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Feature on 'convict leasing' in the post-Civil War South:

https://apnews.com/article/ap-investigation-convict-leasing-reveal-podcast-71bcdbeff840ff4bfbbea48ea50a1cb5

Feature on the wrecks in Maine's Moosehead Lake:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220919-the-sunken-steamboats-of-maines-moosehead-lake

Feature on the Totem Heritage Center in Ketchikan:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/the-worlds-largest-collection-of-standing-totem-poles-keeps-getting-bigger-180980678/

Review of Pekka Hamalainen, *Indigenous Continent*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/20/arts/indigenous-continent-pekka-hamalainen.html

Review of Margaret Burnham, *By Hands Now Known*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/21/books/review/by-hands-now-known-margaret-burnham.html

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
Not sure if we've mentioned these excavations at a Wari necropolis including the tomb of the 'Lord of Huarmey':

https://www.livescience.com/elite-burials-near-wari-royalty-peru http://www.archaeology.org/news/10852-220923-peru-huarmey-tomb

Remains of 76 sacrificed children from a Chimu site in Peru:

https://andina.pe/Ingles/noticia-archaeological-discovery-in-peru-76-graves-of-sacrificed-children-found-in-huanchaco-911071.aspx
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10850-220923-peru-child-sacrifice

Study suggests Maya cities may have had a problem with mercury contamination:

https://phys.org/news/2022-09-ancient-maya-cities-dangerously-contaminated.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-718025 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/09/maya-cities-were-contaminated-with-mercury/144764

cf: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.986119/full

Overview of latest dig near Teotihuacan searching for reasons for its collapse:

https://phys.org/news/2022-09-clues-collapse-ancient-city-mexico.html

Mexico has expanded the archaeological zone around a pre-Hispanic ceremonial site in Guanajuato:

https://phys.org/news/2022-09-mexico-ups-pre-hispanic-ceremonial-site.html https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexico-ups-protection-pre-hispanic-ceremonial-site-90280806
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/mexico-1000-year-old-site-declared-ancient-monument-first-decade-rcna48732

More on petroglyphs near Machu Picchu:

https://andina.pe/ingles/noticia-peru-cave-art-found-on-inca-trail-crossing-archaeological-park-of-machu-picchu-910079.aspx

... related: https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20220921-the-mystery-of-machu-picchu-archaeologists-uncover-new-secrets-of-peru-s-inca-site

More on the possible find of the 'lost' Maya city of Sak Tz'i:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/sak-tzi-discovery-mexico-2178216

More on the violent deaths suffered by some South American mummies:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09/the-case-of-the-murdered-mummies-virtual-autopsy-reveals-fatal-injuries/
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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/

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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ============================================================
Feature on the origins of the patriarchy:

https://phys.org/news/2022-09-patriarchy-evolution.html

Feature on the 'Dark Ages':

https://www.mediummagazine.nl/were-the-dark-ages-really-that-dark/

Feature on Canova:

https://mymodernmet.com/antonio-canova-neoclassical-sculptures/

Feature on Gustav Dore:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/09/biblical-scale-gustave-dore

Feature on some Victorian-era books that are laced with arsenic:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/victorian-era-books-bound-in-emerald-green-are-laced-with-arsenic

Feature on the origins of the fascist salute:

https://forward.com/culture/518531/sieg-heil-fascist-nazi-salute-history/

Feature on Ivory Soap:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/24/business/ivory-soap-curious-consumer/index.html

Feature on assorted 'mysterious' texts:

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2022/09/these-enigmatic-documents-have-kept-their-secrets-for-centuries

Feature on nomads in history:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-wanderers-who-shaped-the-world-180980789/

Feature on items Hemingway left in Sloppy Joe's bar:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/21/arts/ernest-hemingway-archive-penn-state.html

A guy purchased a page from a 18th century missal at an estate sale:

https://apnews.com/article/oddities-entertainment-music-religion-3162da2fed026abbdf5820e72f11e523
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bargain-hunter-scores-700-year-old-medieval-times-document-in-maine/
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/23/1124771471/estate-sale-700-year-old-document-france

Feature on the restoration work being done at Notre Dame:

https://fr.aleteia.org/2022/09/23/dans-les-coulisses-de-la-restauration-interieure-de-notre-dame/

More on the rethink of that Chinese 'unicorn' sculpture:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2022/09/17/science-ancient-horse-statue/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chemist-helps-answer-questions-about-ancient-dancing-horse-sculpture-180980802/

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CURRENT EVENTS:
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The iconic 'Hollywood' sign is getting a makeover for its 100th birthday:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/20/hollywood-sign-to-get-a-makeover-as-100th-birthday-approaches

Some 13th century Ukrainian statuary were destroyed during the invasion:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/09/21/ukrainian-stone-statueslikened-to-easter-islands-moaidestroyed-during-russian-invasion

Feature on the sceptre and orb that were on the Queen's coffin:

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a41234101/british-crown-jewels-sovereign-sceptre-orb-queen-elizabeth-funeral/

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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL ============================================================
Feature on Socrates and the 'life worth living':

https://theconversation.com/explainer-socrates-and-the-life-worth-living-189312

Feature on Pythagoras:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-origin-story-of-pythagoras-and-his-cult-followers

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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Hieroglyphs:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/mystic-secrets-mythological-rubbish-1500-year-race-decode-hieroglyphs/

Mithras:

https://the-past.com/review/whats-on/the-mystery-of-mithras/

Alexandria:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/alexandria-past-futures-bozar-brussels/

Immersive Monet:

https://apnews.com/article/technology-new-york-painting-flowers-f18659c17ce055cb191e10dde27c6014

Painters of Pompeii:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/09/23/meet-the-painters-of-pompeii-new-exhibition-brings-fresh-insights-to-the-roman-frescoes

Feature on the Humboldt Forum's way of dealing with its colonial past:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/sep/19/inconvenient-truths-berlin-humboldt-forum-faces-up-to-its-colonial-past

Feature on the possibly dubious origins of the Met's Khmer artifacts:

https://thediplomat.com/2022/09/the-mets-cambodia-problem/

Feature on a couple of 'spy' museums:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/24/business/ivory-soap-curious-consumer/index.html

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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
Yemeni items coming to auction in London:

https://alkhabaralyemeni.net/2022/09/22/188187/

Feature on Paul Allen's collection coming to auction in a couple months:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/22/arts/design/paul-allen-collection-art-christies-auction.html

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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Using DNA to shed light on post-Roman migration to England:

https://phys.org/news/2022-09-anglo-saxon-migration-insights-genetics.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/09/220921113115.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/965522 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/09/the-anglo-saxon-migration-new-insights-from-genetics/144721
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/09/22/from-continental-europe-to-england/

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02269-8 ============================================================
THE TECHY SIDE
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A project to develop a robotic georadar to make surveys easier:

https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-technology/developing-a-robotic-georadar-to-make-archaeological-surveys-easier/2081168

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CLIMATE MATTERS
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Concerns arising from the Tigris 'drying up':

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/twilight-tigris-iraqs-mighty-river-drying-2950881

Climate change concerns for coastal castle sites in the UK:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62995598

Climate change concerns for Indigenous sites in Australia:

https://phys.org/news/2022-09-crumbling-art-exposed-ancestral-climate.html

Feature on things being revealed from melting glaciers:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/artifacts-are-resurfacing-as-glaciers-melt-some-as-old-as-6-000-years

... and more on things being revealed in European reservoirs:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/22/world/europe/europe-rivers-reservoirs-drought.html

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Cyrene:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/09/19/cyrene-the-stunning-ancient-greek-city-of-libya/

Nimes:

https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/you-are-here/20220920-n%C3%AEmes-france-s-little-rome

Paphos:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/09/22/paphos-land-of-saints-and-icons/

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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
Feature on a 90-year old Spanish movie about Dracula:

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/19/1122120454/spanish-dracula-finds-new-blood-more-than-90-years-after-its-release?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab

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CRIME BEAT
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Some smugglers in Iran were caught with Elymais, Seleucid, and Parthing artifacts:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/477010/Elymais-Seleucid-and-Parthian-relics-recovered-by-police

A trio of illegal diggers arrested at a Haripur site:

https://www.dawn.com/news/1710491

An online post led Romanian police to some illicit Dacian and Roman finds:

https://www.romania-insider.com/romanian-police-ancient-treasure-internet-post-2022
https://www.stiripesurse.ro/dacian-treasure-discovered-in-alba-following-investigation-started-from-online-post_2568980.html

In case you missed the items seized from the Met:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/02/arts/design/met-museum-looting.html?smid=em-share
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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 ============================================================
Some Warumungu artifacts in New Zealand are returning to Australia:

https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/these-warumungu-men-will-be-bringing-home-precious-artecfacts-from-overseas-100-years-after-they-were-taken/k95bp6hmw

... possibly related:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/sep/18/surrey-stately-home-to-return-19th-century-carvings-to-maori-delegation

Cambodia has recovered some 258 looted antiquities over the past five years:

http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2022-09/22/content_78433744.htm

More on US returns to Libya:

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2054641/middle-east

More on Egypt recovering a pair of statues that had been smuggled to Belgium:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/09/19/egypt-recovers-2-ancient-statues-from-belgium/

Feature on assorted looted items in British museums:

https://face2faceafrica.com/article/here-are-some-looted-african-artifacts-in-british-museums

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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on coins of Julian:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/artifacts-of-apostasy-ancient-coins-of-julian/

Feature on five ancient gold coins:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/five-ancient-gold-coins-and-the-stories-they-tell/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n38.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n39.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Joyce Reynolds:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/joyce-reynolds-obituary-jtrj5jlh8 https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/mary-beard-pays-tribute-to-leading-historian-joyce-reynolds-9274567/

Dimitris Pandermalis:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/09/20/the-soul-of-the-acropolis-museum/ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/acropolis-museum-president-dimitrios-pandermalis-dead-1234639760/

Michael Homan:

https://www.nola.com/news/education/article_14ab9f9c-3927-11ed-8116-87e5a47819ed.html

George A Kennedy:

https://associationdatabase.com/aws/ISHR/ebulletin/view_mail/210912/974097

Hilary Mantel:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/23/books/hilary-mantel-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/23/books/review/hilary-mantel-appraisal.html

related: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/23/books/hilary-mantel-books.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/24/opinion/hilary-mantel-dead.html

Irwin Glusker:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/23/business/media/irwin-glusker-dead.html

John O'Malley:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/20/books/john-w-omalley-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/3208-audio-news-from-archaeologica-september-11th-through-september-17th-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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