richard Leakey:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/world/africa/richard-leakey-dead.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jan/02/fossil-hunter-richard-leakey-who-showed-humans-evolved-in-africa-dies-at-77
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59855445 http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/837/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/837/pub/837/page/89/article/257794
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20220102-renowned-kenyan-conservationist-richard-leakey-dies-aged-77
https://apnews.com/article/science-africa-environment-and-nature-fossils-kenya-5c5be14d109ce02790758d9cd5ad060d
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/02/world/richard-leakey-death/index.html https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/richard-leakey--kenyan-conservationist-who-campaigned-against-ivory-trade--has-died/47233176
https://www.dw.com/en/richard-leakey-fossil-hunter-who-helped-prove-humans-evolved-in-africa-dies-at-77/a-60313340
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/kenyan-paleoanthropologist-and-wildlife-conservationist-richard-leakey-dies-at-77-180979313/

Jonathan D Spence:

https://news.yale.edu/2022/01/03/jonathan-d-spence-renowned-scholar-chinese-civilization

Ed Jelks:

https://pantagraph.com/obituaries/ed-jelks/article_96cebced-58a9-5ed8-a04b-9b9caeb2fb11.html
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/pantagraph/name/ed-jelks-obituary?id=32134189

Christos C Evangeliou:

https://hellenicnews.com/obituary-christos-c-evangeliou-ph-d-professor-of-philosophy-and-poet-75/

John W. Stamper:

https://news.nd.edu/news/in-memoriam-john-w-stamper-associate-dean-professor-of-architecture/

Judith Davidoff:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/arts/music/judith-davidoff-dead.html

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3128-audio-news-from-archaeologica-december-26th-through-january-1st-2022

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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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