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    From david meadows@21:1/5 to All on Sun Dec 18 09:45:19 2022
    [continued from previous message]

    Review/interview of Ray Waddle, *This Grand Errand: A Bicentennial History of Yale Divinity School*:

    https://news.yale.edu/2022/12/07/grand-errand-book-charts-divinity-schools-mission-over-two-centuries

    On the 'erasure' of an historic Black cemetery in Virginia:

    https://www.propublica.org/article/how-authorities-erased-historic-black-cemetery-virginia

    Feature on a Texas A&M project to conserve a salvaged colonial-era shipwreck found in 2015:

    https://today.tamu.edu/2022/12/15/aggie-archaeologists-conserving-ship-from-colonial-era-virginia/

    Feature on GPR use at the Weirs:

    https://www.sentinelsource.com/state_news/dartmouth-team-conducts-first-radar-based-archeological-survey-at-the-weirs/article_528b178e-bf79-545d-b6aa-0ae06945a879.html

    Feature on Wade Catts and those remains of Hessian soldiers found a month or so ago:

    https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2022/december/wade-catts-alumnus-archaelogist/

    Feature on some burials in the Center Church in New Haven:

    https://mailchi.mp/dailynutmeg/center-church-crypt-down-under

    Feature on efforts to preserve a Civil War training camp for Black soldiers in Philadelphia:

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/12/15/la-mott-philadelphia-community-center-black-history-civil-war/10900574002/
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    CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
    Brief overview of the excavations at the Maya Tamarindito site in Guatemala:

    https://www.sciencenews.org/article/maya-rulers-attract-subjects-guatemala-tamarindito

    Study of the importance of 'solar timekeeing' among the Mexica/Aztecs:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-12-precise-solar-fed-millions-ancient.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/13/science/aztec-calendar-leap-year.html

    cf: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2215615119

    More on the recently-identified 168 Nazca geoglyphs:

    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/new-nazca-lines-discovery-2231132 https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-168-mysterious-nazca-geoglyphs-in-the-desert-sands-of-peru
    https://www.vice.com/en/article/epz99n/scientists-found-168-more-ancient-figures-etched-into-the-peruvian-desert
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/168-nazca-geoglyphs-identified-in-peru/145525
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/11077-221215-peru-nazca-geoglyphs

    More on the spider monkey remains from Teotihuacan:

    https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-bones-suggest-maya-befriended-neighbors-with-a-sacrificial-spider-monkey
    https://the-past.com/news/sacrificial-spider-monkey-remains-offer-evidence-of-gift-diplomacy-between-teotihuacan-and-maya-elite/

    More on the headless life-sized Maya statue from Oxkintok:

    https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/headless-statue-ancient-maya-oxkintok/ https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-724909 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/excavations-uncover-headless-life-size-maya-statue/145499
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/11067-221212-mexico-maya-statue

    More on the Maya stone masks from Tonina:

    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/11/faces-from-the-past-stucco-maya-masks-unearthed-at-tonina/145371

    Feature on quipus:

    https://elpais.com/ciencia/cafe-y-teoremas/2022-12-12/nudos-que-representan-numeros-las-matematicas-de-los-incas.html

    I think we mentioned this study suggesting the Maya had to deal with mercury issues:

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/mayan-civilisation-cities-mercury-pollution-b2245741.html
    https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-an-unexpected-danger-lurking-in-ancient-mayan-cities/

    INAH's response to last week's item from the Washington Post regarding the Mayan Train:

    https://yucatanmagazine.com/inah-claims-new-wapo-reporting-on-the-mayan-train-is-full-of-lies-and-inaccuracies/

    Followup to the fires that damaged moai statues on Easter Island:

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/17/easter-island-statues-chile-moai-wildfire
    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/easter-island-rebounds-after-wildfire-singes-iconic-statues

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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 ============================================================
    15 archaeological finds of 2022:

    https://www.cnn.com/style/article/art-archaeology-discoveries-2022/index.html

    Feature on Tutankhamun and Otzi:

    https://www.irishtimes.com/science/2022/12/15/tut-and-otzi-the-worlds-most-famous-mummies-one-a-mighty-ruler-the-other-a-migrant-farmer/

    Feature on Thomas James finishing Dickens' last novel:

    https://vtdigger.org/2022/12/11/then-again-two-years-after-dickens-died-a-vermonter-finished-his-novel/

    Feature on the Book of Enoch:

    https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-724679

    Feature on the 'original' Mediterranean diet:

    https://hakaimagazine.com/features/unearthing-the-original-mediterranean-diet/

    Feature on the history of cannibalism:

    https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-12-14/ty-article/a-brief-history-of-cannibalism-not-just-a-matter-of-taste/00000185-10a9-dfac-ad97-ddab6a170000

    Feature on a 400 years bp manuscript about coffee:

    https://www.arabnews.com/node/2216201/art-culture

    Feature on assorted ancient toys:

    https://discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/5-fascinating-toys-fit-for-any-ancient-child

    On Grimm's tales and their possible target audience:

    https://psyche.co/ideas/young-women-were-the-true-originators-of-the-grimms-tales

    On birds and British place names:

    https://aeon.co/essays/british-place-names-resonate-with-the-song-of-missing-birds

    Xrays revealed a Cezanne self portrait:

    https://www.cnn.com/style/article/cezanne-cincinnati-art-museum/index.html https://dailyprogress.com/news/national/for-almost-160-years-a-c-zanne-painting-had-a-secret-hiding-in-plain-sight/article_55da952a-7c48-5a8f-ac7b-a6c60d6b3a04.html

    Wondering if Rembrandt painted a portrait:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/12/arts/design/rembrandt-in-a-red-beret-dispute.html

    Latest botched restoration is at London's National Gallery (!):

    https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/dec/17/national-gallery-botched-restoration-nativity

    The Altarpiece of Santa Lucia dei Magnoli has been restored:

    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65918

    Pondering the 'eureka' theory of history:

    https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/01/science-technology-vaccine-invention-history/672227/

    Recreating an ancient French beer:

    https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-cervois

    Another look at whether Richard III killed his nephews:

    https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0dphzjx/did-king-richard-iii-kill-his-nephews-to-gain-the-throne-

    Early career archaeologists are pessimistic about career prospects:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-12-early-career-archaeologists-pessimistic-future-careers.html

    Another piece on 536 being the worst year to be alive:

    https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/sociedad/historia/2022/12/17/ano-536-como-averiguaron-que-fue-el-peor-ano-para-vivir-de-la-historia.shtml

    An argument in Chicago about Michelangelo's Pieta:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/17/us/chicago-archdiocese-st-adalbert-statue.html

    Feature on Audrey Munson:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/obituaries/audrey-munson-overlooked.html

    Feature on Bessie Mae Kelley in the history of animation:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/13/movies/animation-bessie-mae-kelley.html

    Some clearing of Robert Oppenheimer's name:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/16/science/j-robert-oppenheimer-energy-department.html

    More on the pair of sarcophagi found in Notre Dame:

    https://www.livescience.com/notre-dame-sarcophagi-wealthy-men https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article269913752.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11534111/Identifies-skeletons-sarcophagi-ashes-Notre-Dame-Cathedral-fire-REVEALED.html
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/notre-dame-fire-sarcophagus-2228604 https://fr.aleteia.org/2022/12/14/a-notre-dame-le-sarcophage-dantoine-de-la-porte-livre-ses-secrets/
    https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/17/skeletons-found-below-ashes-of-notre-dame-cathedral-fire-identified/
    https://hypebeast.com/2022/12/french-archaeologists-identify-notre-dame-sarcophagi
    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65904 https://www.sciencealert.com/sawn-off-skull-found-in-mystery-notre-dame-coffin-hints-at-the-life-of-a-nobleman
    https://arkeonews.net/the-two-sarcophagi-discovered-beneath-notre-dame-start-to-reveal-their-secrets/
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/unraveling-the-secrets-of-the-sarcophagi-found-underneath-notre-dame-180981305/
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/11078-221215-paris-lead-coffins

    ... and a report on the current state of excavations:

    https://www.inrap.fr/fin-des-fouilles-la-croisee-du-transept-de-la-cathedrale-notre-dame-de-paris-un-16452
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    CURRENT EVENTS:
    ============================================================
    On Ukraine's museums' efforts to prevent looting:

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/18/ukraine-museums-scythian-gold-russian-looters-putin

    Latest Confederate monument to be removed from Richmond:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/12/us/confederate-statue-richmond.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab
    https://apnews.com/article/richmond-virginia-united-states-government-state-and-politics-909fa32f1ab49af9357c8dc3f384032f?

    ... and Roger B Taney's bust will be removed from the Capitol:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/14/dred-scott-taney-bust-slavery/

    Plenty of features explaining Hanukkah this week:

    https://www.livescience.com/why-hanukkah-lasts-8-days https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-724980 https://www.sdjewishworld.com/2022/12/12/hanukkah-an-overview/ https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364470

    ... and why it isn't in the Bible:

    https://momentmag.com/bible-edit-hanukkah/

    .. and the history of the Isfeng 'Hanukkah donut':

    https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20221215-isfeng-a-crispy-doughnut-from-al-andalus-for-hanukkah

    ... and wondering whether Santa Claus is buried in Ireland:

    https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20221213-is-santa-claus-buried-in-ireland

    Early Christians wouldn't have had issues with the idea of a virgin birth:

    https://theconversation.com/why-early-christians-wouldnt-have-found-the-christmas-storys-virgin-birth-so-surprising-194133

    The history of the Yule log:

    https://www.livescience.com/what-is-yule-log

    ... and the Christmas tree:

    https://theconversation.com/the-christmas-tree-is-a-tradition-older-than-christmas-195636

    ... and mistletoe:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/17/style/mistletoe-history-mystery.html

    Feature on the real Ebenezer Scrooge:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4y78YB9vVMG1xYrW8CmzjPw/a-life-wasted-who-was-the-real-ebenezer-scrooge

    Feature on various winter solstice-related festivities:

    https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/12/18/newgrange-stonehenge-st-lucias-day-winter-solstice-celebrations-to-brighten-up-your-decemb

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    LANGUAGE RELATED
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    A long-standing 'puzzle' in Sanskrit has been solved:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-12-ancient-grammatical-puzzle-years.html https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg3gw9v7jnvo https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1185/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1185/pub/1185/page/26/article/NaN

    Feature on the origins of human speech and language:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-12-humans-language-evolved-africa.html

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    MUSEUM MATTERS
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    Roman coins:

    https://www.bta.bg/en/news/culture/377450-roman-silver-coins-are-exhibit-of-the-month-at-national-archaeological-museum

    Ancient Yemen:

    https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-ancient-yemen-a-booming-economy-sparked-cultures-rivaling-the-greeks-and-romans/

    Aisthiseis:

    https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/12/12/%CE%B1-multi-sensory-experience-from-the-boc-culture-foundation/

    Nosferatu at 100:

    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/dec/16/nosferatu-100-berlin-vampire-exhibition

    cf: https://www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/phantoms-of-the-night/

    Treasures from the Silk Road:

    https://www.cnn.com/style/article/splendours-of-uzbekistans-oases-louvre-silk-road-spc/index.html

    The Writer and His Tools in Ancient Egypt:

    https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/121250/%E2%80%98The-Writer-His-Tools-in-Ancient-Egypt%E2%80%99-temporary-exhibition-launches

    OpEds relating to the Denver Art Museum returns:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/13/arts/museums-looted-art-repatriation.html

    Natural Interactions in the Book as Art and Making Knowledge:

    https://onlineexhibits.library.yale.edu/s/naturalinteractions/page/introduction

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    AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
    Work pants (jeans?) from an 1857 shipwreck sold for a nice price:

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/13/oldest-pants-jeans-auction-1857-shipwreck
    https://www.fox7austin.com/news/work-pants-found-sunken-trunk-from-1857-sell-for-114000

    A very nice price for a 400 years bp copy of Don Quixote:

    https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/14/once-in-a-lifetime-copy-of-don-quixote-fetches-500000-at-auction
    https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-12-14/una-de-las-ediciones-mas-antiguas-del-quijote-es-vendida-por-medio-millon-de-euros-en-paris.html
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    ON THE DNA FRONT
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    A DNA study of Late Merovingian remains suggests folks were not that healthy:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-12-dangerous-pathogens-lurking-corner-early.html https://www.livescience.com/medieval-cemetery-germany-burials-illness http://www.archaeology.org/news/11079-221215-germany-medieval-health

    cf: https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-022-02806-8

    More on Denisovan DNA connections to immunity among Papuans:

    https://www.science.org/content/article/mysterious-ancient-humans-may-have-given-people-papua-new-guinea-immune-advantage
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/11068-221212-densiovan-genes-immunity ============================================================
    THE TECHY SIDE
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    Feature on technology being used to examine the DSS:

    https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/dead-sea-scrolls/reading-invisible-dead-sea-scrolls/

    Feature on using drones to map large sites in Italy:

    https://www.gim-international.com/content/news/unveiling-italy-s-hidden-history-with-fixed-wing-mapping-uavs

    I think we've seen the reconstruction of Egtved Girl before:

    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65930

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    TOURISTY THINGS
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    Eleusis/Elefsina:

    https://www.rfi.fr/en/people-and-entertainment/20221215-back-from-underworld-greek-city-s-cultural-rebirth
    https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/12/16/news/greece/back-from-underworld-elefsinas-cultural-rebirth/

    A number of tourists are apparently stranded at Machu Picchu in the current unrest in Peru:

    https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/machu-picchu-tourists-stranded-amid-protests/index.html

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

    https://phys.org/news/2022-12-netflix-ancient-apocalypse-fiction-fact.html https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2022/12/ancient-apocalypse-is-more-fiction-than-fact-say-experts.html
    https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2022/12/ancient-apocalypse-summary-of-the-series-from-a-professional-pov/
    ============================================================
    CRIME BEAT
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    Some of the items stolen in the Dresden Green Room robbery a few years ago were recovered in Berlin:

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/17/german-police-recover-31-items-stolen-in-2019-dresden-jewel-heist
    https://apnews.com/article/dresden-berlin-0ba8c0a7adf4719aaecd64753c000a51 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/part-of-haul-recovered-from-german-museum-jewelry-heist-in-2019/
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64013430

    Three idols stolen from an Ulundurpet temple 11 years ago were recovered from a collector in Chennai:

    https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/three-antique-idols-stolen-from-temple-in-ulundurpet-11-years-ago-recovered-from-art-collectors-house-in-chennai/article66253969.ece

    ... and there were more:

    https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chennai/seven-idols-worth-crores-of-rupees-seized-from-house-in-chennai-8321082/

    A pair of people were arrested for illegally digging at a Swat heritage site:

    https://www.dawn.com/news/1726606/two-held-for-illegal-excavation-at-swat-heritage-site

    Police in Greece are investigating the antiquities collection of a German artist:

    https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/14/antiquities-found-german-artist-naxos-greece/

    More on the theft of Roman coins (and other things) from a UK museum:

    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/roman-treasure-stolen-england-2227691 https://menafn.com/1105301659/A-Recently-Discovered-Trove-Of-Ancient-Roman-Coins-Has-Disappeared-From-A-UK-Museum-Facility

    More on the al-Thani forgery case outcome:

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/london-dealer-john-eskenazi-faces-4m-bill-after-court-rules-he-sold-fake-artworks-to-qatari-sheikh-t3fpfzcjt
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/qatari-sheikh-wins-5-million-legal-battle-against-london-antiquities-dealer-2227672
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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 ============================================================
    Egypt returned 176 stolen coins to Iraq, China, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan:

    https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/482510/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/Egypt-returns--stolen-coin-artefacts-recovered-in-.aspx
    https://dailynewsegypt.com/2022/12/13/egypt-hands-over-176-antique-coins-to-four-countries/
    https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-returns-173-ancient-coins-to-4-countries-mistakenly-brought-in/
    https://www.arabnews.com/node/2215686/middle-east https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/2022/12/13/egypt-returns-176-antique-coins-to-four-countries/
    https://petra.gov.jo/Include/InnerPage.jsp?ID=46945&lang=en&name=en_news https://www.jordannews.jo/Section-109/News/Jordan-recovers-ancient-coins-smuggled-to-Egypt-25738
    https://en.ammonnews.net/article/62253

    The US returned seven seals which had been stolen from the Baghdad Museum in 2003 to Iraq:

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/12/16/antiquities-looted-iraq-museum-returned-seals
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/seven-seals-returned-iraq-2230014 https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/arts/2022/12/14/manhattan-da-returns-iraqi-antiquities-looted-after-2003-invasion

    Cambridge is returning 116 Benin bronzes:

    https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/dec/14/cambridge-university-to-return-over-100-looted-benin-bronzes-to-nigeria
    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-63973271 https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/24753 https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/university-of-cambridge-to-return-looted-benin-bronzes-taken-9289920/
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11528469/Cambridge-University-agrees-hand-colonial-era-African-artefacts-Uganda.html
    https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/benin-university-of-cambridge-charity-commission-british-london-b1047313.html
    https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/12/15/university-of-cambridge-announces-plans-to-return-looted-benin-bronzes/
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/11083-221216-benin-bronzes-repatriation

    ... and a related OpEd:

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/12/13/repatriating-benin-bronzes-unforgivable-act-vandalism/

    Trinity College Dublin is pondering the return of Inishbofin human remains taken from a monastery:

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/14/trinity-college-dublin-considers-returning-inishbofin-skulls

    More on University College Cork returning items to Egypt:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63908027 https://www.dw.com/en/benin-bronzes-from-german-museums-off-to-nigeria/a-64120683?maca=en-newsletter_en_bulletin-2097-xml-newsletter&r=7726037198739913&lid=2379813&pm_ln=180585
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/11071-221213-egypt-repatriation-ireland

    More on efforts to retern Arapaho and Shshone hair from Harvard:

    https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/tribal-news/2022-12-12/repatriation-efforts-are-underway-to-return-arapaho-and-shoshone-hair-samples-from-harvard-university

    OpEd on the need for US museums to repatriate items:

    https://www.thenationalherald.com/like-parthenon-marbles-us-museums-pressured-to-return-treasures/

    The actual transfer of Benin Bronzes from Germany is underway:

    https://www.dw.com/en/benin-bronzes-from-german-museums-off-to-nigeria/a-64120683?maca=en-newsletter_en_bulletin-2097-xml-newsletter&r=7726037198739913&lid=2379813&pm_ln=180585

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    Latest e-Sylum:

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    John Smallwood:

    https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23187361.much-loved-kes-teacher-archaeologist-john-smallwood-dies/

    Pedar Mortensen:

    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/479710/Danish-archaeologist-Peder-Mortensen-famed-for-Iranian-studies

    Frederick E. Brenk:

    https://www.jesuitsmidwest.org/memoriam/brenk-frederick-e-father/

    Robert Harris:

    https://www.onlineathens.com/obituaries/pgsc0378921

    Sir Simon Towneley:

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-simon-towneley-obituary-gc0mrrmcx

    James Angus Clark:

    https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/james-clark-jr-obituary?id=38399542

    David J. A . Clines:

    https://davidjaclines.org/a-short-academic-obituary/

    Myrto Georgakopoulou:

    https://www.bsa.ac.uk/2022/12/16/myrto-georgakopoulou-1976-2022/

    Peter Parsons:

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2022/12/18/peter-parsons-oxford-regius-professor-greek-who-deciphered-many/

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    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/dec/18/ross-thomas-obituary

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    https://www.heritagedaily.com/

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