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https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220805-three-colonial-era-burials-found-in-pre-hispanic-peru-sanctuary
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/three-colonial-era-burials-found-in-pre-hispanic-peru-sanctuary-175915

Feature on finds from the Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas shipwreck:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/maravillas-bahamas-shipwreck-treasure-scn/index.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/62433043

A researcher has identified a 400 years bp yeast used to make mid 16th century beer in Ecuador:

https://phys.org/news/2022-08-year-old-ecuadoran-beer-resurrected-yeast.html https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-04/scientist-discovers-400-year-old-beer-yeast/101301176

Feature on the Otankah site and what it reveals about Maya sailing skills:

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/mexicolife/oxtankah-archaeological-site-maya-sailors/

Feature on Tikal:

https://www.livescience.com/tikal-temples-maya-civilization
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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 ============================================================
Latest search for hidden 'Nazi gold' in Poland:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1055/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1055/pub/1055/page/39/article/NaN

A copy of the Book of St Albans has been digitized:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/08/01/one-of-the-worlds-finest-medieval-manuscripts-digitised/j

... as have a pile of North American glacier records:

https://phys.org/news/2022-08-rare-glacier-notebooks-digitally.html

cf: https://cudl.colorado.edu/luna/servlet/CUB~32~32

A Charlotte Bronte manuscript is 'back home':

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11082947/Charlotte-Bronte-manuscript-returned-home-200-years-written.html
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/07/why-charlotte-brontes-tiny-1m-pamphlet-proves-that-little-things-mean-a-lot

... as is an 800 years bp Glastonbury Bible page:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-62421929

Feature on Katharine Wright:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/katharine-wright-5-ways-she-ensured-the-wright-brothers-made-history

Feature on ancient explorers in various cultures:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/voyagers-china-greece-scandinavia/

Feature on Jesuit history:

https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2022/08/05/jesuits-history-suppression-243462

Feature on animals in various ancient cultures:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/what-the-animal-kingdom-meant-to-ancient-societies

Feature on conserving an 18th century portrait and associated waistcoast:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64758

Feature on how various cultures saw five constellations:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/interpreting-5-ancient-constellations-across-cultures

Feature on the Real Gabinete Portugues de Lectura:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-08-02/la-nueva-vida-de-una-de-las-bibliotecas-mas-bellas-del-mundo.html

Feature on tornadoes in Indigenous myths:

https://www.nhpr.org/environment/2022-08-05/outside-inbox-how-do-tornadoes-feature-in-indigenous-myths

Feature on the history of heels:

https://www.fastcompany.com/90775177/the-long-history-of-heels-from-a-symbol-of-mens-power-to-womens-burden

Feature on the history of the guitar pick:

https://www.premierguitar.com/gear/the-surprisingly-long-history-of-the-guitar-pick

Feature on 'prairie madness':

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/prairie-madness-study-silence-great-plains

Three Picassos have been discovered over the past three months:

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

Feature on some mock epitaphs by Sir Walter Raleigh and assorted others:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/newly-discovered-mock-epitaphs-by-sir-walter-ralegh-and-other-elizabethan-courtiers-commentary-carlo-m-bajetta/

On a violin that survived the sinking of the Titanic:

https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/instruments/violin/titanic-survived-history/

Pondering whether Henry VIII had brain injuries:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/could-brain-injuries-explain-king-henry-viiis-tyrant-behavior

Feature on Venetian bookbinding:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/venice-traditional-bookbinding

Something about a colonial-era land deal in Malaysia:

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3185847/malaysia-wont-budge-inch-over-sabah-philippine-heirs-chase-us15
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3186447/why-are-philippine-heirs-sultan-clashing-malaysia-over

Researchers have confirmed a tsantsa (shrunken head) from South America is human remains:

https://phys.org/news/2022-08-international-museum-shrunken-human.html https://www.sciencealert.com/not-all-museum-shrunken-heads-are-the-real-deal-this-method-could-tell-us-which-are#l6exw8vk1ootrnra2pb

More on xrays revealing a Van Gogh self portrait:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/x-rays-reveal-surprise-van-gogh-self-portrait

More on recreating ancient perfumes:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-07-26/dora-goldsmith-la-egiptologa-que-ha-reconstruido-uno-de-los-perfumes-mas-antiguos-del-mundo.html

Review of Alec Nevala-Lee, *Inventor of the Future*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/02/books/review/nevala-lee-inventor-future.html ============================================================
CURRENT EVENTS:
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Beowulf is the latest epic to get press attention for a university trigger warning:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1056/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1056/pub/1056/page/27/article/NaN

... and divine healings content:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/08/02/university-gives-history-students-trigger-warning-graphic-miracles/

All sorts of controversy (apparently) at the Philip Schuyler Mansion in Albany:

https://www.wamc.org/news/2022-08-03/history-is-never-settled-at-the-schuyler-mansion-in-albany

John Audubon's slave-owning past is being scrutinized:

https://phys.org/news/2022-08-misdeeds-john-james-audubon-home.html

Feature on the smallpox vaccine:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220725-the-mystery-virus-that-protects-against-monkeypox
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Fall of the Roman Empire:

https://www.dw.com/en/what-led-to-the-downfall-of-the-roman-empire/a-62670728 https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/07/us/assateague-feral-horses-origin-scn-trnd/index.html

Nike:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/pg/photo-gallery/turkiyes-izmir-archeology-museums-august-theme-nike/0
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/greek-goddess-of-victory-nike-makes-triumphant-return-at-turkish-museum/2653519
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/ancient-goddess-nike-artifacts-return-to-izmir-museum

Chroma:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/08/04/life/chroma-ancient-sculpture-reconstructed-in-colour-at-the-met/

Modigliani:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/08/05/modigliani-up-close-opens-at-the-barnes-in-october/

Roman Rubbish:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/aug/05/life-in-litter-mariana-castillo-deballs-remarkable-roman-rubbish

Harlem Hellfighters time capsule:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Time-capsule-reveals-trove-of-Harlem-Hellfighters-17351711.php
https://dailygazette.com/2022/08/04/harlem-hell-fighters-time-capsule-unveiled-in-saratoga-springs/

Duke excavations at Vulci:

https://today.duke.edu/2022/06/digital-exhibit-reveals-buried-roman-era-secrets-uncovered-duke-archeologists

Taiwan's National Palace museum is making plans to evacuate its artifacts:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-industry-news-taiwan-national-palace-museum-iraqi-artists-berlin-biennale-2154182

Feature on the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir and its statue of Menkaure:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/118119/Egyptian-Museum-in-Tahrir-houses-unique-group-statue-of-King

Pondering African sculptures at the Barnes:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/05/arts/design/isaac-julien-barnes-review-locke-barthe-art.html

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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In case you missed the DNA links from domesticated horses to a early 16th century Spanish settlement on Hispaniola:

https://phys.org/news/2022-07-oldest-dna-domesticated-american-horse.amp https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/08/06/chincoteague-ponies-spanish-shipwreck-dna/

More on the dig at Arthur's Stone (not sure if any results are being announced yet):

https://phys.org/news/2022-07-archaeologists-tomb-linked-king-arthur.html

More on herpes simplex and Bronze Age kissing:

https://www.livescience.com/herpes-cold-sore-virus-bronze-age-roots/ https://www.sciencealert.com/herpes-that-causes-cold-sores-has-been-blistering-humans-for-thousands-of-years

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Derrynaflan Island:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220731-irelands-priceless-treasure-hidden-by-monks

Cyprus:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/explore-the-wildest-corners-of-cyprus-on-a-road-trip-through-its-western-fringes

Hortillonnages of Amiens:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220728-the-ancient-french-town-of-floating-gardens

Byzantine churches of Thessaloniki:

https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-health-travel-religion-greece-7028ebc7d05921bd82759a27e89560f4

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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
Oberammergau:

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/08/oberammergau-passion-play-german-jewish-history/671026/

A new record label for forgotten female composers:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/aug/07/new-record-label-raises-profile-of-forgotten-female-composers

Some productions at the Shaw and Stratford:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/04/theater/stratford-festival-shaw-festival-canada.html

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CRIME BEAT
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Latest in the Louvre Abu Dhabi antiquities scandal:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-louvre-abu-dhabi-is-rocked-by-antiquities-trafficking-scandal
https://news.yahoo.com/louvre-abu-dhabi-rocked-antiquities-204117010.html https://news.artnet.com/art-world/louvre-curator-antiquities-trafficking-2154181

Michael Steinhardt's activities have contributed to his resignation from NYU's board:

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-713998 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/357668 https://www.jta.org/2022/08/04/united-states/citing-stolen-antiquities-scandal-michael-steinhardt-resigns-from-nyu-board

A German national has been sentenced for looting Dacian artifacts:

https://universul.net/german-national-sentenced-for-looting-ancient-dacian-gold-artefacts/
https://www.agerpres.ro/english/2022/08/04/dacian-treasure-looting-case-german-national-handed-final-sentence-for-trafficking-thousands-of-archaeological-items--959848

On using 'deep learning' in the fight against the illicit antiquities trade:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-15965-2

More on that British national being freed after being accused of smuggling potsherds in Iraq:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-62370626 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11066841/British-geologist-66-reunited-family-jailed-Iraq.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/briton-leaves-iraq-after-antiquities-conviction-quashed/2022/07/31/3a832d3e-10eb-11ed-8482-06c1c84ce8f2_story.html
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3187234/british-geologist-jailed-iraq-smuggling-antiquities-freed
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/briton-leaves-iraq-antiquities-conviction-quashed-87709339

More on Egypt sending a former MP to prison for antiquities smuggling:

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2068016/middle-east

An arrest in that fountain vandalism in Fort Plain, NY which we mentioned a couple weeks ago:

https://wnyt.com/top-stories/arrest-in-fort-plain-fountain-vandalism/ ----------
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 ============================================================
The Horniman Museum is returning all of its Benin Bronzes:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/08/07/horniman-museum-return-72-benin-bronzes-nigeria/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1059/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1059/pub/1059/page/61/article/NaN

More on Oxford and Cambridge returning their Benin Bronzes:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/08/01/oxford-and-cambridge-universities-approve-returning-213-looted-benin-bronzes-to-nigeria
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/museums-watershed-moment-as-return-of-benin-bronzes-agreed-5rzfmq5fr
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/oxford-and-cambridge-will-oversee-likely-largest-uk-repatriation-of-looted-objects-to-nigeria-1234635569/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/08/03/cambridge-supports-nigerias-claim-for-return-of-benin-artefacts/

More on US returns to Mexico:

https://www.newsweek.com/hundreds-ancient-treasures-seized-customs-returned-mexico-1730760

Feature on the repatriated 'frieze of Pleasures', stolen from Maya pyramid 50 years ago:

https://elpais.com/mexico/2022-07-31/la-odisea-del-friso-de-placeres-el-enorme-trozo-de-piramide-maya-robado-en-la-selva-hace-50-anos.html

OpEd on British Museums needing to return things:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/08/05/museums-must-consider-returning-artefacts-taken-british-occupation/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1058/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1058/pub/1058/page/34/article/NaN
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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n31.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n32.html

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Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Athanasios Papageorgiou:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/08/01/highly-regarded-archaeologist-dies/

Norman Gottwald:

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2022/08/01/norman-gottwald-obituary

John C Rouman:

https://www.fosters.com/obituaries/pprt0271816

Eli N. Evans:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/02/us/eli-n-evans-dead.html

Mick Moloney:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/arts/music/mick-moloney-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/3197-audio-news-from-archaeologica-july-24th-through-the-30th-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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