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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ================================================================
DNA suggests horse domestication likely did not begin in Anatolia:

https://phys.org/news/2020-09-genetic-horse-domestication-anatolia.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/domestic-horses-probably-did-not.html
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Ravishing: The Rose in Fashion:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200914-the-mysterious-double-edged-beauty-of-the-rose
https://news.fitnyc.edu/event/exhibition-ravishing-the-rose-in-fashion-closes/

Egyptian Mummies:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/rom-exhibit-egyptian-mummies-1.5728736 https://www.thespec.com/ts/entertainment/2020/09/18/new-rom-mummy-exhibit-shows-everyday-life.html
https://globalnews.ca/news/7343997/rom-mummies-egyptian-exhibit-toronto/

The Pitt Rivers museum has taken some shrunken human heads off display:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/sep/13/off-with-the-heads-pitt-rivers-museum-removes-human-remains-from-display
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pitt-rivers-is-patronising-its-audience-by-hiding-its-shrunken-heads-jqvrgf02n
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/oxford-museum-moves-controversial-human-remains-storage-180975805/

Feature on Sweden's Disgusting Food Museum:

https://www.livescience.com/most-disgusting-alcohol.html

Herman Parzinger is about to overhaul Berlin's 'dysfunctional museums':

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/berlin-museums-face-radical-overhaul-after-bombshell-report

More on the British Museum's acquisition of Hokusai drawings:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/09/15/103-lost-drawings-by-hokusai-acquired-by-the-british-museum/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/lost-hokusai-drawings-british-museum

An oped on the UK's colonial past:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/comment/the-times-view-on-accepting-our-colonial-history-past-imperfect-nfhhfkqfh

... and in a similar vein:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/16/uk-needs-a-museum-of-colonialism-says-historian-william-dalrymple

... and possibly related on looted items in museums:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/museums-must-put-their-heads-together-over-looted-treasure-l3rd873k8

San Joaquin county (CA) has a new digital museum:

https://www.kcra.com/article/students-explore-san-joaquin-countys-history-digital-museum/34033179
http://sjchonline.org/

A Night at the Louvre (on the daVinci exhibition last yeat)

https://www.dw.com/en/a-night-at-the-louvre-with-leonardo-da-vinci/a-54912865

More items heading to the GEM:

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2020/09/19/gem-receives-2000-ancient-artefacts-from-across-egypt/

More on that Benin Bronzes protester at the MoL a while ago:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/09/18/protester-demanding-benin-bronzes-toppled-museum-statues-scared/

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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ================================================================
Mexico is suing an auction house over the sale of historical documents:

https://elpais.com/mexico/2020-09-12/mexico-aun-no-encuentra-al-ladron-de-su-historia.html

A silver denarius of Octavian is coming to auction:

https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/ancient-silver-denarius-of-rome-s-octavian-offered-at-auction

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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
Studying DNA to figure out the peopling of East Asia:

https://phys.org/news/2020-09-ancient-dna-revealing-genetic-landscape.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/ancient-dna-revealing-genetic-landscape-192835988.html
https://theconversation.com/ancient-dna-is-revealing-the-genetic-landscape-of-people-who-first-settled-east-asia-139458

A study of Viking DNA is suggesting they were a 'well-travelled' mixed population:

https://phys.org/news/2020-09-world-largest-dna-sequencing-viking.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/sfu-nvd091620.php https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/sjcu-wld091120.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200916113544.htm https://www.livescience.com/vikings-were-not-always-blonde-or-scandinavian.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/science/vikings-DNA.html https://elpais.com/ciencia/2020-09-16/los-vikingos-no-eran-tan-vikingos.html https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/09/ancient-dna-sheds-light-on-viking-origins-travels/
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/viking-was-job-description-not-matter-heredity-massive-ancient-dna-study-shows
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/09/ancient-dna-sheds-light-on-viking-origins-travels/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/blonde-scandinavians-or-well-travelled.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/09/17/the-vikings-werent-all-scandinavian/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dna-analysis-reveals-vikings-surprising-genetic-diversity-180975865/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9037-200918-viking-scandinavia-genes

The grandson of Warren G Harding wants the former president exhumed for DNA purposes:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/us/warren-harding-exhume.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/13/grandson-warren-g-harding-29th-president-exhumed
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THE TECHY SIDE
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Questioning the 'accuracy' of facial reconstructions from a mummy portrait (compared to the mummy):

https://www.livescience.com/mummy-portraits-egypt-accuracy.html

Interesting study of 4500-2000 BCE fingerprints in petroglyphs from Los Machos (Spain):

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/sep/16/neolithic-paintings-in-spain-reveal-art-was-social-activity-for-both-sexes
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/fingerprints-help-identify-prehistoric-painters
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fingerprints-rock-art-reveal-new-information-about-prehistoric-artists-180975849/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9023-200915-spain-painter-fingerprints

A 'disgusting but effective' new way to date ancient sites:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-israelis-invent-disgusting-but-effective-new-way-to-date-ancient-ruins-1.9157297

More on analyzing ceramic cookware:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/14/science/archaeology-food-pots.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/09/14/unglazed-ceramic-cookware-absorbs-the-chemical-residue-of-past-meals/

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CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
Latest suggestion regarding the cause of the Little Ice Age:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/sea-ice-triggered-little-ice-age-finds.html
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TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Troy and Assos:

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/expat-corner/land-of-legends-visiting-ancient-sites-of-troy-and-assos-in-september

Ravenna:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/city-of-dazzling-mosaics-the-golden-age-of-ravenna

A slavery tour of London:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/sep/17/slavery-tour-london-guided-walk-atrocities-open-house

Yazilikaya:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/travel/hidden-gems-of-anatolia-exploring-yazilikaya-remnants-of-phrygian-city-of-midas

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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ================================================================
Herod Antipas' palace is the site of an opera:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/new-testament/original-palace-of-herod-antipas-stars-in-opera/

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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ================================================================
Simcha Jacobovici and Samuel Jackson have teamed up on a documentary about the Trans Atlantic slave trade:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/19/us/samuel-jackson-enslaved-documentary.html ================================================================
CRIME BEAT
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Police on Rhodes confiscated a number of artifacts:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/09/16/valuable-archaeological-artefacts-were-confiscated-on-rhodes/

Sentencing for a man who was caught stealing items from the regional museum of Antofagasta:

https://www.elmostrador.cl/dia/2020/09/15/condenan-a-tres-anos-de-carcel-a-joven-que-robo-armas-de-la-guerra-del-pacifico-desde-museo-regional-de-antofagasta/

Egypt upheld the sentences of some antiquities smugglers:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/379924/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-Court-of-Cassation-upholds-threeyear-jail-t.aspx

A huge pile of 'irreplaceable' books stolen from a London warehouse in 2017 were found in a house in rural Romania:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54209366 https://www.euronews.com/2020/09/18/stolen-books-worth-2-7m-found-in-romanian-basement-during-police-raid
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/sep/18/rare-books-stolen-london-heist-found-floor-romania

On idol smuggling in India:

https://tntribune.com/idol-smuggling-thrives-in-eastern-corridors-of-india/ ----------
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 ================================================================
I think we mentioned the UK returning three stolen idols to India:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/uk-hands-over-3-stolen-ancient-idols-to-india/story-m1JlyLBQZYraMdFtGPHyIP.html
https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/uk-returns-to-india-15th-century-idols-stolen-40-years-ago/2084169/lite/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9035-200918-india-sculptures-repatriated

India seeks the return of Buddha's Bowl from Afghanistan:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/bihar-seeks-kolkata-archaeologists-help-to-bring-back-buddhas-bowl/articleshow/78196263.cms

Another opEd pondering the return of African art:

https://www.wglt.org/post/museums-are-filled-stolen-african-art-it-time-return-it

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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on some Vandalic coinage:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/coins-of-the-conquerors-of-rome/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v23/club_nbs_esylum_v23n37.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v23/club_nbs_esylum_v23n38.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Lionel Walrond:

https://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/18720903.remembering-popular-stroud-historian-lionel-walrond/

Stephen F. Cohen:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/books/stephen-cohen-dead.html

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS ================================================================
Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/2990-audio-news-from-archaeologica-september-6-through-september-12-2020
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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 ================================================================
Archaeosoup:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ ================================================================
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