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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/06/arts/design/chagall-sothebys-expert-panel.html

A lost Tasmanian Aboriginal bull kelp water container turned up in a Paris museum collection:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-07/gay-sculthorpe-kelp-water-container-paris-museum/101206084

A Durer miniature found in a 16th century book:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/08/a-durer-miniature-found-in-a-book-of-the-16th-c/

Feature on Barnum Brown:

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/07/t-rex-barnum-brown-dinosaur-collector-history.html

Feature on Billy Telford's tracking down of a stolen book in Scotland:

https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/scotlands-heritage-detective-hunts-down-priceless-works-and-protects-ancient-monuments-3762191

Feature on the Claddagh ring:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/04/fashion/jewelry-claddagh-ring-ireland.html

Feature on the history of rules:

https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/why-do-we-obey-rules

Feature on the origins of escargot:

https://www.tastingtable.com/918784/the-ancient-origins-of-escargot/

Feature on Edward VIII's potential Nazi sympathies:

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/07/traitor-king-edward-viii-interview?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab

Feature on the woman responsible for the start of the Salem witch trials:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/07/tituba-the-woman-responsible-for-the-start-of-the-salem-witch-trials/144060

Feature on Benito Galdos and his vestigial tail:

https://elpais.com/ciencia/el-hacha-de-piedra/2022-07-07/la-cola-vestigial-el-apendice-oculto-del-hombre-que-vencio-a-napoleon-en-waterloo.html

Claims of a 'hidden message' from Catherine of Aragon:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/07/arts/ciphers-henry-viii-catherine.html

A letter written by Alexander Hamilton and believed stolen is going back on display:

https://apnews.com/article/oddities-travel-museums-massachusetts-bdc561579ffe5a8fd0ba1145509c5601

Not sure if this is a repatriation or not ... four Norman Rockwell painting have been removed from the White House:

https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/3547356-norman-rockwell-paintings-being-removed-from-the-white-house-report/

The Eiffel Tower is in need of repairs:

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/eiffel-tower-paris-needs-repairs/index.html

Something about cave paintings and acoustics:

https://www.latercera.com/que-pasa/noticia/como-la-musica-de-una-antigua-pintura-rupestre-cobro-vida/IUF32SJLHNFRPFVRHCW6KHSSSY/

Reviewish of James Reginato, *Growing Up Getty*:

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/05/1107943923/j-paul-getty-biography-growing-up-getty

Review of Camper English, *Doctors and Distillers*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/07/books/review/doctors-and-distillers-camper-english.html
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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On possible renaming of American military bases currently named after Confederate types:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/04/us/politics/army-bases-confederate-names.html

On how Edward Coke was brought up in the recent Roe v Wade ruling:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-61957314

Relating the recent Roe V Wate ruling to a painting by David:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/07/08/grieving-women-paris-painting/

Coverage of the various 'glue' climate protests:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/just-stop-oil-hay-wain-london-climate/index.html
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/05/1109848464/climate-protest-uk-art-last-supper https://www.thedailybeast.com/just-stop-oil-protesters-are-glued-to-masterpieces-can-it-help-save-the-world
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ============================================================
A study of an 18 000 years bp frozen pup from Siberia turns out to be a wolf:

https://www.livescience.com/siberian-mummified-wolf-puppy/

A study of horse domestication in northern China:

http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202207/07/WS62c6a6fea310fd2b29e6b198.html

More on dogs coming from two different wolf populations:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-711081 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/04/dogs-came-from-two-different-populations-of-wolves/
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Chroma (ancient polychromy):

https://hyperallergic.com/745360/met-exhibition-brings-back-the-color-to-ancient-sculptures/

Deciphering of hieroglyphs:

https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/fragments-of-ancient-linen-help-complete-mummy-picture-20220706-p5azdc.html
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1029/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1029/pub/1029/page/44/article/NaN
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/117477/Pharaonic-Enchanted-Basin-Rosetta-Stone-displayed-in-exhibition-at-British
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/events/british-museum-exhibition-to-mark-decipherment-of-hieroglyphs
https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/2022/07/09/british-museum-exhibition-celebrates-200-years-since-cracking-egyptian-hieroglyphs-code/

Ancient Greek technology:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/08/ancient-technological-marvels-get-their-own-museum-in-athens/

Ancient Greeks:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/experiences/129166060/meet-the-original-olympians-at-auckland-museums-newest-exhibition

Notre Dame:

https://fr.aleteia.org/2022/07/07/le-tresor-de-notre-dame-expose-au-louvre-en-2023/

The Male Nude on Paper:

https://www.dw.com/en/exhibition-explores-the-naked-truth-the-male-nude-on-paper/a-62368970

Hawaiian Healers:

https://religionnews.com/2022/07/08/hawaii-museum-revisits-history-of-gender-fluid-healers/

19th century photos of Japan:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2022/jul/06/imperial-artwork-early-photographs-of-life-in-japan-in-pictures

cf: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/whats-on/exhibitions/early-photographs-of-japan

Persia:

https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/persia/index.html

The GEM now has Tut's biggest shrine:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/471338/Antiquities/Museums/Grand-Egyptian-Museum-receives-Tutankhamun;s-bigge.aspx

More on the new museum for the Lod Mosaic (and the mosaics going there):

https://itn.co.il/top-stories/a-new-archeological-museum-at-the-city-of-lod/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/stunning-lod-mosaic-finally-puts-down-anchor-in-a-home-of-its-own/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/07/magnificent-1700-year-old-mosaic-returns-home-to-lod-israel/

Feature on the Hong Kong Palace Museum:

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3183943/thousands-show-grand-opening-hong-kong-palace-museum-see-900
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/arts-music/article/3183761/hong-kong-palace-museum-highlights-see-among

Accreditation for the Museum of Leathercraft:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-61998280 ============================================================
AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
Haven't seen an auction of a 'vampire slayer kit' for a while:

https://www.livescience.com/vampire-slaying-kit-sold-auction/ https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/03/world/vampire-slayer-kit-auction-trnd/index.html

Big bucks for a 16th century 'prayer nut':

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64534

An online auction of some costume jewelry included a gold Viking-era ring, apparently:

https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-viking-age-vikings/this-gold-ring-once-belonged-to-a-powerful-viking-chief-it-was-found-in-a-pile-of-cheap-jewellery-auctioned-off-online/2052329
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10995329/Gold-ring-worn-Viking-chief-discovered-pile-costume-jewelry-auctioned-online.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64542

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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More on DNA of early Pacfic islanders:

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2022/07/07/migration-into-micronesia-research/ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/07/research-on-genomic-history-of-remote-pacific-islands-yields-surprising-findings/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220630142204.htm https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-07-05/ty-article/dna-analysis-of-ancient-micronesia-population-provides-unexpected-result/00000181-cdf3-defb-a5cb-cdfb16ef0000
https://www.science.org/content/article/female-lineages-anchored-pacific-islands-2000-years
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10670-220707-remote-pacific-dna ============================================================
THE TECHY SIDE
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Latest mummy CT scan suggests they were suffering from cancer:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-711600 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/07/evidence-of-cancer-in-ancient-egyptian-mummy/144082
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CLIMATE MATTERS
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Feature on the New York Phenology Project:

https://phys.org/news/2022-07-citizen-scientists-years-today-climate.html

cf: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.13926

What violins reveal about climate change:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jul/07/kronos-quartet-david-harrington-violin
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Egypt's pyramids:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/04/travel/egypt-pyramids.html

Neolithic sites in Saudi Arabia:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220704-a-mysterious-cult-that-predates-stonehenge

Roman ruins:

https://www.thetravel.com/where-to-see-roman-ruins/

Also Roman sites:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/italy/ancient-roman-sites ============================================================
CRIME BEAT
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Two antiquities smugglers (I think; translation seems iffy) arrested in Baghdad:

https://ina.iq/eng/20548-two-antiquities-smuggling-networks-arrested-in-possession-of-antiquities-in-babylon-fiia-reports.html

A reward is being offered for the return of a tabernacle stolen from a Brooklyn church (which we mentioned a couple months ago):

https://aleteia.org/2022/07/05/50000-reward-offered-for-tabernacle-stolen-from-church/

In case you missed the Coyote Peterson fake primate skull find brouhaha:

https://www.livescience.com/coyote-peterson-primate-skull-fiasco
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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 ============================================================
India return relics of Saint Queen Ketevan to Georgia:

https://bitterwinter.org/india-gave-back-to-georgia-relics-of-saint-queen-ketevan/

Latest restoration of Nazi-looted items to heirs:

https://www.jns.org/german-museums-return-five-nazi-looted-artworks-to-heirs-of-jewish-banker/

The UK returned the remains of hundreds of Moriori people:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/08/ultimate-honour-remains-of-hundreds-of-moriori-returned-in-biggest-repatriation-yet
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1023/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1023/pub/1023/page/61/article/NaN

Not sure what's going on here: the UK has given a pile of cash to Sudan museums seeking return of various items:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1024/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1024/pub/1024/page/43/article/NaN

More on Germany returning Benin Bronzes:

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-to-return-looted-artifacts-to-africa/a-62300419 https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/07/04/the-benin-bronzes-are-returning-home-germany-and-nigeria-sign-historic-restitution-agreement
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/08/first-restitution-of-benin-bronzes-from-the-ethnologisches-museum/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10671-220707-africa-repatriation-artifacts

More on Harvard returning a tomahawk to the Ponca people:

http://www.charkoosta.com/news/harvard-returns-standing-bear-s-tomahawk-to-nebraska-tribe/article_edce6674-f8a4-11ec-8e65-7749e13d939e.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/07/standing-bears-tomahawk-returned-to-the-ponca-tribe/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/civil-rights-leader-standing-bears-tomahawk-returned-to-his-tribe-180980369/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10665-220705-standing-bear-tomahawk ============================================================
NUMISMATICA
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Feature on ancient electrum coins:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/ancient-electrum-coins/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n27.html

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

https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n28.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Richard Taruskin:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/01/arts/music/richard-taruskin-dead.html

Yves Coppens:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jul/04/yves-coppens-obituary

Cecilia Anne Eaton Luschning:

https://classicalstudies.org/scs-news/obituary-cecelia-anne-eaton-luschning

Bradford Freeman:

https://www.foxnews.com/us/last-surviving-band-brothers-member-bradford-freeman-dead-97

Lucinda Turner:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/lucinda-turner-death-1.6514292

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3192-audio-news-for-june-26th-through-july-2nd-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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