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https://www.abccolumbia.com/2023/06/15/usc-archaeology-program-explores-columbias-past/

Using GPR to locate unmarked Acadian graves in Falmouth:

https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/news/ns-archaeologist-students-using-radar-to-locate-unmarked-acadian-graves-in-falmouth-100863661/

More on the gaming die from Colonial Michilimackinac:

https://www.wlns.com/news/archaeologists-unearth-gaming-die-at-colonial-michilimackinac/

More on Beringians relying on fish during the Younger Dryas period:

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-native-populations-survived-younger-dryas.html https://arkeonews.net/new-study-shows-early-native-americans-in-alaska-were-freshwater-fishermen-13000-years-ago/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/15/study-shows-ancient-alaskans-were-freshwater-fishers/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11536-230614-beringia-climate-fishing

The contents of the time capsule in Albany's statue of Philip Shuyler have been revealed:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/contents-albany-s-schuyler-statue-revealed-18153652.php

Concerns for a 19th century lighthouse in NY's Hudson Valley:

https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/outdoors/article/hudson-athens-lighthouse-collapse-preservation-18150233.php
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
A 3000 years bp mummified person find from beneath a Lima garbage dump (?):

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-65915074 https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/archaeologists-peru-find-3000-year-old-mummy-lima-2023-06-14/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-15/mummy-dating-back-3000-years-found-in-peru/102481912
https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/culture/peru-mummy-discovery-football-history-b2358850.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/world/peruvian-archaeologists-dig-up-3000-year-old-mummy/2023/06/15/dd6a613b-5d8a-4e24-afde-194e1260bf3f_video.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-746343 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12199631/3-000-year-old-mummy-discovered-tomb-Peruvian-temple-beneath-rubbish-dump.html
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/sacrifice-uncovered-lima-excavation-reveals-3000-year-old-mummy/news
https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-discover-a-3000-year-old-mummy-under-15000-pounds-of-garbage

Elsewhere in Lima, another (as yet undated) mummified person surrounded by coca leaves from a site near a soccer club's practice field:

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-archaeologists-mummy-coca-hilltop-peru.html https://apnews.com/article/peru-mummy-archeologists-7b3da6834655848e860dcf982ef5bd8c
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mummy-surrounded-coca-leaves-next-to-soccer-field-peru/
https://www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/6d87131b0cf2458b827162ea05220216/ https://www.abc4.com/news/ap-science/archeologists-find-mummy-surrounded-by-coca-leaves-on-hilltop-in-perus-capital/
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/science/archeologists-find-mummy-surrounded-by-coca-leaves-on-hilltop-in-perus-capital/
https://news.yahoo.com/archeologists-mummy-surrounded-coca-leaves-230839198.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2023/06/16/mummy-found-in-peru/70331889007/
https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-41163634.html

Study suggests climate change played a role in war between early Andean cultures:

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-climate-violence-early-andean-populations.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230615183112.htm

cf: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/quaternary-research/article/climate-change-intensified-violence-in-the-southcentral-andean-highlands-from-15-to-05-ka/12872D1C1FE495A97A3EDB88F904B899

More on the recently-found Nazca glyphs using AI:

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-ai-apps-nasca-geoglyphs.html https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ai-identifies-3-more-nazca-lines-figures-in-peru
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/12/results-of-nasca-research-utilizing-deep-learning-technology/

More on the Moche murals from Panamarca:

https://the-past.com/news/moche-murals-revealed/

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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 ============================================================
Feature on work being done on Notre Dame:

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/11/1179648233/notre-dame-paris-fire-rebuild-roof

Feature on the history of long hair on men:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/06/16/untangling-the-legacy-the-untold-story-of-long-hair-in-mens-history/

Pondering how many shipwrecks there are around the world:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230609-how-many-shipwrecks-are-there-in-the-worlds-oceans

A 'killer rabbit' (!) mentioned in a 15th century manuscript:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/06/this-15th-century-manuscript-mentions-a-monty-python-esque-killer-rabbit/

Pondering how to survive assorted deadly historical disasters:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/could-you-survive-the-black-death-the-sack-of-rome-and-other-historical-catastrophes-180982313/

Feature on incarceration of Japanese Americans from Hawaii during WWII:

https://theconversation.com/the-overlooked-story-of-the-incarceration-of-japanese-americans-from-hawaii-during-world-war-ii-188268

More on the identification of Mona Lisa's bridge:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-746235 ============================================================
CURRENT EVENTS:
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Latest climate protest features activists smearing a Monet with red paint:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/14/style/monet-paint-protest-stockholm-climate/index.html

Some Juneteenth-related items:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/16/opinion/hidden-juneteenth-history.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/16/books/review/ulysses-dublin-quiz.html

Ukraine is training 'monuments men' to save cultural heritage:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/13/arts/design/met-museum-trains-monuments-men-ukraine.html

... while another team is laser scanning historical sites:

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-high-tech-laser-gear-un-backed-team.html https://apnews.com/article/unesco-laser-scan-historic-sites-russia-ukraine-aaf0c3d6e8981a3faeabf0e6b1d98f41

More on sites damaged after the Kakhova dam was destroyed:

https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-cultural-heritage-sites-damaged-after-dam-burst/a-65904943

... while a man found a Byzantine amphora on an Odesa beach:

https://english.nv.ua/life/man-finds-ancient-byzantine-amphora-on-odesa-beach-after-kakhova-dam-flood-ukraine-news-50331636.html

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LANGUAGE RELATED
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A study of the origins of Indigenous languages in Latin America:

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-indigenous-languages-south-america.html

Feature on the interesting grammar of the Great Adamanese language:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/this-ancient-language-has-the-only-grammar-based-entirely-on-the-human-body/

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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Neanderthal:

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-museum-norway-reveals-neanderthals.html

Chester Beatty papyri:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/exhibits-events/first-fragments-biblical-papyrus-from-roman-egypt/

Madrid's Islamic heritage:

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/6/15/madrid-celebrates-its-muslim-past-in-spains-new-museum

The Origins of the Sacred Image:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/15/the-origins-of-the-sacred-image-at-the-louvre/

Masterpieces from the National Archaeological Museum of Naples:

http://www.ecns.cn/video/2023-06-13/detail-ihcqhipa9370400.shtml http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0613/c90000-20031073.html https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202306/1292518.shtml

Mythology and Culture of Ancient Greece and Rome:

https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2023/06/15/culture/artsDesign/Korea-Seoul-National-Museum-of-Korea/20230615132809450.html
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202306/1292628.shtml http://www.ecns.cn/video/2023-06-17/detail-ihcqhipa9378092.shtml

Picasso:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/09/arts/design/hannah-gadsby-picasso-brooklyn-museum-debate.html

Canaletto:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-65904589

Kallerup Hoard:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67520

Cromwell prayer book:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/thomas-cromwell-prayer-book-trinity-college-cambridge-2319174
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67480 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/12/thomas-cromwell-book-on-display-in-castle/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/prayer-book-owned-by-thomas-cromwell-adviser-to-henry-viii-was-hidden-in-plain-sight-for-centuries-180982370/

A new museum in Malta's Xlendi tower:

https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/in-awe-artefacts-2000yearold-shipwreck-wall-frescoes-recovered.1036904

Upgrades are in store for the Chios Archaeological Museum:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/archaeological-museum-of-chios-to-be-upgraded-expanded-through-recovery-funding/

Toronto has opened a Holocaust Museum:

https://www.toronto.com/news/toronto-holocaust-museum-opens-to-public-in-north-york/article_0a3ee14b-1291-541d-9389-b09e27dedb79.html

Feature on the Museum of Stone Tools:

https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/a-virtual-museum-for-tooling-up-on-stone-artefacts/

Feature on the Pergamon Museum:

http://www.ecns.cn/video/2023-06-17/detail-ihcqhipa9378092.shtml ============================================================
AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
High hopes for a Klimt coming to auction:

https://www.cnn.com/style/klimt-portrait-sothebys-auction-dame-mit-facher/index.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65895361

The French government blocked the sale of Charlotte Corday's manifesto:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/16/french-officials-fight-for-possession-of-french-revolution-era-letter

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THE TECHY SIDE
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On the use of AI to find sites in Mesopotamia:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/archaeologists-use-ai-to-identify-new-archaeological-sites-in-mesopotamia/147592

Another feature on assorted tech used to find sites:

https://legionmagazine.com/en/drones-satellites-uncover-ancient-encampments-fortresses-civilizations/

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TOURISTY THINGS
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St James Way:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230611-st-james-way-the-return-of-the-uks-medieval-highway

Germany's Fachwerkhauser:

https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-most-picturesque-half-timbered-towns/g-47361890

Bath:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/15/travel/things-to-do-bath-united-kingdom.html
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
A young Tewkesbury musician has acquired a 240 years bp violin:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-65914989

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CRIME BEAT
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Fines for a metal detectorist in Ireland who failed to report some medieval finds:

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41159953.html

Iranian customs authorities confiscated a pile of illicit coins and antiquities in Bandar Lengeh:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/485725/Ancient-antiquities-confiscated-by-border-security-forces

A statue from Afghanistan (probably) was seized at the Port of Seattle:

https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/statue-originated-in-afghanistan-seized-port-of-seattle/281-8f048d4d-637c-41fd-952c-47016fa30624

A California man is on trial for importing a looted Roman mosaic from Syria:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/16/roman-mosaic-syria-california-man-trial-smuggling-trafficking

Interpol has issued an arrest notice for Georges Lotfi for trafficking stolen antiquities:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/interpol-seeks-lebanese-man-suspected-of-trafficking-in-looted-antiquities/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-12203787/Interpol-issues-notice-Lebanese-man-suspected-trafficking-looted-antiquities.html
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/interpol-issues-notice-lebanese-man-suspected-trafficking-looted-100146739
https://globeecho.com/news/lebanese-man-suspected-of-trafficking-stolen-antiquities-faces-interpol-warrant/

Smugglers in Turkiye were caught with an 1100 years bp Bible:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/gendarmerie-seize-1-100-year-old-hebrew-bible-183868
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkiye/4-artifact-smugglers-detained-in-istanbul-for-smuggling-1-100-year-old-bible/2919766
https://famagusta-gazette.com/2023/06/15/turkiye-ancient-copy-of-the-hebrew-bible-seized/

Those activists who glued themselves to the Laocoon received a hefty fine from a Vatican court:

https://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=58958

Feature on a Cambodian statue that showed up at a Sotheby's auction and eventually revealed a smuggling ring:

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3224209/how-statue-looted-cambodian-temple-revealed-vast-smuggling-network-dealing-stolen-cultural-artefacts

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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 ============================================================
Israel asked for the public to return any illicit artifacts in their possession:

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-746006

... and they received a 1700 years bp anchor:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-746408 https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/h1e2vpywn https://www.jewishpress.com/news/archaeology-news/israeli-hands-iai-1700-year-old-anchor-as-part-of-amnesty-operation/2023/06/15/

... and 'thousands' of other items:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-campaign-to-anonymously-return-illegally-held-antiquities-nets-thousands-of-items/
https://worldisraelnews.com/israel-antiquities-authority-shocked-at-volume-of-treasures-netted-by-new-campaign-to-anonymously-return-illegally-held-items/

A Dutch court has rule that some objects from Crimea should be returned to Ukraine:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/14/objects-from-crimea-to-be-returned-to-ukraine/

France return a couple of items to Egypt:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-recovers-two-looted-artifacts-from-france/
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/125120/Egypt-retrieves-two-4-200-year-old-murals-smuggled-in

Italy returned an Assyrian artifact to Iraq:

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230618-iraq-unveils-ancient-stone-tablet-returned-by-italy
https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/iraqi-president-receives-assyrian-artifact-from-italy/

The story of a returned stolen Picasso:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/15/arts/design/stolen-picasso-boston.html

On King Charles and looted objects in the Royal Collection:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/12/king-charless-ethical-dilemma-over-looted-objects

Cameroon wants its Ngonnso statue returned from a German museum:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65746910

The Netherlands is returning six items to Sri Lanka:

https://www.sundayobserver.lk/2023/06/18/news/netherlands-return-priceless-antiquities

The British Museum has a Caryatid that the Greeks would like returned:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/16/five-caryatids-athens-waiting-sister/

Belgium's Africa Museum is rethinking its relationship with Congo:

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65827002

A Bavarian National Museum curator is tracking down rightful owners of Nazi-looted silver items:

https://apnews.com/article/germany-jews-israel-stolen-silver-holocaust-nazis-e2fa10a027b5062b42638703e7ca7b9c

Health concerns associated with Germany's return of Kogi masks to Colombia:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/16/germanys-return-of-sacred-kogi-masks-to-colombia-may-have-health-risks
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-hands-back-centuries-old-masks-to-colombia/a-65944565

OpEd on returning items to Turkiye:

https://www.theledger.com/story/opinion/columns/2023/06/12/turkeys-stolen-treasures-should-be-given-back/70290407007/
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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n24.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n25.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Peter Harbison:

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/obituary-peter-harbison-archaeologist-who-made-a-major-contribution-to-our-understanding-of-irish-history/a1666160945.html

Wolf Liebeschuetz (pdf):

https://cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2023/06/Wolf-Liebeschuetz-1927-2022.pdf

Pierre Cabanes:

https://globeecho.com/news/europe/the-death-of-the-hellenist-pierre-cabanes-explorer-of-the-margins-of-the-classical-greek-world/
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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3289-audio-news-from-archaeologica-june-4th-through-the-10th-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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