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    From david meadows@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 25 09:43:21 2023
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    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230616161940.htm https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/study-shows-ancient-alaskans-were-freshwater-fishers.html

    More on 6000 years bp 'earth ovens' in Washington State:

    https://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/newly-unearthed-6-000-year-old-archeological-site/article_576b9566-0af1-11ee-8167-d3d8a2eb2123.html
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/5000%E2%80%91year%E2%80%91old-tribal-earth-ovens-found-in-washington-state/147753
    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/21/ancient-tribal-earth-ovens-excavated-in-washington-state/
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/11543-230619-washington-kalispel-ovens

    More on Caddo Nation ancestors' remains being found at the Crenshaw site in Arkansas:

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230614220525.htm https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/remains-at-crenshaw-site-are-local-ancestors-of-caddo.html

    More on evidence that Paleo-americans were hunting assorted megafauna 13 000 years bp:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/06/21/clovis-hunting-mammoths-forensics/
    https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/forensic-evidence-suggests-paleo-americans-hunted-mastodons-mammoths-and-other-megafauna-in-eastern-north-america-13000-years-ago.html
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    CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
    A previously-unknown Maya city site from the jungles of southern Mexico:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-65974439 https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ancient-maya-city-discovered-mexican-jungle-2023-06-21/
    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/ancient-mayan-empire-city-was-found-mexican-jungle-rcna90351
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12220119/Ancient-Mayan-city-discovered-jungles-southern-Mexico.html
    https://yucatanmagazine.com/ancient-mayan-city-ocomtun-found-hidden-in-calakmul-jungle/
    https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/ancient-maya-city-discovered-campeche/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12220119/Ancient-Mayan-city-discovered-jungles-southern-Mexico.html
    https://www.newsweek.com/lost-maya-city-pyramids-discovered-hidden-deep-jungle-1808192
    https://hyperallergic.com/829229/ancient-maya-city-discovered-in-mexican-jungle/
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/lost-maya-city-discovered-in-mexican-forest/147737
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/11552-230622-maya-city-ocomtun

    A Maya sculpture of Cizin from Mexico (we may have mentioned this a while ago):

    https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-maya-deity-death-sculpture-unearthed-mexico-1807807
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/deity-of-death-statue-found-during-maya-train-construction/147702

    Burials and assorted objects found from a dig at the Toltec site of Tula:

    https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/archaeologists-unearth-historic-remains-objects-in-tula-mexico/2928575

    More on the mummified person found surrounded by coca leaves in Lima:

    https://phys.org/news/2023-06-archaeologists-mummy-coca-hilltop-peru.html https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/archaeologists-find-mummy-surrounded-by-coca-leaves-on-hilltop-in-perus-capital.html

    ... and the one found in a rubbish dump:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-65915074

    More on climate change and violence in early Andean populations:

    https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/climate-change-likely-led-to-violence-in-early-andean-populations.html
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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 ============================================================
    Not sure where to put this item on the identification of the Graz Mummy Book (3rd century BCE) as possibly being the earliest example of a codex:

    https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/maltese-conservator-discovers-oldestknown-book-world.1039353
    https://www.globalvillagespace.com/the-el-hiba-papyrus-fragment-ancient-greek-tax-records/

    Feature on Lizzie Halliday:

    https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/catskills/article/lizzie-halliday-catskills-serial-killer-18155927.php

    Feature on C.S. Lewis:

    https://www.thecollector.com/cs-lewis-famous-author-writer/

    Not sure where to put this story of the British Museum not acknowledging the translator of some Chinese poetry in one of its exhibitions:

    https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jun/20/translator-alleges-work-on-chinese-radical-plagiarised-in-british-museum-show
    https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jun/22/british-museum-offers-to-pay-translator-after-plagiarism-row
    https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3224880/chinese-canadian-translator-calls-out-british-museum-using-her-work-without-permission-or-payment
    https://hyperallergic.com/828872/translator-yilin-wang-says-british-museum-used-her-work-without-permission/
    https://www.cnn.com/style/article/british-museum-exhibit-chinese-translations-intl-hnk/index.html
    https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3224880/chinese-canadian-translator-calls-out-british-museum-using-her-work-without-permission-or-payment
    https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/british-museum-removes-translations-chinese-poetry-exhibition-1234672131/
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/british-museum-used-translation-without-permission-2324957
    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/22/british-museum-accused-of-using-translators-work-without-permission

    Interesting study of eye movements of folks looking at Bosch's 'Garden of Earlthly Delights':

    https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jun/20/eye-tracking-glasses-show-viewers-of-bosch-triptych-are-drawn-to-hell-prado-spain

    A study of the spread of racism by former Confederates after the Civil War:

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/ex-confederates-spread-racist-attitudes-far-wide-civil-war-rcna90419

    cf: https://www.nber.org/papers/w31331

    Feature on Freud and his antiquities:

    https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/freud-the-antique-collector

    What medieval manuscripts reveal about the history of whales:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/medieval-manuscripts-reveal-hidden-history-whales-180982348/

    Pondering whether Indiana Jones helped or hurt archaeology:

    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/indiana-jones-harrison-ford-movie-impact-archeology

    Pondering the naming of diseases:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/science/medicine-eponyms-nazis.html

    Review of translations of Seamus Heaney:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/books/review/translations-of-seamus-heaney.html
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    CURRENT EVENTS:
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    Some of the annual coverage of the summer solstice at Stonehenge:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-65970567 https://www.thestar.com/news/world/europe/2023/06/21/summer-solstice-brings-druids-pagans-and-thousands-of-curious-people-to-stonehenge.html
    https://kearneyhub.com/news/nation-world/thousands-gather-at-stonehenge-for-annual-ritual-marking-summer-solstice/article_2bdcebbf-f544-5ac8-ab31-5eceb7624d25.html
    https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/summer-solstice-brings-thousands-to-stonehenge-184124
    https://www.newdelhitimes.com/antlers-and-fancy-dress-stonehenge-welcomes-8000-visitors-for-summer-solstice/

    ... and how the ancient Greeks marked the summer solstice:

    https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/21/how-the-ancient-greeks-celebrated-the-summer-solstice/

    ... and ten monuments that align to the solstice:

    https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/10-temples-tombs-and-monuments-that-align-with-the-summer-solstice

    On the history of abortion:

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/health/abortion-is-ancient-history-and-that-matters-today-scn/index.html

    Seeking Heritage Statue for Ludwig II's palaces:

    https://apnews.com/article/germany-bavaria-king-ludwig-neuschwanstein-referendum-7217c86c60c8c12673b9beeec8468298

    The Louvre is safeguarding some Ukrainian antiquities:

    https://hyperallergic.com/828245/pariss-louvre-museum-is-safeguarding-ukrainian-antiquities/

    More on Egypt's anger at a Dutch museum:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/18/world/middleeast/egypt-african-dutch-museum.html
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    LANGUAGE RELATED
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    A study of the origin of the Irish language:

    https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/dna-research-irish-language-roots

    More on the origin of Indigenous languages in South America:

    https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/seeking-the-origin-of-indigenous-languages-in-south-america.html
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    PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL ============================================================
    Feature on Diogenes the Cynic:

    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/202306/diogenes-the-cynic-a-socrates-gone-mad

    Victor Nuovo on the Socratic revolution:

    https://www.addisonindependent.com/2023/06/22/victor-nuovo-the-socratic-revolution/
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    MUSEUM MATTERS
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    The Feast:

    https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-06-23/ty-article-magazine/a-feast-fit-for-an-assyrian-king-and-69-574-guests/00000188-e9c7-df52-a79d-fde766930000

    Romans:

    https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/whats-on/things-to-do/rare-roman-sword-and-recently-discovered-childs-gold-ring-go-on-display-at-littlehampton-museums-new-romans-exhibition-4187595

    San Casciano Bronzes:

    https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2023/06/22/san-casciano-bronzes-go-on-show-at-quirinale_a48904ad-be81-46c4-86a0-a4be68508d39.html
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/23/rare-find-of-24-ancient-bronzes-in-tuscany-goes-on-display-in-rome
    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/23/arts/design/ancient-bronzes-italy-san-casciano-dei-bagni.html
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bronze-statues-exhibition-rome-180982421/

    Proof of Early China:

    http://www.ecns.cn/news/2023-06-20/detail-ihcqnqaq5153001.shtml

    China's Hidden Century:

    https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3225016/late-qing-dynasty-china-brought-life-british-museum-exhibition-about-century-leading-end-imperial

    Isis:

    https://www.leggo.it/italia/roma/amato_iside_mostra_roma_domus_aurea_oggi_21_6_2023-7476027.html

    Laocoon:

    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/22/laocoon-and-his-sons-in-frankfurt/

    Medieval Treasures:

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/25/paris-exhibition-aims-to-dispel-myth-of-primitive-england-in-middle-ages

    Incas Beyond the Empire:

    https://www.laprensalatina.com/peru-exhibit-delves-beyond-incas-stereotypical-warlike-image/

    Return of the Gods:

    https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/special-features/greek-roman-gods-return-liverpool-26970720

    Charles II associated Prayerbook:

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/23/prayerbook-priest-john-huddleston-saved-king-charles-life-on-display-in-staffordshire-hall
    https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/staffordshire/2023/06/23/rare-prayer-book-owned-by-priest-who-helped-save-the-life-of-king-charles-ii-goes-on-public-display-in-featherstone/
    https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1376/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1376/pub/1376/page/33/article/NaN

    Spanish Armada Maps:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-65959498

    Aurelius:

    https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/aurelius/

    Hokusai:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/arts/design/hokusai-boston-museum-fine-arts-review.html

    The End of the Seven Years' War:

    https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2023/06/fort-ticonderoga-presents-robert-nittolo-collection-new-exhibit-success-the-end-of-the-seven-years-war.html

    Looking for a place to house the Yenikapi shipwrecks:

    https://arkeonews.net/history-of-8500-years-waits-for-a-museum/

    Amsterdam's Rembrandt House has a tattoo room for a while:

    https://apnews.com/article/rembrandt-tattoo-amsterdam-art-6b1c28a52d2f0fd0df9ff3c2d8ab4554

    Athens' Acropolis Museum is 14 years old:

    https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/greek-news/culture/49010-athens-acropolis-museum-a-beacon-of-art-and-culture-is-now-14-years-old.html
    https://www.thenationalherald.com/the-acropolis-museum-a-beacon-of-art-and-culture-is-now-14-years-old/

    More on Egypt's dispute with a Dutch museum exhibit:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/18/world/middleeast/egypt-african-dutch-museum.html

    A preview of the expansion of Tunisia's Carthage Museum:

    https://www.barrons.com/articles/tunisia-s-carthage-museum-gives-preview-of-expanded-renovation-bfa6189f

    Feature on the International African American Museum:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/23/arts/design/charleston-african-american-museum.html

    Lefferts Historic House has been restored and reopened:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/arts/design/lefferts-historic-house.html

    Interview with Zahi Hawass regarding the Grand Egyptian Museum:

    https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/503310/Antiquities/Museums/INTERVIEW-The-Grand-Egyptian-Museum-is-biggest-cul.aspx
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    AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
    The last portrait Klimt made is coming to auction:

    https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230621-klimts-lady-with-a-fan-the-painting-thats-valued-at-65m
    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/21/gustav-klimts-lady-with-a-fan-comes-to-auction-at-sothebys/

    The Louvre interrupted the auction of an Anguier sculpture:

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/21/louvre-halts-auction-of-26m-record-breaking-terracotta-sculpture

    A "Painting of Two Ladies" has been 'saved for the UK":

    https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jun/23/lost-portrait-allegorical-painting-of-two-ladies-compton-verney
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    THE TECHY SIDE
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    Latest facial reconstruction is a teenaged Anglo-Saxon girl:

    https://phys.org/news/2023-06-reconstruct-lifestyle-7th-century-anglo-saxon-teen.html
    https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/992490 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/anglo-saxon-teen-face-revealed-b2360576.html
    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-65919518 https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/7th-century-teenage-face-1.6882663 https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1373/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1373/pub/1373/page/43/article/NaN
    https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/06/behold-the-likely-face-of-a-7th-century-anglo-saxon-teenage-girl/
    https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-reconstruct-the-face-of-a-7th-century-anglo-saxon-woman-buried-with-trumpington-cross/
    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/20/the-trumpington-cross-burial/

    Four Ptolemaic mummies from the National Archaeological Museum Egyptian collection received the CT treatment:

    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/20/the-nams-mummies-undergo-imaging-examination/

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    TOURISTY THINGS
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    Solstice at Sperlonga:

    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/sperlonga-solstice-roman-empire-ulysses-italy-cave-cyclops

    Standing stones in Cornwall:

    https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/jun/21/stone-circles-and-tombs-cornwall-uk

    Shikoku Pilgrimage:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/23/travel/shikoku-pilgrimage-japan.html

    Zadar:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/travel/zadar-croatia-old-town.html

    Another tourist behaving badly carving graffiti at the Colosseum:

    https://metro.co.uk/2023/06/25/tourist-caught-carving-girlfriends-name-into-romes-colosseum-with-keys-19011110/

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    CRIME BEAT
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    Douglas Latchford's daughter paid $12 million to end the case:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/arts/douglas-latchford-antiquities-trafficker-daughter.html
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/06/22/cambodia-antiquities-forfeiture-latchford/
    https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/12m-settlement-announced-civil-forfeiture-action-against-antiquities-trafficker
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/douglas-latchford-estate-forfeits-12-million-2326844
    https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/forfeiting-12-million-helped-settle-the-civil-case-against-accused-trafficker-douglas-latchford-1234672461/
    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/23/douglas-latchford-estate-12m-trafficking-case
    https://hyperallergic.com/829735/disgraced-dealers-daughter-to-forfeit-12m-and-allegedly-smuggled-statue/

    Arrests in assorted major art thefts from US Museums over the past few decades:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/suspects-charged-museum-thefts-warhol-pollock-180982412/

    Turkish police recovered thousands of items in a major raid in Istanbul:

    https://famagusta-gazette.com/2023/06/24/turkish-police-recover-thousands-of-artifacts-in-anti-trafficking-raid/
    https://english.news.cn/20230623/aa40fddf84ab4aa68d4fb3e1ffab2c1c/c.html

    Iranian police seized 3680 items at Tehran's airport:

    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/486091/3-680-antiquities-seized-by-police-at-Tehran-airport

    The guy who was trying to sell that EidMar aureus was charged with grand larceny:

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12224073/Dealer-worlds-expensive-coin-sold-4-1M-charged-grand-larceny-NYC.html
    https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/06/23/greek-coin-smuggler-dealer-of-worlds-most-expensive-coin-arrested-for-grand-larceny-in-new-york/

    More on the California man on trial (now convicted) for importing a looted Roman mosaic from Syria:

    https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/palmdale-man-found-guilty-illegally-importing-ancient-roman-mosaic-syria-depicting
    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/23/california-man-guilty-smuggling-ancient-roman-mosaic-looted-syria
    https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/palmdale-man-convicted-of-illegally-importing-ancient-roman-mosaic-from-syria/
    https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article276663831.html https://news.artnet.com/art-world/looted-roman-mosaic-trial-2324045

    Review of Michael Finkel, *The Art Thief*:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/24/books/the-art-thief-michael-finkel.html ----------
    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 ============================================================
    The US will be returning 100 items to India, apparently:

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/america-to-return-over-100-antiquities-of-india-that-were-stolen-from-us-pm-modi-in-us/videoshow/101229548.cms
    https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pm-modi-state-visit-us-to-return-over-100-antiquities-stolen-from-india-101687592810878.html
    https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-us-to-return-over-100-stolen-indian-antiquities-pm-modi-3048963

    The US returned a large number of ancient Greek coins to Greece:

    https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/federal-agents-national-hellenic-museum-conduct-largest-repatriation-ancient-coins
    https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/06/22/after-customs-seizure-u-s-returns-priceless-ancient-coins-to-greece/
    https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/22/u-s-returns-ancient-coins-greece/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/11550-230622-greece-coins-repatriation

    The UK returned a smuggled statue to Iran:

    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/486131/UK-returns-smuggled-ancient-artifact-to-Iran
    https://en.mehrnews.com/news/202429/UK-returns-smuggled-ancient-artifact-to-Iran

    Germany returned a pair of masks to Colombia:

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/23/germany-repatriates-indigenous-masks-colombia

    Austria is working on a law to return colonial items:

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/20/austrian-government-to-propose-law-on-returning-museum-objects-acquired-in-a-colonial-context

    More on Italy's return of a 2800 years bp stone tablet to Iraq:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-65944282 https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230618-iraq-unveils-ancient-stone-tablet-returned-by-italy
    https://english.news.cn/20230619/05b7802a446c4e1bb6841aeecac841b0/c.html https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230619-iraq-recovers-looted-artefact-from-italy/
    https://jordantimes.com/news/region/iraq%C2%A0unveils-ancient-stone-tablet-returned-italy
    https://www.arabnews.com/node/2323686/middle-east ============================================================
    NUMISMATICA
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    Latest e-Sylum:

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

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

    http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n26.html ------------------------

    Coin Week:

    http://www.coinweek.com/

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    OBITUARIES
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    Judith Averill:

    https://caneweb.org/obituary-of-judith-averill/

    Max Morath:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/arts/music/max-morath-dead.html

    Theodore Weeden:

    http://ntweblog.blogspot.com/2023/06/theodore-j-ted-weeden-obituary.html

    Henry Petroski:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/science/henry-petroski-dead.html

    Peter Harbison:

    https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2023/06/24/peter-harbison-obituary-one-of-irelands-best-known-archaeologists/

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    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/ ============================================================
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    Evidence of macaw breeding in southwestern New Mexico as early as the 12th century:

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/06/19/north-americas-first-parrot-breeders-got-started-earlier-than-we-knew/?sh=39f7af355979

    Possible foundations of a French and Indian Wars post in Halifax (Pennsylvania):

    https://www.dailyitem.com/news/dig-uncovers-suspected-foundations-relics-from-french-and-indian-war-post/article_21d31468-107a-11ee-bc5f-3330eb5365eb.html

    Latest finds being put together at the Colonial Fort Michilimackinac dig:

    https://www.mlive.com/news/2023/06/archeologists-piece-together-earthenware-sherds-found-at-historic-michigan-fort.html

    Human remains found at a West Asheville construction site likely belonged to former enslaved persons and parishioners associated with an African American Church:

    https://mountainx.com/news/remains-at-construction-site-were-likely-former-slaves-parishioners-of-african-american-church/

    Digging up a parking lot in downtown Montreal revealed remains of an early 19th century stone house:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/archeological-dig-hydro-quebec-artifacts-montreal-1.6886600
    https://montreal.citynews.ca/2023/06/23/hydro-quebec-montreal-archeological-treasure/

    Feature on a study of 16th and 17th century Indigenous pottery in McMaster's collection:

    https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/indigenous-archaeology-foodways-cooking-vessels/

    We're beginning to read of things found in that Shuyler statue time capsule:

    https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/first-catholic-governor-suicide-18161524.php

    More on early evidence of freshwater fishing in Alaska:

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230616161940.htm https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/study-shows-ancient-alaskans-were-freshwater-fishers.html

    More on 6000 years bp 'earth ovens' in Washington State:

    https://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/newly-unearthed-6-000-year-old-archeological-site/article_576b9566-0af1-11ee-8167-d3d8a2eb2123.html
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/5000%E2%80%91year%E2%80%91old-tribal-earth-ovens-found-in-washington-state/147753
    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/21/ancient-tribal-earth-ovens-excavated-in-washington-state/
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/11543-230619-washington-kalispel-ovens

    More on Caddo Nation ancestors' remains being found at the Crenshaw site in Arkansas:

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230614220525.htm https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/remains-at-crenshaw-site-are-local-ancestors-of-caddo.html

    More on evidence that Paleo-americans were hunting assorted megafauna 13 000 years bp:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/06/21/clovis-hunting-mammoths-forensics/
    https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/forensic-evidence-suggests-paleo-americans-hunted-mastodons-mammoths-and-other-megafauna-in-eastern-north-america-13000-years-ago.html
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    CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
    A previously-unknown Maya city site from the jungles of southern Mexico:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-65974439 https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ancient-maya-city-discovered-mexican-jungle-2023-06-21/
    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/ancient-mayan-empire-city-was-found-mexican-jungle-rcna90351
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12220119/Ancient-Mayan-city-discovered-jungles-southern-Mexico.html
    https://yucatanmagazine.com/ancient-mayan-city-ocomtun-found-hidden-in-calakmul-jungle/
    https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/ancient-maya-city-discovered-campeche/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12220119/Ancient-Mayan-city-discovered-jungles-southern-Mexico.html
    https://www.newsweek.com/lost-maya-city-pyramids-discovered-hidden-deep-jungle-1808192
    https://hyperallergic.com/829229/ancient-maya-city-discovered-in-mexican-jungle/
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/lost-maya-city-discovered-in-mexican-forest/147737
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/11552-230622-maya-city-ocomtun

    A Maya sculpture of Cizin from Mexico (we may have mentioned this a while ago):

    https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-maya-deity-death-sculpture-unearthed-mexico-1807807
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/deity-of-death-statue-found-during-maya-train-construction/147702

    Burials and assorted objects found from a dig at the Toltec site of Tula:

    https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/archaeologists-unearth-historic-remains-objects-in-tula-mexico/2928575

    More on the mummified person found surrounded by coca leaves in Lima:

    https://phys.org/news/2023-06-archaeologists-mummy-coca-hilltop-peru.html https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/archaeologists-find-mummy-surrounded-by-coca-leaves-on-hilltop-in-perus-capital.html

    ... and the one found in a rubbish dump:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-65915074

    More on climate change and violence in early Andean populations:

    https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/climate-change-likely-led-to-violence-in-early-andean-populations.html
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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 ============================================================
    Not sure where to put this item on the identification of the Graz Mummy Book (3rd century BCE) as possibly being the earliest example of a codex:

    https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/maltese-conservator-discovers-oldestknown-book-world.1039353
    https://www.globalvillagespace.com/the-el-hiba-papyrus-fragment-ancient-greek-tax-records/

    Feature on Lizzie Halliday:

    https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/catskills/article/lizzie-halliday-catskills-serial-killer-18155927.php

    Feature on C.S. Lewis:

    https://www.thecollector.com/cs-lewis-famous-author-writer/

    Not sure where to put this story of the British Museum not acknowledging the translator of some Chinese poetry in one of its exhibitions:

    https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jun/20/translator-alleges-work-on-chinese-radical-plagiarised-in-british-museum-show
    https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jun/22/british-museum-offers-to-pay-translator-after-plagiarism-row
    https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3224880/chinese-canadian-translator-calls-out-british-museum-using-her-work-without-permission-or-payment
    https://hyperallergic.com/828872/translator-yilin-wang-says-british-museum-used-her-work-without-permission/
    https://www.cnn.com/style/article/british-museum-exhibit-chinese-translations-intl-hnk/index.html
    https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3224880/chinese-canadian-translator-calls-out-british-museum-using-her-work-without-permission-or-payment
    https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/british-museum-removes-translations-chinese-poetry-exhibition-1234672131/
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/british-museum-used-translation-without-permission-2324957
    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/22/british-museum-accused-of-using-translators-work-without-permission

    Interesting study of eye movements of folks looking at Bosch's 'Garden of Earlthly Delights':

    https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jun/20/eye-tracking-glasses-show-viewers-of-bosch-triptych-are-drawn-to-hell-prado-spain

    A study of the spread of racism by former Confederates after the Civil War:

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/ex-confederates-spread-racist-attitudes-far-wide-civil-war-rcna90419

    cf: https://www.nber.org/papers/w31331

    Feature on Freud and his antiquities:

    https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/freud-the-antique-collector

    What medieval manuscripts reveal about the history of whales:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/medieval-manuscripts-reveal-hidden-history-whales-180982348/

    Pondering whether Indiana Jones helped or hurt archaeology:

    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/indiana-jones-harrison-ford-movie-impact-archeology

    Pondering the naming of diseases:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/science/medicine-eponyms-nazis.html

    Review of translations of Seamus Heaney:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/books/review/translations-of-seamus-heaney.html
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    CURRENT EVENTS:
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    Some of the annual coverage of the summer solstice at Stonehenge:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-65970567 https://www.thestar.com/news/world/europe/2023/06/21/summer-solstice-brings-druids-pagans-and-thousands-of-curious-people-to-stonehenge.html
    https://kearneyhub.com/news/nation-world/thousands-gather-at-stonehenge-for-annual-ritual-marking-summer-solstice/article_2bdcebbf-f544-5ac8-ab31-5eceb7624d25.html
    https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/summer-solstice-brings-thousands-to-stonehenge-184124
    https://www.newdelhitimes.com/antlers-and-fancy-dress-stonehenge-welcomes-8000-visitors-for-summer-solstice/

    ... and how the ancient Greeks marked the summer solstice:

    https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/21/how-the-ancient-greeks-celebrated-the-summer-solstice/

    ... and ten monuments that align to the solstice:

    https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/10-temples-tombs-and-monuments-that-align-with-the-summer-solstice

    On the history of abortion:

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/health/abortion-is-ancient-history-and-that-matters-today-scn/index.html

    Seeking Heritage Statue for Ludwig II's palaces:

    https://apnews.com/article/germany-bavaria-king-ludwig-neuschwanstein-referendum-7217c86c60c8c12673b9beeec8468298

    The Louvre is safeguarding some Ukrainian antiquities:

    https://hyperallergic.com/828245/pariss-louvre-museum-is-safeguarding-ukrainian-antiquities/

    More on Egypt's anger at a Dutch museum:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/18/world/middleeast/egypt-african-dutch-museum.html
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    LANGUAGE RELATED ============================================================
    A study of the origin of the Irish language:

    https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/dna-research-irish-language-roots

    More on the origin of Indigenous languages in South America:

    https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/seeking-the-origin-of-indigenous-languages-in-south-america.html
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    PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL ============================================================
    Feature on Diogenes the Cynic:

    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/202306/diogenes-the-cynic-a-socrates-gone-mad

    Victor Nuovo on the Socratic revolution:

    https://www.addisonindependent.com/2023/06/22/victor-nuovo-the-socratic-revolution/
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    MUSEUM MATTERS
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    The Feast:

    https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-06-23/ty-article-magazine/a-feast-fit-for-an-assyrian-king-and-69-574-guests/00000188-e9c7-df52-a79d-fde766930000

    Romans:

    https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/whats-on/things-to-do/rare-roman-sword-and-recently-discovered-childs-gold-ring-go-on-display-at-littlehampton-museums-new-romans-exhibition-4187595

    San Casciano Bronzes:

    https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2023/06/22/san-casciano-bronzes-go-on-show-at-quirinale_a48904ad-be81-46c4-86a0-a4be68508d39.html
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/23/rare-find-of-24-ancient-bronzes-in-tuscany-goes-on-display-in-rome
    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/23/arts/design/ancient-bronzes-italy-san-casciano-dei-bagni.html
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bronze-statues-exhibition-rome-180982421/

    Proof of Early China:

    http://www.ecns.cn/news/2023-06-20/detail-ihcqnqaq5153001.shtml

    China's Hidden Century:

    https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3225016/late-qing-dynasty-china-brought-life-british-museum-exhibition-about-century-leading-end-imperial

    Isis:

    https://www.leggo.it/italia/roma/amato_iside_mostra_roma_domus_aurea_oggi_21_6_2023-7476027.html

    Laocoon:

    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/22/laocoon-and-his-sons-in-frankfurt/

    Medieval Treasures:

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/25/paris-exhibition-aims-to-dispel-myth-of-primitive-england-in-middle-ages

    Incas Beyond the Empire:

    https://www.laprensalatina.com/peru-exhibit-delves-beyond-incas-stereotypical-warlike-image/

    Return of the Gods:

    https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/special-features/greek-roman-gods-return-liverpool-26970720

    Charles II associated Prayerbook:

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/23/prayerbook-priest-john-huddleston-saved-king-charles-life-on-display-in-staffordshire-hall
    https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/staffordshire/2023/06/23/rare-prayer-book-owned-by-priest-who-helped-save-the-life-of-king-charles-ii-goes-on-public-display-in-featherstone/
    https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1376/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1376/pub/1376/page/33/article/NaN

    Spanish Armada Maps:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-65959498

    Aurelius:

    https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/aurelius/

    Hokusai:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/arts/design/hokusai-boston-museum-fine-arts-review.html

    The End of the Seven Years' War:

    https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2023/06/fort-ticonderoga-presents-robert-nittolo-collection-new-exhibit-success-the-end-of-the-seven-years-war.html

    Looking for a place to house the Yenikapi shipwrecks:

    https://arkeonews.net/history-of-8500-years-waits-for-a-museum/

    Amsterdam's Rembrandt House has a tattoo room for a while:

    https://apnews.com/article/rembrandt-tattoo-amsterdam-art-6b1c28a52d2f0fd0df9ff3c2d8ab4554

    Athens' Acropolis Museum is 14 years old:

    https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/greek-news/culture/49010-athens-acropolis-museum-a-beacon-of-art-and-culture-is-now-14-years-old.html
    https://www.thenationalherald.com/the-acropolis-museum-a-beacon-of-art-and-culture-is-now-14-years-old/

    More on Egypt's dispute with a Dutch museum exhibit:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/18/world/middleeast/egypt-african-dutch-museum.html

    A preview of the expansion of Tunisia's Carthage Museum:

    https://www.barrons.com/articles/tunisia-s-carthage-museum-gives-preview-of-expanded-renovation-bfa6189f

    Feature on the International African American Museum:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/23/arts/design/charleston-african-american-museum.html

    Lefferts Historic House has been restored and reopened:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/arts/design/lefferts-historic-house.html

    Interview with Zahi Hawass regarding the Grand Egyptian Museum:

    https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/503310/Antiquities/Museums/INTERVIEW-The-Grand-Egyptian-Museum-is-biggest-cul.aspx
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    AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
    The last portrait Klimt made is coming to auction:

    https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230621-klimts-lady-with-a-fan-the-painting-thats-valued-at-65m
    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/21/gustav-klimts-lady-with-a-fan-comes-to-auction-at-sothebys/

    The Louvre interrupted the auction of an Anguier sculpture:

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/21/louvre-halts-auction-of-26m-record-breaking-terracotta-sculpture

    A "Painting of Two Ladies" has been 'saved for the UK":

    https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jun/23/lost-portrait-allegorical-painting-of-two-ladies-compton-verney
    ============================================================
    THE TECHY SIDE
    ============================================================
    Latest facial reconstruction is a teenaged Anglo-Saxon girl:

    https://phys.org/news/2023-06-reconstruct-lifestyle-7th-century-anglo-saxon-teen.html
    https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/992490 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/anglo-saxon-teen-face-revealed-b2360576.html
    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-65919518 https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/7th-century-teenage-face-1.6882663 https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1373/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1373/pub/1373/page/43/article/NaN
    https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/06/behold-the-likely-face-of-a-7th-century-anglo-saxon-teenage-girl/
    https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-reconstruct-the-face-of-a-7th-century-anglo-saxon-woman-buried-with-trumpington-cross/
    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/20/the-trumpington-cross-burial/

    Four Ptolemaic mummies from the National Archaeological Museum Egyptian collection received the CT treatment:

    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/20/the-nams-mummies-undergo-imaging-examination/

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    TOURISTY THINGS
    ============================================================
    Solstice at Sperlonga:

    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/sperlonga-solstice-roman-empire-ulysses-italy-cave-cyclops

    Standing stones in Cornwall:

    https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/jun/21/stone-circles-and-tombs-cornwall-uk

    Shikoku Pilgrimage:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/23/travel/shikoku-pilgrimage-japan.html

    Zadar:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/travel/zadar-croatia-old-town.html

    Another tourist behaving badly carving graffiti at the Colosseum:

    https://metro.co.uk/2023/06/25/tourist-caught-carving-girlfriends-name-into-romes-colosseum-with-keys-19011110/

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    CRIME BEAT
    ============================================================
    Douglas Latchford's daughter paid $12 million to end the case:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/arts/douglas-latchford-antiquities-trafficker-daughter.html
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/06/22/cambodia-antiquities-forfeiture-latchford/
    https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/12m-settlement-announced-civil-forfeiture-action-against-antiquities-trafficker
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/douglas-latchford-estate-forfeits-12-million-2326844
    https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/forfeiting-12-million-helped-settle-the-civil-case-against-accused-trafficker-douglas-latchford-1234672461/
    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/23/douglas-latchford-estate-12m-trafficking-case
    https://hyperallergic.com/829735/disgraced-dealers-daughter-to-forfeit-12m-and-allegedly-smuggled-statue/

    Arrests in assorted major art thefts from US Museums over the past few decades:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/suspects-charged-museum-thefts-warhol-pollock-180982412/

    Turkish police recovered thousands of items in a major raid in Istanbul:

    https://famagusta-gazette.com/2023/06/24/turkish-police-recover-thousands-of-artifacts-in-anti-trafficking-raid/
    https://english.news.cn/20230623/aa40fddf84ab4aa68d4fb3e1ffab2c1c/c.html

    Iranian police seized 3680 items at Tehran's airport:

    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/486091/3-680-antiquities-seized-by-police-at-Tehran-airport

    The guy who was trying to sell that EidMar aureus was charged with grand larceny:

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12224073/Dealer-worlds-expensive-coin-sold-4-1M-charged-grand-larceny-NYC.html
    https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/06/23/greek-coin-smuggler-dealer-of-worlds-most-expensive-coin-arrested-for-grand-larceny-in-new-york/

    More on the California man on trial (now convicted) for importing a looted Roman mosaic from Syria:

    https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/palmdale-man-found-guilty-illegally-importing-ancient-roman-mosaic-syria-depicting
    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/23/california-man-guilty-smuggling-ancient-roman-mosaic-looted-syria
    https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/palmdale-man-convicted-of-illegally-importing-ancient-roman-mosaic-from-syria/
    https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article276663831.html https://news.artnet.com/art-world/looted-roman-mosaic-trial-2324045

    Review of Michael Finkel, *The Art Thief*:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/24/books/the-art-thief-michael-finkel.html ----------
    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/

    ============================================================
    REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY ============================================================
    The US will be returning 100 items to India, apparently:

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/america-to-return-over-100-antiquities-of-india-that-were-stolen-from-us-pm-modi-in-us/videoshow/101229548.cms
    https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pm-modi-state-visit-us-to-return-over-100-antiquities-stolen-from-india-101687592810878.html
    https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-us-to-return-over-100-stolen-indian-antiquities-pm-modi-3048963

    The US returned a large number of ancient Greek coins to Greece:

    https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/federal-agents-national-hellenic-museum-conduct-largest-repatriation-ancient-coins
    https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/06/22/after-customs-seizure-u-s-returns-priceless-ancient-coins-to-greece/
    https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/22/u-s-returns-ancient-coins-greece/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/11550-230622-greece-coins-repatriation

    The UK returned a smuggled statue to Iran:

    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/486131/UK-returns-smuggled-ancient-artifact-to-Iran
    https://en.mehrnews.com/news/202429/UK-returns-smuggled-ancient-artifact-to-Iran

    Germany returned a pair of masks to Colombia:

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/23/germany-repatriates-indigenous-masks-colombia

    Austria is working on a law to return colonial items:

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/20/austrian-government-to-propose-law-on-returning-museum-objects-acquired-in-a-colonial-context

    More on Italy's return of a 2800 years bp stone tablet to Iraq:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-65944282 https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230618-iraq-unveils-ancient-stone-tablet-returned-by-italy
    https://english.news.cn/20230619/05b7802a446c4e1bb6841aeecac841b0/c.html https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230619-iraq-recovers-looted-artefact-from-italy/
    https://jordantimes.com/news/region/iraq%C2%A0unveils-ancient-stone-tablet-returned-italy
    https://www.arabnews.com/node/2323686/middle-east ============================================================
    NUMISMATICA
    ============================================================
    Latest e-Sylum:

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

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

    http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n26.html ------------------------

    Coin Week:

    http://www.coinweek.com/

    ============================================================
    OBITUARIES
    ============================================================
    Judith Averill:

    https://caneweb.org/obituary-of-judith-averill/

    Max Morath:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/arts/music/max-morath-dead.html

    Theodore Weeden:

    http://ntweblog.blogspot.com/2023/06/theodore-j-ted-weeden-obituary.html

    Henry Petroski:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/science/henry-petroski-dead.html

    Peter Harbison:

    https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2023/06/24/peter-harbison-obituary-one-of-irelands-best-known-archaeologists/

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    Audio News from Archaeologica:

    https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3294-audio-news-from-archaeologica-june-11th-through-the-17th-2023
    ============================================================
    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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    http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch

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    Best that Charlie's III Angels git diggin' cuz Great-grandpappy ain't kiddin'. Heel Stone and White Horse relics to The Alamo by 1st January 2024.
    (provided that y'all wanna keep that shithole solar system around)

    https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/433359249 http://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/433359249 https://archived.moe/pol/thread/433359249

    Best that Charlie's III Angels git diggin' cuz Great-grandpappy ain't kiddin'. Heel Stone and White Horse relics to The Alamo by 1st January 2024.
    (provided that y'all wanna keep that shithole solar system around)

    https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/433359249 http://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/433359249 https://archived.moe/pol/thread/433359249

    Best that Charlie's III Angels git diggin' cuz Great-grandpappy ain't kiddin'. Heel Stone and White Horse relics to The Alamo by 1st January 2024.
    (provided that y'all wanna keep that shithole solar system around)

    https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/433359249 http://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/433359249 https://archived.moe/pol/thread/433359249

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