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https://news.yahoo.com/scientists-1754-ballistics-first-shots-200503064.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/archaeologists-uncover-first-shots-of-the-french-and-indian-war/147406
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/24/archaeology-project-uncovers-first-shots-of-the-french-and-indian-war/

A push to bury remains of 44 Revolutionary War American soldiers found during construction at Lake George five years ago:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/push-get-american-revolution-soldiers-buried-lake-18112486.php

Feature on digs at Lakehead University's Thunder Bay campus:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/thunderbay-archaeology-lakeheaduniversity-1.6855064

Feature on a University of Alberta field school on Metis land in St Albert:

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/metis-settlement-land-in-st-albert-now-site-of-u-of-a-archaeology-field-school

Feature on 'Indigenous-led archaeology' in Quebec and Ontario:

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/indigenous-led-archaeology-1.6854258

In case you missed the coverage of evidence the Norse in Greenland were making use of North American timber:

https://arkeonews.net/more-evidence-shows-vikings-came-to-north-america-before-columbus/
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
An Ichma culture burial from Peru's Northern Lima Province:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/tomb-from-the-ichma-culture-found-in-peru/147388

Earliest evidence of wine consumption in the Americas domes from15th century pottery from the Puerto Rica region:

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-earliest-evidence-wine-consumption-americas.html https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/press/news-2023/earliest-evidence-of-wine-consumption-in-the-americas-found-in-caribbean
https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/23/earliest-evidence-wine-america-caribbean/ https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/earliest-evidence-of-wine-consumption-in-the-americas-found-in-caribbean.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/24/earliest-evidence-of-wine-consumption-in-the-americas-found-in-caribbean/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11461-230524-caribbean-european-wine

A trio of pyramids in the Izamal Archaeological zone are undergoing cleaning and restoration:

https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2023/05/pyramids-of-the-izamal-archaeological-site-are-maintained-and-cleaned-up/

More on the Chancay culture elite burial from Peru's Huaral province:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article275698496.html https://www.kansas.com/news/nation-world/world/article275698496.html https://www.euronews.com/video/2023/05/23/peruvian-archaeologists-find-pre-incan-tomb-of-chancay-culture-leader-left-with-four-llama
https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/24/pre-inca-tomb-peru/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/11465-230525-peru-chancay-paddle

Feature on Erika Lucero Robles Cortes' work studying Mexica-era crocodiles:

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/archaeologist-unveils-mysteries-of-mexica-croc-fascination/
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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 ============================================================
Study suggests Elizabeth I was greatly affected by the loss of her mother (Anne Boleyn) when she was young:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/26/elizabeth-i-heavily-influenced-by-loss-of-mother-anne-boleyn-at-young-age

Questioning some recently-donated Degas sculptures at Purdue:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/opinion/purdue-degas-donation-valsuani-foundry-1234669297/

Feature on King David La'amea Kalakaua and his travels:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230521-king-david-laamea-kalkaua-the-first-king-to-travel-around-the-world

Dali's St John of the Cross is returning to Glasgow:

https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/23539869.glasgow-salvador-dali-masterpiece-return-home/

On how Keats wrote *Ode on a Grecian Urn*:

https://www.openculture.com/2023/05/how-john-keats-writes-a-poem-a-line-by-line-breakdown-of-ode-on-a-grecian-urn.html

Feature on Robert Frost's house:

https://www.wshu.org/news/2023-05-25/robert-frost-im-done-with-apple-picking

Feature on the search for palimpsests:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/science/medieval-books-hidden-manuscripts.html

Feature on the history of 'nepo babies':

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/05/29/the-world-a-family-history-of-humanity-simon-sebag-montefiore-book-review

Feature on the gender of ancient remains:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-744388

Pondering what the 'longest-lasting' civilization was:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/what-was-the-longest-lasting-civilization

On the history of 'skinny jeans':

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2023/may/23/skinny-jeans-fashion-history

On Danish artists prepping canvases with beer-brewing leftovers:

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-danish-masters-prepped-canvases-leftovers.html https://apnews.com/article/danish-golden-age-beer-paintings-1717e9bfe5a9d253e24a0a5ebc1398cf

On Indian automata:

https://theprint.in/opinion/medieval-indian-engineers-in-the-7th-century-built-robots-inspired-future-inventions/1592229/

Marking the 100th anniversary of Sayers' *Whose Body?*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/21/books/review/dorothy-sayers-whose-body-at-100.html

In case you're looking to buy an old lighthouse:

https://apnews.com/article/lighthouses-free-auction-preservation-coast-guard-7d6c66717a14d9488520a90f07b96f46

More on the 3d digital model of the Titanic:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/stunning-full-scale-scan-of-titanic-reveals-complete-shipwreck-for-the-1st-time
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11454-230522-titanic-digital-model

Naoise Mac Sweeney on the idea of Western Civilization:

https://lithub.com/why-the-idea-of-western-civilization-is-more-myth-than-history/
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Latest museum looting by Russian forces:

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-crime/3712996-russians-loot-museum-reserve-tauric-chersonesos.html

Connecticut is the latest to exonerate a number of 17th century 'witches':

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65724066

On the history of Memorial Day:

https://apnews.com/article/memorial-day-sales-origin-holiday-travel-fb7ff68ede0b98e9d8b4f0ee3b267785

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LANGUAGE RELATED
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Pondering who was first to speak English:

https://theconversation.com/curious-kids-who-was-the-first-person-to-speak-english-205695

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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL ============================================================
Review of Robin Waterfield's edition of Epictetus:

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n11/emily-wilson/i-have-gorgeous-hair

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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Luxury and Power:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/luxury-and-power-persia-to-greece-review-trades-of-imperial-taste-ee5b5c8d
https://aeon.co/videos/what-wine-vessels-reveal-about-politics-and-luxury-in-ancient-athens-and-persia

Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/501490.aspx https://www.egyptindependent.com/british-embassy-celebrates-100th-anniversary-of-tutankhamun-tomb-discovery/

From Aphrodite to Eros:

https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/aphrodite-eros-greek-vases-exhibition-archaeology-museum.1034064

Marcus Aurelius bust:

https://www.artdependence.com/articles/getty-exhibits-a-unique-golden-portrait-bust-of-the-roman-emperor-marcus-aurelius/

Sarah Bernhardt:

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/05/23/sarah-bernhardt-still-immortal-100-years-after-her-death/

Renaissance Marriage Portraits:

https://artdaily.com/news/157607/-Painted-Love--Renaissance-Marriage-Portraits--at-The-Holburne-Museum

Van Gogh Cypresses:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/may/24/met-museum-vincent-van-gogh-exhibition

Crown Jewels:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/25/new-tower-of-london-display-acknowledges-complex-history-of-crown-jewels

Into + Caribbean:

https://the-past.com/news/history-of-indian-indenture-in-the-british-caribbean-explored-in-new-display-at-museum-of-london-docklands/

Our Lands, Our Home, Our Heart/Nda'keenã , Weekeyaak , Nda'anã:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/mohicans-explain-history-new-berkshires-museum-18121875.php

Sweet and Sour Animal Book:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/arts/design/langston-hughes-elmer-brown-exhibition-cleveland.html

Roman beauty practices:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckrk54gv3ymo https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about-us/search-news/pr-wroxeter-romans-to-blame-for-no-body-hair-trend/
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/24/body-hair-removal-what-romans-did-for-us-english-heritage
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/26/from-the-romans-to-sex-and-the-city-how-body-hair-went-out-of-fashion-in-the-uk
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/they-came-they-saw-they-tweezed-manscaping-traced-back-to-romans-hppbqnkw0
https://www.shropshirestar.com/entertainment/attractions/2023/05/25/shropshires-super-smooth-ancient-romans-were-trendsetters-of-hair-removal/

Over half of the GEM's 'heavy antiquities' are in place, apparently:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/over-50-of-gems-heavy-antiquities-now-inside-main-exhibition-halls/

Spain is opening The Royal Collections Gallery:

https://apnews.com/article/spain-museum-gallery-royal-art-madrid-collections-1cfdb32a837174599649818d9e8ff002
https://www.wsls.com/entertainment/2023/05/22/new-madrid-museum-set-to-unveil-five-centuries-of-spains-royal-collections/

The National Archaeological Museum of Naples is opening a new branch:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/05/26/national-archaeological-museum-naples-new-branch-real-albergo-dei-poveri

Two-part feature on the Louvre:

https://www.readersdigest.co.uk/culture/art-theatre/the-story-of-the-louvre-museum
https://www.readersdigest.co.uk/culture/art-theatre/the-story-of-the-louvre-museum-part-2

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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
Big bucks for a 2000 years bp Gold Greek Stater:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/05/26/ancient-greek-gold-coin-from-crimea-sells-for-a-record-breaking-48m
https://news.artnet.com/market/ancient-greek-coin-most-expensive-6-million-2307811
https://menafn.com/1106299700/A-2000-Year-Old-Gold-Greek-Stater-Just-Fetched-6-Million-At-Auction-Making-It-The-Most-Expensive-Ancient-Coin-Ever-Sold
https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/24/ancient-greek-coin-record-sell-millions-swiss-auction/
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1211799/ancient-greek-coin-sells-for-record-price-at-swiss-auction/
https://greekherald.com.au/news/ancient-greek-coin-most-expensive-ever-sold-at-6-million/

Tipu Sultan's looted sword fetched a very high price:

https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/36561/ https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/05/23/looted-indian-sword-tipu-sultan-bonhmas-14m
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/28300/lot/175P/the-bedchamber-sword-of-tipu-sultan-reg-1782-1799-a-fine-gold-koftgari-hilted-steel-sword-sukhela-india-18th-century/

... as did a watch owned by China's last emperor:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-last-emperor-puyi-watch-auction-hong-kong-patek-philippe-rcna85944

A Franklin Expedition associated flag has been 'saved for the nation':

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1344/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1344/pub/1344/page/37/article/NaN
https://www.swlondoner.co.uk/news/26052023-rare-naval-expedition-flag-saved-from-overseas-purchase

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THE TECHY SIDE
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Feature on ancient plaque analysis and what it reveals:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-05-21/ty-article/seeing-the-invisible-humans-of-archaeology-through-the-gunk-on-their-teeth/00000188-3d70-d805-a7c9-fdf965d90000

Feature on a new engineering technique that could help preserve historic stone buildings and bridges:

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-05-historic-stone-bridges-technique.html

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Carthage:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/what-to-do-in-carthage-ruins-renovations-historic-sites

Delos:

https://www.thetravel.com/what-to-know-about-delos-island-in-greece/

Termessos:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/turkiyes-ancient-city-termessos-beckons-visitors-all-year/news

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CRIME BEAT
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Police in Israel saved some Bar Kochba-era ossuaries from grave robbers (family building a house spin too):

https://www.timesofisrael.com/family-building-a-house-in-northern-israel-destroys-1800-year-old-burial-cave/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-743940 https://www.jns.org/jns/archaeology/23/5/23/290185/ https://www.jewishpress.com/news/archaeology-news/bar-kochba-era-sarcophagi-uncovered-in-galilee-vandalized-cave/2023/05/23/

Afghan authorities prevented smuggling of hundreds of items in the past year:

https://www.ariananews.af/hundreds-of-artifacts-stopped-from-being-smuggled-out-of-afghanistan-in-past-year/

More on the major bust and recovery of 3500+ items in Italy recently:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/italy-arrests-raiders-ancient-art-recovers-3500-items-2023-05-24/
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/italy-artifacts-arrests-intl-scli/index.html https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2023/05/24/art-cops-uncover-archaeological-relic-trafficking-ring_b6810d77-93da-4a74-b9ac-537dc833cc25.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/italian-police-recover-looted-artifacts-1234669793/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/italy-antiquities-trafficking-ring-busted-3500-relics-2309290
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-744266
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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 ============================================================
Buckingham Palace has rejected calls to return the remains of Ethiopia's Prince Alemayehu:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-65588663 https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/buckingham-palace-prince-alemayehu-ethiopia-british-museum-b1082994.html
https://www.thedailybeast.com/charles-wont-exhume-teenage-ethiopian-prince-buried-at-windsor-because-it-might-disturb-his-ancestors
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/royal-family-refuses-return-remains-ethiopian-prince-alemayehu-britain-rcna85721
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/prince-dejatch-alemayehu-ethiopia-england-repatriation-180982239/

A pair of collectors in San Diego are retuning a number of items to Mexico:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/two-san-diego-collectors-surrendered-65-archaeological-objects-to-mexico-1234669463/

Native American remains from Massachusetts are apparently still in some museums:

https://www.nepm.org/regional-news/2023-05-24/dozens-of-native-remains-from-western-mass-still-in-museums-despite-decades-old-repatriation-law

More on the major busts in Italy recently:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/italian-police-recover-looted-artifacts-1234669793/

More on Australia returning items to Cyprus:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/05/24/cyprus-antiquities-returned-from-australia/ https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/australian-citizens-collaborate-to-repatriate-cypriot-treasures
https://greekherald.com.au/news/36-cypriot-antiquities-repatriated-to-cyprus-from-australia/

More on the US returning a couple of items to Iraq:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/05/24/iraqi-antiquities-seized-new-york-repatriated
https://www.artdependence.com/articles/manhattan-district-attorney-bragg-returns-two-ancient-stone-figures-to-iraq/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/looted-iraqi-antiquities-repatriated-shelby-white-2305885
https://menafn.com/1106291207/Two-Ancient-Sculptures-That-Were-On-Loan-To-The-Met-Have-Been-Repatriated-To-Iraq

More on the US returning an Olmec sculpture to Mexico:

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/back-mexico-earth-monster-sculpture-points-ancient-beliefs-2023-05-27/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pre-columbian-olmec-sculpture-returned-to-mexico-1234669329/
https://www.laprensalatina.com/iconic-olmec-stone-sculpture-repatriated-from-us-now-on-display-at-mexico-museum/

More on Greece receiving a number of items associated with Robin Symes:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65657620 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-21/greece-recovers-hundreds-of-artefacts-from-art-thief/102373896
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/greece-wins-back-hundreds-of-stolen-artifacts-from-the-disgraced-dealer-robin-symes-after-a-17-year-legal-battle-2306650
https://www.thenationalherald.com/greece-recovers-hundreds-of-stolen-artifacts-alexanders-statue/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/greece-culture-351-looted-antiquities-legal-battle-art-dealer-robin-symes-1234669156/
https://menafn.com/1106291199/Greece-Wins-Back-Hundreds-Of-Stolen-Artifacts-From-The-Disgraced-Dealer-Robin-Symes-After-A-17-Year-Legal-Battle
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/greece-recovers-hundreds-of-antiquities-from-art-thief-183323
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/48882-media-greece-recovers-hundreds-of-stolen-artifacts-including-alexander%E2%80%99s-statue.html
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/greece-recovers-hundreds-of-looted-artefacts-from-disgraced-british-art-dealer-robin-symes.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/23/hundreds-of-looted-artifacts-of-robin-symes-limited-repatriated-to-greece/

... and one of them appears to be a forgery:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/24/recovered-ancient-vase-announced-by-greece-is-modern-forgery
https://www.thenationalherald.com/vase-artifact-being-returned-to-greece-called-forgery-exam-coming/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/greek-vase-repatriated-fake-christos-tsirogiannis-2308715
https://menafn.com/1106309963/A-5Th-Century-Vase-One-Of-The-351-Artifacts-Recently-Repatriated-To-Greece-Is-A-Known-Fake-Says-A-Forensic-Archaeologist

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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n21.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n22.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Graeme Clarke:

https://humanities.org.au/our-community/vale-graeme-clarke-ao-faha-1934-2023/

Jaromir Malek:

https://orinst.web.ox.ac.uk/article/dr-jaromir-malek-1943-2023

Robert Ousterhout:

http://www.thedp.com/article/2023/05/penn-professor-robert-ousterhout-death

Henry Fehr Booth:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/cumberlink/name/henry-booth-obituary?id=52045776

Stanley Engerman:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/27/us/stanley-engerman-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/3281-audio-news-from-archaeologica-may-14th-through-20th-2023
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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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