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https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/07/connections-between-climate-change-and-civil-unrest-among-the-ancient-maya/144169
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/20/climate-and-conflict-in-the-prehistoric-maya-city-of-mayapan/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10698-220720-mexico-yucatan-mayapan

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31522-x

Tourists damaged some geoglyphs at Peru's Paracas Candelabra:

https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20220712-tourists-trample-all-over-protected-prehistoric-peruvian-hill-carving

More on concerns arising from Mexico's Maya Train project:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/caves-ap-andres-manuel-lopez-obrador-tulum-caribbean-b2126637.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/train-endangers-some-of-mexicos-oldest-pre-historic-sites/2022/07/19/79f65f62-0773-11ed-80b6-43f2bfcc6662_story.html
https://www.startribune.com/train-endangers-some-of-mexicos-oldest-pre-historic-sites/600191352/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/mexico-invokes-powers-build-tourist-train-threat-pre-historic-sites-rcna39102

OpEddish on the wreck of the San Jose:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/san-jose-galleon-shipwreck/
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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 astronomy in medieval Islam:

https://english.alaraby.co.uk/features/staring-heavens-astronomy-medieval-islam

Feature on Raja Ravi Varma:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220715-raja-ravi-varma-indias-most-influential-artist

Feature on the effects of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0ckfxtn/the-earthquake-that-changed-the-course-of-history

Feature on the Titanic:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/07/23/when-did-titanic-sink-survivors-deaths-explained/10112391002/

Feature on ten archaeological 'mysteries':

https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/2022/07/18/ten-archaeological-mysteries-from-super-henge-to-the-2000-year-old-computer/

Feature on the volcanic winter of 536 CE:

https://explorersweb.com/apocalypse-then-the-volcanic-winter-of-536ad/

Feature on seven 'famous mummies' from various cultures:

https://www.livescience.com/famous-mummies-ancient-world/

Feature on foods mentioned by Dante:

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2022/07/13/cooking-with-dante-alighieri/

They keep identifying Picassos:

https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20220722-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-three-picasso-artworks-discovered-in-three-months

A dispute between nuns and the bishop over ownership of a 14th century monastery in Mallorca:

https://elpais.com/sociedad/2022-07-16/monjas-contra-el-obispo-de-mallorca-el-monasterio-del-siglo-xiv-junto-al-mar-seguira-siendo-de-ellas.html

Plans for a makeover of the Library of Congress isn't being welcomed by preservationists:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/07/18/library-congress-preservation-league-protest/
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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They found a Faberge Egg on a confiscated Russian oligarch's yacht:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/21/suspected-faberge-egg-found-on-russian-oligarchs-superyacht-us-investigators-say

Comparing Russian literature to its current state:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/07/russian-literature-books-ukraine-war-dostoyevsky-nabokov/670928/

That takeover of the presidential palace by protesters in Sri Lanka has resulted in a pile of missing artifacts:

https://www.dailymirror.lk/latest_news/Over-1-000-valuable-artefacts-missing-in-state-premises-taken-over-by-protesters/342-241664
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/over-1000-artefacts-missing-from-sri-lankas-presidential-palace-pms-official-residence-police/articleshow/93073095.cms

Applying Greek tragedy to the war in Ukraine:

https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2022/07/19/amanpour-ukraine-the-suppliants.cnn

Feature on abortion in ancient Mesopotamia:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-07-19/ty-article-magazine/.premium/ancient-mesopotamians-were-violently-anti-abortion-if-the-woman-initiated-it/00000182-16eb-d5f6-abe3-1efb4a660000

... and other ancient cultures:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/hawthorn-abortion-medical-history-1.6527259

... and a case from 1792 US:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2022/07/19/1792-case-reveals-that-key-founders-saw-abortion-private-matter/

A 'glue protest' at the Uffizi:

https://apnews.com/article/florence-climate-and-environment-733c8aa8b0f69882456aa26e54ad5b2e
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-62282858

I read a number of times about concerns of assigning gender to skeletal remains in archaeological contexts ... not sure how big a deal this really is:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11042793/Dont-skeletons-gender-categorise-race-woke-activists-demand.html

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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ============================================================
Siberian dogs apparently evolved to depend on humans for seafood-based diets:

https://phys.org/news/2022-07-ancient-siberian-dogs-humans-seafood.html

cf: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abo6493

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LANGUAGE RELATED
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Henry Louis Gates is editing the Oxford Dictionary of African American English:

https://thegrio.com/2022/07/21/henry-louis-gates-oxford-working-to-publish-african-american-dictionary/

Interesting study of 'parentese':

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/24/science/parentese-babies-global-language.html

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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICCAL ============================================================
Feature on what Stoicism can teach us today:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/202207/what-stoicism-still-has-teach-us
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Six Mausoleums of the Song Dynasty:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-07-18/Archaeological-achievements-of-the-Song-Mausoleum-in-Hangzhou-1bLyAsVIRmE/index.html

William Hogarth's Topographies:

https://onlineexhibits.library.yale.edu/s/hogarths-topographies/page/intro

DaVinci:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jul/17/how-leonardo-figured-out-the-beauty-of-anatomy

Winslow Homer:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220719-winslow-homer-a-chronicler-of-us-turbulence
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/about-us/press-and-media/press-releases/winslow-homer-force-of-nature

cf: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2022/winslow-homer

The Woman in White:

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/18/1111069388/whistlers-mother-meet-whistlers-very-very-close-friend-at-the-national-gallery

cf: https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/the-woman-in-white.html

After a dozen years, the Archaeological Museum of Polygyros is open:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/17/archaeological-museum-polygyros-chalkidiki-full-operation/

... and plans for an archaeological museum in Messene:

https://news.gtp.gr/2022/07/19/ancient-messene-to-get-new-archaeological-museum/

More on Rome's museum of recovered art:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/17/arts/design/rome-museum-recovered-treasures.html

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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
Italy stepped in to halt the auction abroad of an Genileschi painting:

https://apnews.com/article/painting-italy-ea7f78ca592863a1b408419554341440 https://www.startribune.com/italy-thwarts-illegal-auction-abroad-of-gentileschi-painting/600191332/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/07/20/italian-police-stop-sale-of-exceptional-artemisia-gentileschi-painting-that-may-have-been-illegally-shipped-to-vienna
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/italian-artemisia-gentileschi-painting-export-2149963

Big bucks for a Shakespeare First Folio:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jul/22/shakespeare-first-folio-sells-for-2m-at-auction

More on that Viking ring found in an online auction of cheap costume jewellery:

https://www.livescience.com/gold-viking-ring-auction-surprise

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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Feature on Gregor Mendel:

https://www.dw.com/en/why-is-mendel-considered-the-father-of-genetics/av-62538494
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THE TECHY SIDE
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Concerns emissions could affect precision of carbon dating:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01954-y ============================================================
TOURISTY THINGS
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Mesopotamos:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/20/a-digital-journey-to-mesopotamos/

Akrotiri:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/07/20/akrotiri-the-archaeological-gem-of-santorini/

Aperlai:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/aperlai-ancient-port-city-built-on-slopes-of-lycia/news
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
Feature on Josquin des Prez and what he actually wrote:

https://phys.org/news/2022-07-professor-music-unravels-centuries-old-authorship.html

On Richard III as 'controversial villain':

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220718-why-shakespeares-richard-iii-became-a-controversial-villain

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CRIME BEAT
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Antiquities dealer Gary L. Hendershott was convicted of theft and jumping bail:

https://allongeorgia.com/chattooga-local-news/nationally-known-antiquities-dealer-convicted-of-theft-bail-jumping/

A century-old public fountain in Fort Plain, New York was vandalized:

https://wnyt.com/top-stories/historic-fort-plain-fountain-vandalized/

Not sure where to put this one about a Qatari sheikh suing a dealer for 'fake statues':

https://dohanews.co/qatari-sheikh-sues-london-art-dealer-for-fake-ancient-statues/

The UAE is cooperating in that investigation of the Louvre and antiquities trafficking:

https://www.iraqinews.com/arab-world-news/uae-vows-to-assist-artefacts-trafficking-probe/

... in case you need some background:

https://elpais.com/eps/2022-07-19/arenas-movedizas-en-el-museo-del-louvre-de-abu-dabi.html
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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 ============================================================
Interview with Matthew Bogdanos:

https://annehelen.substack.com/p/inside-the-mind-boggling-world-of

New York returned some 142 artifacts to Italy, many with Steinhardt connections:

https://www.manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-returns-142-antiquities-valued-at-nearly-14-million-to-the-people-of-italy/
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/20/arts/design/new-york-italy-looted-artifacts-steinhardt.html
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/us-returns-looted-artifacts-italy/index.html https://news.yahoo.com/seized-antiquities-given-back-italy-181837649.html https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/herculean-efforts-return-looted-1m-ercolano-fresco-to-italy-h2fbkppzc
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/22/new-york-italy-looted-artifacts-returned/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11036097/New-York-returns-looted-artifacts-worth-14million-Italy-investigators-seized-them.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-20/steinhardt-s-baby-hercules-returned-to-italy-by-ny-prosecutors
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/manhattan-district-attorney-repatriated-148-artifacts-italy-2150461
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/new-york-returns-antiquities-michael-steinhardt-investigation-italy-1234634967/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/24/billionaire-looted-antiquities-returned-italy-ancient-greek-frescos/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/07/24/priceless-looted-ancient-frescoes-returned-to-italy/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/21/142-antiquities-valued-at-nearly-14-million-return-to-the-people-of-italy/

Not sure if this is 'repatriation' but Germany is lending 125 antiquities to Iraq:

https://ina.iq/eng/20917-iraq-receives-125-antiquities-loaned-from-germany.html

The Vatican is questioning returning 'gifts' to some Canadian First Nations groups:

https://apnews.com/article/pope-francis-entertainment-travel-canada-3e9ab6fad79ee444f20633fd8020edea
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/vatican-says-antiquities-are-gifts-but-canadian-indigenous-groups-want-them-back/2888118/

... while US groups are trying to recover Wounded Knee items from a Massachusetts museum:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/07/17/stolen-wounded-knee-artifacts-native-americans/

The Philadelphia MoA has returned a 17th century crossbow trophy to Dresden:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64620

Wondering why Harvard has 1500 Native American remains from Cincinnati:

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2022/07/18/native-american-remains-excavated-cincinnati-ohio-at-harvard/7771741001/

Turkiye claims to be waiting for 150000 items to be returned:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkiyes-150-000-historical-artifacts-waiting-to-return-175454

More on Cambodia's efforts to recovered looted antiquities:

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501115452/cambodia-tries-to-recover-its-looted-treasures/

Latest Nazi-loot return:

https://mymodernmet.com/nazi-painting-looted-returned/

Feature on the return of Benin Bronzes:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-07-18/el-largo-camino-de-vuelta-a-casa-de-los-bronces-de-benin.html

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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on snakes on ancient coins:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/snakes-on-ancient-coins/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n29.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n30.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Charles Faulkner:

https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/you-never-know-what-youre-going-to-find-author-archaeologist-charles-faulkner-dies-at-age-84/51-6bf6016f-553f-40dd-b5c6-433dc9bc37bd

Richard Freund:

http://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2022/07/richard-freund-1955-2022.html

Judith Schiff:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/21/education/judith-schiff-dead.html

Elizabeth Carmichael:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jul/22/elizabeth-carmichael-obituary ============================================================
AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3195-audio-news-for-july-10th-through-july-16th-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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