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https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/11/archaeologists-unearth-soldiers-killed-in-battle-of-camden/145190?amp
Feature on a Native American site being excavated on Clement's Island:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/11/07/native-americans-st-clements-island/
Feature on William Howard Allen and his fight with pirates:
https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/culture/article/Naval-hero-from-Hudson-died-fighting-Caribbean-17568492.php
An historic home in Pennsylvania with plenty of history was demolished:
https://www.pennlive.com/news/2022/11/historic-central-pa-home-with-dramatic-religious-past-is-demolished.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab
Hurricane Nicole revealed at least six 200 years bp burials on a Florida Beach:
https://nypost.com/2022/11/10/skulls-and-bones-of-6-people-dating-back-over-200-years-unearthed-by-hurricane-nicole-in-florida/
... and this Native American burial on Chastain Beach:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hurricane-nicole-unearths-suspected-native-american-burial-site-florid-rcna56673
During the search for burials of Tulsa Massacre victims, remains of a man with a gunshot wound were found:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/12/us/tulsa-massacre-burial-excavation-victim-gunshot-wound-reaj/index.html
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
Feature on ancient chocolate use:
https://www.bbc.com/reel/playlist/rethinking-history?vpid=p0db7l7x
More on Inca sacrifice victims being given psychedlic plants:
https://www.salon.com/2022/11/07/archaeologists-find-a-trove-of-ancient-human-sacrifices-fed-psychedelic-plants-before/
A flood control tunnel associated with Tenochtitlan had to be reburied:
https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-forced-to-rebury-unusual-discovery-in-old-aztec-capital
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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 ============================================================
A (n ongoing) study of the 'academic genealogies' of scholars working in the Levant:
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/11/preliminary-results-of-agnes
Not sure where to put this item on 2000 or so missing archaeological objects turning up in a monastery attic in Switzerland:
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/sci-tech/-treasure-trove--of-lost-artefacts-found-in-swiss-monastery/48031710
A restoration of an Artemisia Gentileschi:
https://apnews.com/article/europe-painting-italy-florence-cd6a720b301f7a4721751ab692525b11
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/11/10/artemisia-gentileschis-nude-for-michelangelos-museum-was-censoreda-new-restoration-project-will-reveal-the-original-work
Feature on Winston Churchill's paintings:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/08/arts/design/churchill-art-paintings-fans.html
Feature on Tudor beds:
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/bed-tudors
Feature on the dancing plague of 1518:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/11/the-dancing-plague-of-1518/145156
Studying human proteins left on assorted ancient items:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/document-detectives-use-smudges-bloodstains-investigate-past-180980986/
Feature on reproducing historical scents:
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-scents-historical-fragrances.html
Applying handwriting analysis to assorted ancient documents:
https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2022-11-07/dead-sea-scrolls-ancient-worlds-multicultural-secrets-revealed-by-handwriting-analysis.html
https://elpais.com/ciencia/2022-11-07/la-escritura-en-los-pergaminos-revela-secretos-multiculturales-de-la-antiguedad.html
There seems to be a sudden renewal of interest in Otzi, including the idea that more such mummies might be found:
https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-stone-age/new-research-on-5300-year-old-otzi-suggests-there-could-be-more-ice-mummies-out-there/2105033
https://www.science.org/content/article/iceman-discovery-wasn-t-freak-event-more-frozen-mummies-may-await
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-iceman-was-unique-we-thought-but-others-could-follow
https://www.yahoo.com/news/stone-age-cold-case-tzi-184000443.html
... but the Otzi museum doesn't think so:
https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-stone-age/otzi-museum-does-not-believe-there-are-so-many-more-ice-mummies-out-there/2107260
... a new study of Otzi's 'preservation' is sparking the interest:
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-tzi-iceman-story-series-miracles.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-true-story-behind-otzi-the-murdered-iceman-180981103/
Interesting 'hidden Buddha' picture:
https://www.livescience.com/magic-mirror-buddha-cincinnati-art-museum/
Big Ben's bells are back in working order:
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-politics-63600578
What we can learn from hunter-gatherers:
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/office-space/lessons-from-the-deep-history-of-work
Review of Christopher de Ballaigue, *The Lion House*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/08/books/review/the-lion-house-christopher-de-bellaigue.html
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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This week's 'gluing incidents' included Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup paintings:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-industry-news-copycat-climate-protesters-glue-themselves-to-andy-warhols-campbells-soup-paintings-in-australia-other-stories-2207145
... and The Scream:
https://apnews.com/article/europe-business-painting-norway-6d5a139e7e1f037582dd524ce0bbde88
https://www.deseret.com/2022/11/11/23453746/climate-activists-target-the-scream
... a Goya:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/11/08/climate-activists-glued-their-hands-on-paintings-by-goya/
... and we're finally getting commentary on the fragility of the objects being targeted:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/nov/11/climate-activists-attacking-art-severely-underestimate-fragility-of-works-gallery-directors-warn
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/11/10/activists-severely-underestimate-the-fragility-of-objects-92-global-museum-directors-speak-out-against-climate-protests
https://advisor.museumsandheritage.com/news/92-major-museum-directors-condemn-recent-attacks-irreplaceable-objects/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/11/11/climate-change-protesters-art-museums/
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/11/11/climate-activists-underestimate-the-fragility-of-artworks-targeted-museum-directors-say
https://hyperallergic.com/779372/museum-directors-do-you-need-a-hug/
Background to Cologne's Carnival:
https://www.dw.com/en/ringing-in-carnival-a-2000-year-old-tradition/a-63707828 ============================================================
ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ============================================================
Rethinking the arrival of 'domestic' cats in Europe:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-11-09/ty-article/cats-trash-theory-that-they-followed-first-farmers-to-europe/00000184-573f-dc83-a7fd-ff7fac710000
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/11/new-research-project-studies-ancient-feline-migration-into-europe/145197
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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL ============================================================
Feature on the Milesian School:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/11/07/ancient-greece-milesian-school/
Feature on Plato's Timaeus:
https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2022/11/plato-timaeus-will-order-peter-kalkavage.html
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Codice Maya de Mexico:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65615 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/11/07/getty-codice-maya-de-mexico-comes-to-los-angeles/
Chroma:
https://newcriterion.com/blogs/dispatch/chroma
Cubism:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/11/arts/design/cubism-met-museum-review.html
Enheduanna:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/arts/enheduanna-author-morgan.html https://www.forbes.com/sites/margiegoldsmith/2022/11/01/the-worlds-first-author-was-a-woman-not-a-man/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/enheduanna-first-author-mesopotamian-women-morgan-library-2208775
Gathering Light (on tour)
https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/news/article/1292/the-collection-welcomes-3-000-year-old-sun-pendant-on-loan-from-the-british-museum
Golden Mummies of Egypt:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/12/victorians-wrong-about-why-egyptians-mummified-the-dead-exhibition-reveals
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
An Iron Age 'bull rider' found by a UK metal detectorist is coming to auction:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-63544380
A gold Celtic ring that's been sitting in someone's cupboard is coming to auction:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-63590575 https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/jaw-dropping-iron-age-chieftains-ring-found-in-yorkshire-field-in-1994-and-kept-in-a-cupboard-ever-since-to-be-auctioned-for-the-first-time-3914973
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/30-000-celtic-ring-was-left-in-cupboard-tz2p0f62h
Big bucks for an ancient Roman medallion:
https://coinweek.com/auctions-news/ancient-roman-medallion-brings-312000-in-heritage-auction/
https://www.numismaticnews.net/world-coins/ancient-roman-medallion-brings-312000-sending-auction-over-5-6-million
Some hype and results from the auction of Paul Allen's collection:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/arts/design/paul-allen-auction-christies.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/georges-seurat-paul-allen-christies-record-sale-1234646173/
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/paul-allen-collection-christies-auction-record/index.html
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/state/washington/article268427482.html
Concerns arising from a Shawnee museum's auction:
https://shawneemissionpost.com/2022/11/09/shawnee-medicine-museum-auction-concerns-186464/
An Apache scalp was seized from a Maine auction:
https://www.wmtw.com/article/apparent-apache-scalp-seized-maine-auctioneer/41925872
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ON THE DNA FRONT
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A project studying DNA from various Mesopotamian sites in Turkiye:
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-genetic-analysis-neolithic-people-mesopotamia.html
https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/ancient-dna-study-in-turkiye-sheds-light-on-mesopotamias-history/news
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THE TECHY SIDE
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Latest facial reconstruction is a 'mysterious lady' Egyptian mummy:
https://www.livescience.com/pregnant-mummy-facial-reconstruction/
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CLIMATE MATTERS
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Climate change concerns for sites across Africa:
https://thearabweekly.com/carthage-mount-kilimanjaro-africas-heritage-sites-imperilled-climate
... and Egypt:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/12/world/middleeast/climate-change-and-human-activity-erode-egypts-treasured-antiquities.html
Feature on various sites revealed (or rerevealed) because of drought conditions in various places:
https://www.newsweek.com/2022/11/18/see-amazing-lost-relics-uncovered-drought-water-levels-receded-1757329.html
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Termessos:
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2022/11/09/termessos-the-ancient-city-that-alexander-the-great-failed-to-conquer-in-pictures/
Appian Way:
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/italy/appian-way-rome-bike-italy-b2215922.html
Ikaria:
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20221110-the-greek-island-homes-hidden-from-pirates
Pavlopetri:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/11/11/pavlopetri-greece-ancient-underwater-city/
Mount Nemrut:
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/among-gods-men-mount-nemrut-still-most-dazzling-spot-to-see-sunrise
Tel Gezer:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/tour-the-well-fortified-tel-gezer-the-biblical-canaanite-holdout-that-wouldnt-fall/
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
Chasing Waterfalls:
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3198814/worlds-first-artificial-intelligence-opera-review-chasing-waterfalls-blends-live-and-digital
A Couple:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/11/movies/frederick-wiseman-a-couple-tolstoy.html
Korngold:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/10/arts/music/korngold-symphony.html
Tar:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/08/style/tar-mahler-cate-blanchett.html
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CRIME BEAT
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Antiquities charges relating to some Louvre curators might be dropped:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/11/08/egyptian-antiquities-trafficking-charges-against-former-louvre-director-jean-luc-martinez-and-curator-jean-francois-charnier-could-be-dropped
Vandalism at a Native American petroglyph site in Nevada:
https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article268367137.html https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/11/10/prison-time-vandals-nevada-petroglyphs-white-river-narrows
Authorities seized an antique Buddha sculpture at the Attari-Wagah border:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amritsar/punjab-antique-stone-sculpture-of-buddha-seized-foreign-national-at-attari-border/articleshow/95455833.cms
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/recovery-from-foreign-national-customs-seizes-antique-buddha-sculpture-at-attari-wagah-border-101668185466705.html
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/amritsar/buddha-idol-seized-in-amritsar-may-have-origins-in-gandhara-school-of-art-asi-450032
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/antique-buddha-sculpture-seized-from-attari-termed-rarest-of-rare-450075
https://menafn.com/1105169842/Buddha-Stone-Sculpture-From-23-CE-Seized-From-Foreign-National-At-Attari
Feature on the sale of probably looted Yemeni antiquities:
https://hyperallergic.com/773222/sale-of-possibly-looted-yemeni-objects-raises-red-flags/
More on the sentencing of Subhash Kapoor:
https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16989-india-sentences-notorious-antiquities-trafficker-from-manhattan
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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 ============================================================
A stolen statue associated with Doris Wiener was returned to Cambodia:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/11/07/stolen-cambodia-statue-vishnu-repatriated
An American has returned 19 antiquities he inherited to four different countries after reading a Guardian article:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/nov/11/man-repatriates-19-antiquities-after-reading-guardian-article
https://www.dawn.com/news/1720329 https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/11/12/american-stolen-greek-antiquities/
A Massachusetts museum returned 150 or so sacred artifacts from Wounded Knee to the Oglala Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/11/06/massachusetts-museum-sacred-artifacts-sioux-tribes-wounded-knee/8289799001/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/massachusetts-museum-returns-sacred-items-sioux-tribes-rcna55924
Colgate University is returning 1500 artifacts to the Oneida Nation:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/more-than-1500-artifacts-from-ancestral-remains-returned-to-oneida-indian-nation
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11404383/University-returning-1-500-artifacts-Oneida-Indian-Nation.html
The Peabody will be retuning hundreds of Native American hair samples:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/10/us/harvard-museum-native-american-hair.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/10/us/harvard-apology-native-american-hair-samples-peabody-museum-reaj/index.html
Questions arising from Indonesia's request for the return of Java Man:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/arts/design/naturalis-museum-java-man-indonesia.html
Maori items in British possession:
https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/100-years-ago/maori-treasures-british-hands
Some slave descendents apparently want Benin Bronzes to stay in the US:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-63504438
... ahile a Benin Bronzes database is now online:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/10/digital-benin-reunites-thousands-of-objects-scattered-after-british-looting
https://www.dw.com/en/digital-benin-lists-looted-colonial-artifacts/a-63697371 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/digital-benin-markk-benin-bronzes-2205398 https://hyperallergic.com/777685/new-online-database-tracks-benin-bronzes/ https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/11/07/benin-bronzes-online-database-goes-live-with-details-of-thousands-of-looted-artefacts
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2022/11/07/benin-bronzes-database-launches-shaping-future-art-restitution/7761667838554/
cf:
https://digitalbenin.org/
More on the US returning Kapoor-related items to Pakistan:
https://www.dawn.com/news/1720516/us-returns-192-stolen-artefacts-worth-34m-to-pakistan
https://www.nation.com.pk/12-Nov-2022/us-returns-192-stolen-artifacts-to-pakistan
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/11/11/manhattan-district-attorney-subhash-kapoor-artefacts-returned-pakistan
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/subhash-kapoor-investigation-looted-antiquities-1234646461/
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/us-returns-nearly-200-rare-artifacts-to-pakistan/2736521
https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/us-returns-pakistan-artifacts-trafficked-ex-manhattan-dealer
https://www.trtworld.com/art-culture/pakistan-receives-trafficked-antiquities-thanks-to-us-prosecutors-62454
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NUMISMATICA
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In case you missed the 'first revolt shekel' being returned to Israel a while back:
https://www.numismaticnews.net/world-coins/smuggled-coin-returns-to-israel
Latest e-Sylum:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n45.html
... and the one which should appear later today:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n46.html ------------------------
Coin Week:
http://www.coinweek.com/
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OBITUARIES
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David Butler:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/09/father-of-modern-election-science-sir-david-butler-dies-at-98
Evelyn de Rothschild;
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/11/11/evelyn-de-rothschildbanker-collector-art-patron-and-philanthropistdies-aged-91
Elizabeth Stewart:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/arts/music/elizabeth-stewart-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/3217-audio-news-from-archaeologica-october-30th-through-november-5th-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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