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Reviewish of Roosevelt Montas, *Rescuing Socrates*:

https://www.thecollegefix.com/professor-explains-how-the-great-books-changed-his-life/

On the history of 'sleaze' in British politics (book review):

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/trust-and-distrust-mark-knights-book-review-ian-cawood

Feature on a Sumatran tree bark book:

https://yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/5435-redefining-the-book

Some repatriation-inspired Onion humour:

https://www.theonion.com/rock-roll-hall-of-fame-under-pressure-to-return-loote-1848385651

Review of Bill Hayes, *Sweat*:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jan/28/sweat-by-bill-hayes-review-a-history-of-the-physical-that-gets-personal

Review of Ranulph Fiennes, *Shackelton*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/books/review/shackelton-ranulph-fiennes.html ============================================================
CURRENT EVENTS:
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On Yale's connections to slavery:

https://yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/5450-a-reckoning-with-our-past

Princeton Theological Seminary is removing the name of Samuel Miller from the Princeton Seminary Chapel:

https://www.ptsem.edu/board-of-trustees-statement

Some Shema Yisrael pendants were found at Sobibor prior to Holocaust Remembrance Day:

https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/01/28/shema-yisrael-pendants-found-in-archaeological-digs-at-sobibor-death-camp/
https://www.jns.org/shema-yisrael-pendants-found-in-archaeological-digs-at-sobibor-death-camp/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/01/28/shema-yisrael-pendants-found-in-archaeological-digs-at-sobibor-death-camp/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/shema-yisrael-pendants-from-victims-found-at-nazi-extermination-camp/142618
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/28/shema-yisrael-pendants-found-in-the-sobibor-extermination-camp/

... and some Holocaust-era photos recently found:

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/27/1075317667/a-discovery-of-holocaust-era-photos-helps-a-jewish-family-connect-with-its-past

Feature on the role of doctors in Holocaust atrocities:

https://www.statnews.com/2022/01/27/doctors-complicit-holocaust-atrocities/

OpEd on recent Holocaust revisionism:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/29/opinion/holocaust-poland-europe.html

The Getty has released a collection of photos from the archives of HCBUs:

https://www.ebony.com/news/getty-images-hbcu-photo-archives/

The Dresden State Art Collections is being criticized for renaming some works:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/01/28/accused-of-cancel-culture-dresden-museums-defend-renaming-works

More features on Edmonia Lewis in anticipation of her stamp:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-art-museum/2022/01/25/edmonia-lewis-and-her-stamp-on-american-art/
https://wgntv.com/daytime-chicago/the-chicago-connection-behind-the-death-of-cleopatra-by-edmonia-lewis/

A statue of Ponce de Leon in Puerto Rico was hauled down:

https://elpais.com/espana/2022-01-24/derribada-una-estatua-de-ponce-de-leon-horas-antes-de-la-llegada-de-felipe-vi-a-puerto-rico.html
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ============================================================
Questioning the evidence of small-scale animal husbandry in northwest Europe 4800 BCE or so:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-05073-6

Another feature on domestic horse origins:

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-quest-uncover-horse-rewriting-picture.html

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LANGUAGE RELATED
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On the invention of 'shooketh':

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/01/online-slang-of-biblical-proportions/621332/
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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The Rare Collection:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/456823/Antiquities/Museums/%E2%80%98The-Rare-Collection%E2%80%99-exhibition-opens-in-Cairo.aspx
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/112145/Rarest-of-Collectibles-temporary-exhibition-launches-in-Egypt%E2%80%99s-Royal-Chariots

King Tut:

https://www.sanluisobispo.com/living/travel/article257653093.html

Ramses the Great:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/an-immersive-celebration-of-ramses-ii-transports-visitors-to-ancient-egypt-180979444/

Pompeii in Color:

https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2022/january/pompeii-in-color.html

Angkor 3d:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/angkor-3d-lost-empire-cambodia-200200576.html

Tudors:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jan/28/beginning-of-modern-britain-iconic-tudor-portraits-go-on-display-in-bath

Nebra Sky Disc:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/britain-cornish-stonehenge-work-cornwall-b2001046.html
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/britain-british-museum-stonehenge-work-cornwall-b978885.html
https://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/arts---entertainment/729047/oldest-map-of-the-stars-welcomed-home-by-the-british-museum.html

Behind the Roar:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-60054264

OpEd on the need for museums to return looted items:

https://theaquinian.net/museum-ethics-return-what-was-stolen/

... and decolonizing museums:

https://www.varsity.co.uk/interviews/22865

Plans for a new museum for underwater antiquities at Piraeus:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1176084/plans-approved-for-the-new-museum-of-underwater-antiquities/

More on the M&S loans to a Leeds gallery:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-60058853 ============================================================
AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
A huge result for a Henry III gold penny:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/24/devon-detectorist-13th-century-gold-coin-sold
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/henry-iii-gold-coin-metal-detectorist-b1999692.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-60095685 https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/extemely-rare-henry-iii-gold-6539551 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10434973/Metal-detectorist-nets-648k-finding-one-Englands-gold-coins-Devon-field.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63197

A 19th century Japanese coin also fetched a high price:

https://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/west-sussex-auctioneers-sells-extremely-rare-japanese-coin-for-record-ps260k-3539166

Big bucks for Botticelli's 'Man of Sorrows':

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/arts/design/botticelli-sothebys-auction.html https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/botticelli-man-of-sorrows-sale-sothebys-1234616887/

Pondering the legality of a potential Sotheby's sale of an Egyptian statue:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/112292/Sotheby%E2%80%99s-attempts-to-sell-ancient-Egyptian-statue-for-3-5M

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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The DNA to create 'small dogs' was already present in wolves, apparently:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/science/small-dogs-dna-wolves.html

In case you missed the DNA evidence for the development of the 'kunga':

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/before-horses-ass-hybrids-were-bred-for-warfare/142567
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THE TECHY SIDE
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A global database of archaeological radiocarbon dates:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01118-7

Another dating method for human remains:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220128100735.htm ============================================================
CLIMATE MATTERS
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Climate change concerns for items in UK peat bogs:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60091485 https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/britain-iron-age-british-north-west-england-cheshire-b1999961.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/uk-archaeological-sites-climate-crisis-b2000130.html
https://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/climate-change-threatening-britains-ancient-treasure-as-peat-bogs-dry-out-3540232
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10438455/Climate-change-threatening-Britain-s-ancient-treasure-peat-bogs-dry-out.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/01/25/climate-change-threatens-destroy-buried-treasures-warn-experts/

Connecting an 8200 years bp burial ground north of Moscow to 'climate stress':

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-radiocarbon-dating-prehistoric-cemetery-reveals.html
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/how-russian-hunter-gatherers-handled-climate-shock-8-200-years-ago-1.10571783
https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/8000-year-old-community-climate-change/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/01/new-study-reveals-insight-into-how-our.html
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Amphipolis:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/30/visiting-amphipolis-tomb-ten-things-to-do-in-greeces-newest-archaeological-heaven/

Carnac stones:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2022/01/21/brittany-france-prehistory-carnac-alignments/

Matanzas:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220123-matanzas-the-rebirth-of-cubas-abandoned-cultural-hub

Coumboscuro:

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/the-italian-village-that-doesnt-speak-italian/index.html

Bhutan Pilgrimage trail:

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/trans-bhutan-trail-reopening-intl-hnk/index.html
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
'Forgotten' composers:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60153376

Macbeth:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/movies/joel-coen-tragedy-of-macbeth.html

Some Paris dramas:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/theater/moliere-taertuffe-ivo-van-hove.html

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CRIME BEAT
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A metal detectorist was arrested while poking around a medieval castle:

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/metal-detectorist-picked-up-police-22899076

A sculpture of the Virgin of Candelaria was stolen in Santiago:

https://www.elmostrador.cl/cultura/2022/01/26/denuncian-robo-de-escultura-del-nino-jesus-desde-el-museo-de-arte-colonial-de-san-francisco-en-santiago/

A man was arrested for trying to steal a tile from the Alhambra:

https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2022/01/29/man-faces-criminal-charges-for-allegedly-attempting-to-steal-historic-tile-from-spains-alhambra/

An effort to unite Mekong River countries against illegal trafficking of antiquities:

https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mekong-nations-ramp-antiquities-crimes-fight

Some details about the provenance of some of Steinhardt's looted items:

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-694452 https://www.timesofisrael.com/michael-steinhardt-allegedly-looted-the-same-caves-his-donations-help-to-preserve/

The Dresden Green Vault jewelry heist is underway:

https://www.dw.com/en/dresden-green-vault-jewelry-heist-trial-starts/a-60585566 https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/trial-germanys-green-vault-jewel-heist-opens-dresden-2022-01-28/
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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 ============================================================
France approved the return of some Nazi-looted artworks:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/france-approves-return-nazi-looted-artworks-gustav-klimt-marc-chagall-1234616738/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/01/27/french-national-assembly-approves-return-of-15-nazi-looted-worksincluding-paintings-by-chagall-and-klimtto-jewish-heirs

More on a Lebanese museum returning items taken from Syria:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/27/lebanese-museum-returns-art-works-from-palmyra/

More on US returns to Iraq:

https://www.archaeology.org/news/10299-220124-artifacts-repatriation-iraq

More on research into items looted by Nazis from Greece:

https://greekherald.com.au/culture/history/new-research-puts-spotlight-ancient-artefacts-looted-nazis-greece/

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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n04.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n05.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Richard Leakey:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00211-6

Martha Sharp Joukowsky:

https://www.archaeological.org/in-memoriam-martha-sharp-joukowsky/

Anna Ritchie:

https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/a-celebration-for-the-archaeologist-who-broke-new-ground-on-ancient-scotland-3538301

Reza Mostofifard:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/469463/Iranian-archaeologist-Reza-Mostofifard-dies-at-88

Heidemarie Koch:

https://en.irna.ir/news/84630184/Prominent-German-Iranologist-Heidemarie-Koch-dies

R Nagaswamy:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/eminent-archaeologist-and-epigraphist-r-nagaswamy-is-no-more/article38314725.ece
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/tamil-nadu-famous-archaeologist-ramachandran-nagaswamy-dies-in-chennai-1903512-2022-01-23
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/r-nagaswamy-archaeologist-who-kept-digging-for-knowledge/articleshow/89082709.cms

Johan Hultin:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/health/dr-johan-hultin-dead.html

Jonathan Brown:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/arts/jonathan-brown-dead.html

Robert Farris Thompson:

https://yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/5453-a-life-transformed-by-mambo

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3132-audio-news-from-archaeologica-january-16th-through-january-22nd-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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