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https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/12/06/mystery-debris-on-florida-beach-solved-heres-what-archaeologists-think-it-is/
https://news.yahoo.com/archaeologist-study-mystery-debris-unearthed-111353000.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11504893/Mysterious-80-foot-object-wood-emerges-low-tide-Daytona-Beach-Florida.html
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/us-canada/300759272/florida-beach-erosion-uncovers-wooden-ship-from-1800s
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2022/12/06/archaeologist-study-mystery-debris-found-florida-beach/10843265002/
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-724581 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/florida-archaeologists-mysterious-wooden-structure-hurricanes-2226720

New evidence that pirate Henry Every hid in New England:

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-1600s-pirate-hid-colonies-impunity.html https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/an-archeological-dig-in-michigan-turns-up-some-surprising-artifacts/
https://apnews.com/article/technology-ireland-167509416ba1bd1d88cb39f4add5f45b

The Wintu people are looking for evidence of ancestral remains at a California construction site:

https://kmph.com/news/local/tribe-searches-for-remains-at-california-construction-site

A study of 400 years bp Native American 'cultural burning':

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221207142213.htm

Feature on the search for the remains of a 16th century shipwreck off the coast of South Carolina:

https://coastalobserver.com/21st-century-technology-expands-search-for-16th-century-shipwreck/

Feature on Clovis finds from Michigan:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/an-archeological-dig-in-michigan-turns-up-some-surprising-artifacts/

Feature on the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20221204-the-us-2000-year-old-mystery-mounds

Feature on prehistoric microblades:

https://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/community/dig-it-microblade-was-a-prehistoric-toolbox-6214382

Feature on the Halifax Explosion:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/the-halifax-explosion/145461

More on the resumption of digging at the Alamo:

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2022/12/10/archaeologists-digging-into-alamos-past-to-find-what-lies-below-the-surface-of-a-vital-part-of-mission/
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
A headless life-sized Maya statue from the Oxkintok site:

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/headless-statue-ancient-maya-oxkintok/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/excavations-uncover-headless-life-size-maya-statue/145499

Japanese researchers have identified 168 more Nazca geoglyphs:

https://www.laprensalatina.com/japanese-researchers-discover-168-new-nazca-lines/
https://elpais.com/videos/2022-12-09/video-estas-son-las-nuevas-168-geoglifos-de-gran-tamano-descubiertos-en-nazca.html

More on the recently (re)found pre-Hispanic mural from Peru:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sprawling-pre-hispanic-mural-is-found-in-peru-after-a-century-1234649173/

More on 1300 years bp stucco Maya masks from the Tonina site:

https://original.newsbreak.com/@muhammad-junaid-mustafa-1600775/2846198042260-1-300-year-old-stucco-maya-masks-in-mexico-unearthed-by-archaeologists

Feature on Monte Alban:

https://yucatanmagazine.com/monte-alban-lofty-stronghold-of-the-mighty-zapotec/

Feature on what technology is revealing at Calakmul:

https://yucatanmagazine.com/with-new-technology-archaeologists-uncover-the-shocking-size-of-calakmul/

Ongoing concerns for sites along the Maya Train route:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2022/mexico-tren-maya-destruction-archeology/

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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 ============================================================
First top ten list of finds of 2022:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/top-10-archaeological-discoveries-of-2022/145468

... and one specific to Scotland:

https://www.thenational.scot/culture/23174573.dig-reveals-scotlands-top-archaeological-discoveries-2022/

On the tombs revealed during the restoration of Notre Dame:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/09/notre-dames-uncovered-tombs-start-to-reveal-their-secrets

... and progress in general:

https://the-past.com/news/major-progress-made-in-restoring-notre-dame-de-paris-for-reopening-in-2024/

Feature on Ada Lovelace:

https://theconversation.com/ada-lovelaces-skills-with-language-music-and-needlepoint-contributed-to-her-pioneering-work-in-computing-193930

Feature on Alfred Oscar Coffin:

https://face2faceafrica.com/article/the-1st-african-american-to-get-phd-in-biological-sciences-was-denied-employment

Feature on Margaret Sanger:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct38td

Feature on T.S. Eliot's *The Waste Land*:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/01/ts-eliot-the-waste-land-poem-anniversary/672231/

Feature on 'truth' in Viking sagas:

https://psyche.co/ideas/in-viking-sagas-the-truth-is-a-tangle-of-history-and-fiction

Feature on the Mona Lisa's smile:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0dm69tw/what-s-behind-mona-lisa-s-indescribable-smile-

Feature on the history of beer:

https://www.thedailymeal.com/1127714/this-ancient-drinking-song-may-actually-be-the-first-recipe-for-beer/

Feature on medical use of maggots in history:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0dm7mrn/why-maggots-are-a-medical-marvel

Feature on disagreements over the date of Passover:

https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/2022-12-06/ty-article/.premium/that-time-jews-couldnt-agree-on-the-date-of-passover/00000184-e73b-d1e6-abec-f7fbcd710000

Not sure if this is a repatriation thing or not .. the recovery of a manuscript signed by Hernan Cortes:

https://elpais.com/mexico/2022-12-03/historia-de-un-robo-asi-se-recupero-un-manuscrito-firmado-por-hernan-cortes-hace-casi-500-anos.html

Interesting feature on curse words around the world:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/06/science/swear-words-sounds.html

An opposing opinion on plans to 'resurrect' the wolly mammoth:

https://bigthink.com/the-future/deextinction-as-gods/

Review of Carlos G. Wagner *The Sacred Drugs of Antiquity*:

https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2022-12-07/the-sacred-drugs-of-antiquity-fact-and-fiction.html
https://elpais.com/babelia/2022-12-07/las-drogas-sagradas-en-la-antiguedad-la-ciencia-de-llevar-un-dios-dentro.html

More on a woman's name hidden in scratches on a medieval manuscript:

https://www.livescience.com/literate-medieval-woman-scribbles-manuscript https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/womans-name-and-doodles-found-in-1200-year-old-religious-manuscript-180981240/

More on Charles V's secret code:

https://www.livescience.com/charles-v-code-cracked https://www.dnaindia.com/viral/report-emperor-charles-v-five-century-olf-secret-letter-charles-v-secret-code-5-century-old-roman-secrets-mysteri-3008628

More on the sale of a copy of the Salvator Mundi:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-12-10/la-locura-del-mercado-del-arte-por-que-una-copia-de-leonardo-da-vinci-salta-de-15000-a-un-millon-de-euros.html

More on the papyrus fragment of the Gospel of John at UT Austin:

https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/from-ebay-to-ut-a-priceless-ancient-gospel-of-john-papyrus-fragment-ends-up-in-austin-harry-ransom-center-at-the-university-of-texas-at-austin-greek-circa-ad-250-350-harold-r-willoughby-institute-for-the-study-of-
antiquity-and-christian-origin ============================================================
CURRENT EVENTS:
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Feature on Russian looting of Ukraine's cultural sites:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/russians-systematically-loot-art-ancient-relics-from-ukraines-cultural-sites-11670159030

... and how museum works are tracking cultural destruction:

https://www.fastcompany.com/90813290/cultural-destruction-war-ukraine

Feature on the veracity of St Nicholas:

https://aleteia.org/2022/12/05/was-st-nicholas-a-real-person/

... and how December 25 was chosen for Christmas:

https://www.livescience.com/why-christmas-celebrated-december-25 https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/new-testament/december-25th-and-christmas/

... and the origins of the greeting 'Merry Christmas':

https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/talk-greenville/2022/12/08/merry-christmas-theres-a-history-to-the-greeting/69711250007/

... and our first item on the Star of Bethlehem:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/08/astronomy-biblical-star-bethlehem/

Feature on Dickens' *A Christmas Carol*:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/08/charles-dickens-a-christmas-carol-joy/

Suggestion that Hanukah was the first culture war:

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/dec/10/hanukkah-was-historys-first-culture-war/

More on St Edward's Crown being prepared for the coronation:

https://britishheritage.com/st-edwards-crown-removed-tower-london-king-charles-coronation

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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ============================================================
Using DNA to identify the beginning of cat domestication:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221205121616.htm

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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Thang Long Imperial Citadel:

https://en.vietnamplus.vn/archaeological-artifacts-unearthed-at-thang-long-imperial-citadel-displayed-in-france/245109.vnp

Carpaccio:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/12/09/carpaccio-national-gallery-renaissance-painting/
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/09/arts/design/carpacchio-venice-national-gallery-art.html

Lace:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/08/arts/design/lace-exhibition-bard-graduate-center.html

Van Gogh:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/06/arts/design/van-gogh-painting-drawing-trees-met.html

The Ca' d'Oro:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/dec/04/renaissance-masterpieces-leave-italy-for-first-time-to-show-in-paris

cf: https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2022/carpaccio-renaissance-venice.html

Feared and Revered: Feminine Power:

https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/female-power-across-centuries-and-cultures-the-focus-of-new-art-exhibition-20221207-p5c4h9.html

The Toledo MoA has restored some of its medieval collection:

https://aleteia.org/2022/12/05/the-toledo-museum-of-art-restored-part-of-its-medieval-collection/

Plans are afoot for a UK-wide digital collections database:

https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2022/12/project-launched-to-create-uk-wide-digital-collections-database/

A column base from the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre was transferred to the Terra Sancta Museum:

https://www.custodia.org/en/news/terra-sancta-museum-gains-plinth-age-hadrian

Feature on conserving the King Arthur tapestry at the Met:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65898 ============================================================
AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
Marie Antoinette's guitar is coming to auction:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/marie-antoinette-guitar-auction-france-intl-scli/index.html

More on Christos Tsirogiannis' call for Sotheby's to remove some items from an upcoming sale:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/sothebys-illicit-antiquities-auction-archaeologist-2223923

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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Denisovan DNA apparently affects modern Papuan immune systems:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221208174250.htm https://theconversation.com/dna-from-elusive-human-relatives-the-denisovans-has-left-a-curious-mark-on-modern-people-in-new-guinea-196113
https://www.sciencealert.com/traces-of-denisovan-dna-still-affect-the-immune-systems-of-modern-papuans

cf: https://theconversation.com/dna-from-elusive-human-relatives-the-denisovans-has-left-a-curious-mark-on-modern-people-in-new-guinea-196113
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THE TECHY SIDE
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A facial recreation of Tutankhamun (!):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/12/08/tutankhamuns-face-revealed-first-time-thanks-royal-sculptor/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1181/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1181/pub/1181/page/34/article/NaN

Doing some protein analysis to learn about Vlad the Impaler:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/11/dracula-vlad-the-impaler-letter-protein-clues

More on the reconstruction of medieval woman from Norway (Tora):

https://www.livescience.com/tora-reconstruction-medieval-woman-norway https://www.archaeology.org/news/11015-221205-norway-medieval-woman ============================================================
CLIMATE MATTERS
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Climate change concerns for the Sphinx and pyramids:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/egypt-great-pyramids-and-sphinx-climate-change-1234649359/
https://see.news/egypts-pyramids-and-sphinx-could-be-lost-to-climate-change-experts-warn

A study of climate change in prehistoric England:

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/dec/09/weatherwatch-archaeologists-prehistoric-changes-climate-england

What we're learning about climate from Cassiodorus:

https://phys.org/news/2022-11-interdisciplinary-environmental-history-narratives-anthropocene.html

cf: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/annales-histoire-sciences-sociales/article/abs/lemergence-dune-histoire-environnementale-interdisciplinaire/400A47EB5BD0FDE950000498A57F72DC
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Leptis Magna:

https://www.thetravel.com/what-to-know-about-leptis-magna-in-libya/

Roman Paris:

https://www.thetravel.com/where-to-see-roman-ruins-in-paris/

Petra:

https://aleteia.org/2022/12/07/petra-a-biblical-destination-like-no-other/

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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ============================================================
More reviews of Ancient Apocalypse:

https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2022/12/fitting-the-sky-to-the-ground-a-review-of-ancient-apocalypse-5-and-6/
https://www.dw.com/en/netflix-ancient-apocalypse-series-marks-dangerous-trend-experts-say/a-64033733

... and various responses:

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/ancient-apocalypse-pseudoscience/ https://kansaspublicradio.org/live-performance/when-experts-attack-43-archaeology-science-pseudo-archaeology-nonsense
https://www.themarysue.com/archaeologists-petition-to-reclassify-netflix-documentary-as-science-fiction/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-graham-hancocks-ancient-apocalypse-fiction-2222060

... and the 'Rome isn't real' thing you might not have seen:

https://www.yahoo.com/now/why-gonzo-rome-isn-t-095405420.html ============================================================
CRIME BEAT
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23 items from the Shelby White Collection by the Manhattan DA:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/looted-artifacts-worth-millions-said-seized-from-us-collector-a-key-donor-to-israel/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/shelby-white-artifacts-seized-met-trustee-1234649351/
https://menafn.com/1105271454/Authorities-Have-Confiscated-Almost-Two-Dozen-Antiquities-From-The-Collection-Of-Met-Trustee-Shelby-White
https://observer.com/2022/12/looted-antiquities-worth-24-million-seized-from-met-trustee-shelby-white/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/met-trustee-shelby-white-have-been-confiscated-by-the-das-office-2223188
https://www.icij.org/investigations/hidden-treasures/artifacts-seized-from-prominent-new-york-collector-as-us-authorities-push-to-return-looted-treasures/

Assorted Roman items were stolen from a museum in the UK:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11516671/Thieves-steal-hoard-Roman-treasure-worth-thousands-museum.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-treasure-stolen-from-british-museum-after-being-forfeited-by-law-for-safekeeping-1234649821/

Authorities seized 75 Yemeni artifacts being smuggled to the US:

https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/4035681/75-yemeni-artifacts-seized-during-smuggling-attempt-us

Six items were stolen from ASI facilities in Odisha:

https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2022/12/09/des51-rsq-culture-ld-antiquities.html

A Montana man was sentenced for damaging a petroglyph site in the Black Hills:

https://www.newscenter1.tv/montana-man-sentenced-for-defacing-prehistoric-native-american-rock-art-in-the-black-hills/
https://www.bhpioneer.com/local_news/montana-man-sentenced-for-defacing-prehistoric-native-american-art-site/article_2a212904-77fd-11ed-a167-6774a6cb3725.html

A US citizen and 12 Egyptians are on trial for smuggling activities:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/us-citizen-12-egyptians-stand-trial-over-smuggling-egyptian-antiquities/

More on the woman who climbed Chichen Itza's Kukulcan pyramid being fined:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/woman-who-illegaly-climbed-the-chichen-itzas-kukulcan-pyramid-fined/145431

More on the outcome of the al-Thani case:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11525171/Respected-art-dealer-repay-4m-selling-fake-ancient-sculptures-sheik.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 ============================================================
University College Cork is returning a mummy and other items to Egypt:

https://www.irishtimes.com/history/2022/12/08/ucc-repatriates-egyptian-mummy/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63908027 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63907669

The Netherlands returns more than 200 pre-Hispanic items to Mexico:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/12/08/netherlands-returns-200-artefacts-mexico
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/netherlands-returned-pre-hispanic-artifacts-to-mexico-1234649810/

Feature on repatriation:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/fragile-this-artifact-is-being-carried-to-its-country-of-origin/news

Feature on UPenn's repatriation of Nigerian items:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/museum-works-to-repatriate-artifacts-looted-from-west-africa

How one person returned antiquities he'd inherited:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/one-night-i-just-googled-how-do-you-repatriate-antiquities-how-one-man-hand-delivered-valuable-artifacts-to-diplomats-on-embassy-row-2224947
https://menafn.com/1105282738/One-Night-I-Just-Googled-How-Do-You-Repatriate-Antiquities-How-One-Man-Hand-Delivered-Valuable-Artifacts-To-Diplomats-On-Embassy-Row

Latest step in Monteleone's efforts to recover its chariot (Italian):

https://tuttoggi.info/biga-monteleone-ministero-acquisisce-il-docu-film-per-ricostruire-la-vicenda/720023/

Assorted items returned to India are apparently sitting in crates at the ASI:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/smuggled-antiquities-returned-to-india-lying-in-crates-for-months-at-asi/articleshow/96138815.cms
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/trendingtopics/smuggled-antiquities-returned-to-india-lying-in-crates-for-months-at-asi/ar-AA158gTM

More on native hair in Harvard's museum holdings:

https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2022/12/fas-dean-claudine-gay-on-native-american-hair-in-harvard-museum-holdings

More on the Czech Republic returning a looted Beethoven manuscript to heirs of the original owners:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nazi-stolen-beethoven-manuscript-returned-to-original-owners-180981251/?

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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n49.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n50.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Joan O'Brien:

https://obituaries.newburyportnews.com/obituary/joan-o-brien-1086764264

Ramsay MacMullen:

https://news.yale.edu/2022/11/30/ramsay-macmullen-distinguished-roman-historian-and-yale-citizen
https://religionnews.com/2022/12/05/e-p-sanders-a-new-testament-scholar-who-redeemed-jesus-judaism/

E.P. Sanders:

https://religionnews.com/2022/12/05/e-p-sanders-a-new-testament-scholar-who-redeemed-jesus-judaism/

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3222-audio-news-from-archaeologica-november-27th-through-december-3rd-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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making use of content gathered in Explorator. Thanks! ===========================================================

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