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https://www.wbaltv.com/article/archaeological-dig-hagerstown-cabin-african-american-history/34058837

More on the excavation of the First Baptist Church at Colonial Williamsburg:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/could-be-site-one-oldest-black-churches-america-180975868/
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
Feature on Aztec reactions to colonial epidemics:

https://daily.jstor.org/how-aztecs-reacted-to-colonial-epidemics/

More on that Maya slave ship:

https://www.livescience.com/mayan-slave-ship-la-union-identified.html https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/enslaved-maya-shipwreck https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sunken-ship-was-used-transport-enslaved-people-archaeologists-find-180975899/

More on all those mammoths at that Mexico airport site:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/mexican-airport-site-emerges-as-major-graveyard-of-ice-age-mammoths/2020/09/18/616fc168-f834-11ea-89e3-4b9efa36dc64_story.html

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Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:

http://goo.gl/1VdeA

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/ ================================================================
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
I think we mentioned this study of the spread of disease some 4000 years bp (with a syphilis spin):

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/uoo-aui092120.php https://phys.org/news/2020-09-archaeology-uncovers-infectious-disease-years.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200921091535.htm https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/archaeology-uncovers-infectious-disease.html

Latest on the search for the remains of Michel de Montaigne:

https://www.france24.com/en/20200918-mystery-endures-in-france-over-montaigne-tomb-archaeologist
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9047-200922-france-remains-examined

... and there's a movement to have Rimbaud and Verlaine reinterred in the Paris Pantheon:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54293974

The wreck of a WWII era submarine possible found in the Strait of Malacca:

https://www.livescience.com/lost-wwii-sub-wreck-discovered.html https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/09/20/divers-may-have-found-us-navy-submarine-grenadier-lost-in-wwii/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9045-200922-submarine-grenadier-shipwreck

An edition of Shakespeare's last play was found in a Spanish library:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-54209767 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1634-printing-shakespeares-last-known-work-found-spain-180975915/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9046-200924-spain-shakespeare-play

Something about some looting by Franco:

https://elpais.com/espana/2020-09-22/batalla-contra-otro-expolio-de-franco-despues-de-meiras.html

On the etymology of a couple of insults:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p08s4mmc/the-perfect-insults-you-ve-never-heard-of

Interesting feature on how art is packed for shipment to various places:

http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/keeping-art-safe-as-it-travels-the-world/

Lawrence of Arabia's Saudi house has been restored:

https://m.jpost.com/middle-east/lawrence-of-arabias-saudi-house-where-he-launched-war-restored-643329

Feature on the history of egg tarts:

https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3102712/history-egg-tarts-savoury-sweet-england-canton-short-crust

An 800 years bp letter of a clergyman on display gives some interesting insight:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/sep/23/blustery-winds-and-bullying-soldiers-800-year-old-letter-from-pope-revealed?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Feature on Raphael:

https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/nightlife/raphael-master-of-renaissance-classicism/12707516

Feature on Caravaggio:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/magazine/caravaggio.html

Feature on the birth of the self portait:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/25/arts/durer-self-portrait.html

Feature on how *Mein Kampf* was reviewed back in 1943:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/24/books/how-was-mein-kampf-handled-in-the-book-review-in-1943.html

Hebrew University has received a major collection of Holy Land postcards:

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/hebrew-u-receives-worlds-largest-collection-of-holy-land-postcards-643327

Feature on seven historical fires:

https://www.history.com/news/fires-changes-reform

Feature on the contents of a recently-digitized logbook of a slave trading ship:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/logbook-documents-life-and-death-slave-trading-ship-180975880/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/logbook-slave-ship-mary

Suggestion that the aurora borealis may have played a role in the Titanic's demise:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-solar-storm-sink-titanic-180975907/

Feature on George Washington Carver:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/george-washington-carvers-legacy-went-beyond-peanuts

Feature on Jeanne Barret and her global circumnavigation:

https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-who-was-jeanne-barret-the-first-woman-to-circumnavigate-the-globe-146296

An explorer's food cache from the 1960s found in Antarctica:

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13756662 http://www.archaeology.org/news/9054-200925-antarctica-food-cache

Another feature on what people used before toilet paper:

https://www.livescience.com/toilet-paper-history.html

Comparing the US to the Holy Roman Empire:

https://theweek.com/articles/939193/america-holy-roman-empire-21st-century ================================================================
ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ================================================================
DNA is suggesting some revision is needed for horse domestication:

https://cosmosmagazine.com/nature/evolution/new-clues-to-the-origin-of-domestic-horses/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9041-200921-horse-dna-domestication ================================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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VanGogh:

https://theconversation.com/what-does-an-unforgettable-multi-sensory-experience-have-to-do-with-vincent-van-gogh-146559
https://www.vangoghalive.com.au/

Tantra:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/sep/22/tantra-at-the-british-museum-review
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/sep/21/tantra-british-museum-marathon-sex-massages
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/sep/27/tantra-from-enlightenment-to-revolution-review-british-museum-shock-and-awe
https://blog.britishmuseum.org/demystifying-tantric-sex/ https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/arts/tantra-exhibition-review-british-museum-a4553031.html

Etruscan Art:

https://www.artandobject.com/news/bringing-looted-etruscan-art-home

Piranesi:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/art-diary/the-piranesi-principle/

The Museum of Cycladic Art has added some digital tours:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/09/23/new-tours-for-visitors-in-the-museum-of-cycladic-art/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/09/25/tour-the-museum-of-cycladic-art-with-your-mobile-phone/

OpEd on the Pitt Rivers Museum's actions involving shrunken heads:

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/18734464.opinion-removing-pitt-rivers-museums-shrunken-heads-dull-dangerous/

Feature on the Epigraphic Museum of Athens:

https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/41617-epigraphic-museum-of-athens-the-biggest-of-its-kind-in-the-planet.html

More items moved to the GEM this week:

https://www.arabnews.com/node/1737321/middle-east

... and a feature on how things are being restored there:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/92185/How-jewelry-glass-pottery-are-restored-in-GEM

Overviewish thing on recent developments in Egyptian museums:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/92151/Wrap-up-of-Egypt%E2%80%99s-Min-of-Tourism-Antiquities-recent-museum

Feature on the Benaki Museum:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/257342/article/ekathimerini/survival-guide/benaki-museum--athens--year-round

There's a new museum in Stabia:

http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2020/09/25/new-museum-in-stabia-tells-story-of-roman-otium_e33d299c-457b-4282-aaeb-37ba1f61e7f2.html

More on Hokosai drawings at the BM (and now online):

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/british-museum-makes-103-lost-hokusai-drawings-available-online-180975869/
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ================================================================
A Botticelli is coming to auction:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/sep/24/true-beauty-for-the-ages-80m-botticelli-to-appear-at-auction
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/botticelli-portrait-sothebys-auction-intl-scli-gbr/index.html

... as is a very interesting kylix:

https://www.christies.com/features/An-attic-red-figured-Kylix-from-ancient-Greece-10889-1.aspx
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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
The MacDougall 'bloodline' apparent has a genetic signature:

https://phys.org/news/2020-09-genetic-signature-ancient-macdougall-bloodline.html

More on what Viking DNA reveals:

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/viking-dna-08885.html

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THE TECHY SIDE
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More on testing ancient cookware:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeology-experiment-shows-what-we-can-learn-ancient-cookware-180975886/
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CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
The 'Little Ice Age' was triggered by sea ice, apparently:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/09/21/sea-ice-triggered-the-little-ice-age/

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TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Archaeological gardens in Israel:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/post-lockdown-field-trip-visit-some-of-israels-320-archaeological-gardens/

Port Royal:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200921-jamaicas-port-royal-the-wickedest-city-on-earth

Regensburg:

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-from-a-to-z-regensburg/g-55002129

San Liurfa:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/travel/hidden-gems-of-anatolia-a-day-in-downtown-sanliurfa-and-exploring-city-of-prophets

Samos:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/176488/a-fascinating-history-of-greeces-beautiful-island-of-samos/

Agora:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/257343/article/ekathimerini/survival-guide/ancient-agora-of-athens--athens--year-round

Chateau Gaillard:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/09/chateau-gaillard-richard-the-lionhearts-castle/135641
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ================================================================
New York's Euripides Summer Festival has gone virtual:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/archive_events/arthro/new_york_euripides_summer_festival_goes_virtual-884272/

Blueprint Medea:

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/c/blueprint-medea-finborough-theatre-london-pic-come

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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ================================================================
The BBC has something coming out on finds made during HS2 construction:

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/skeletons-no-hands-mystery-plates-18981851

The Secret History of Writing:

https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/the-secret-history-of-writing-bbc4-documentary-review-lydia-wilson-655347
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CRIME BEAT
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A pair of antiquities dealers in New York were arrested for fabricating ownership histories:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/new-york-antiquities-dealers-arrested-fraud-1909899

Interesting feature on the illicit art trade:

https://www.icij.org/investigations/fincen-files/mystery-company-ties-accused-temple-raiders-to-art-world-elite/

Turkish authorities recovered an 1800 years bp inscription:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/turkish-security-forces-seize-1800-year.html

A protester of Colonialism who takes items from museums is coming to trial:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/21/arts/design/france-museum-quai-branly.html

... while another who protested the Benin Bronzes didn't show up for trial:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/benin-bronzes-london-court-prosecution-1910000
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/benin-bronze-protestor-found-guilty-of-threatening-behaviour
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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 ================================================================
Italy returned a stolen inscription to Turkey:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/italy-returns-smuggled-inscription-back-to-turkey-158407
https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/smuggled-to-italy-lydian-artifact-returns-home-in-turkey/news
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/1-800-year-old-artifact-delivered-to-turkey-from-italy/1982491
https://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2020/09/20/news/l_incredibile_viaggio_della_stele_greca_rubata-267961893/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9053-200925-italy-repatriation-turkey

Belgium returned a jade mask to Guatemala:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/belgium-returns-1000-year-old-stolen.html

A Sumerian plaque up for auction in the UK will be returned to Iraq:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/sep/27/ancient-sculpture-put-up-for-auction-in-uk-to-be-returned-to-iraq

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NUMISMATICA
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On damnatio memoriae on ancient coins:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/money-people-hated-damnatio-memoriae-on-ancient-roman-coins/

Feature on plants and trees on ancient Greek coinage:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/plants-and-trees-featured-on-ancient-greek-coins-catawiki/

Feature on the Sinaw treasure (Oman):

https://timesofoman.com/article/sinaw-treasure-is-largest-currency-treasure-unearthed-in-oman

Latest e-Sylum:

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

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v23/club_nbs_esylum_v23n39.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Ricardo Valderrama:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/obituaries/ricardo-valderrama-dead-coronavirus.html

Nigel Weiss:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nigel-weiss-obituary-5d3f5n2jp

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

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/2993-audio-news-from-archaeologica-september-13-through-september-19-2020
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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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http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch

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