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'Censored' (edited?) pages of William Camden's history of Elizabeth I's reign:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/14/heart-stopping-censored-pages-of-history-of-elizabeth-i-reappear-after-400-years

Feature on Renaissance makeup materials:

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2023/jul/16/crumbs-and-cat-poo-revival-of-renaissance-womens-beauty-tips

Durer painted himself in the centre of a Renaissance altarpiece out of revenge, apparently:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jul/11/durer-painted-himself-at-centre-of-renaissance-altarpiece-in-revenge-research-finds

AI has identified a 'mystery painting' as being by Raphael:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jul/14/painting-undoubtedly-raphael-go-on-display-bradford

Chaucer wrote a note asking for time off work:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/10/geoffrey-chaucer-note-asking-for-time-off-work-identified-as-his-handwriting

Background to the painting of Whistler's Mother:

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/12/1186755113/when-whistlers-model-didnt-show-up-his-mom-stepped-in-and-made-art-history

Feature on the Crystal Palace dinosaur park:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/14/world/europe/crystal-palace-dinosaurs-london.html

Feature on a 400 years celebrated baby jumping ritual in Spain:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/15/leaps-of-faith-the-spanish-festival-where-men-jump-over-babies

Feature on the former popularity of the swastika in the US:

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/07/nazi-symbol-swastika-history-america.html

Feature on the history of the wheelchair:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/wheelchair-history-innovation-technology-independence

Feature on making olive oil in various periods of history:

https://www.openculture.com/2023/07/the-ancient-roman-medieval-modern-way-of-making-olive-oil.html

Feature on the history of pointy hats:

https://daily.jstor.org/the-complicated-history-of-pointy-hats/

Feature on Bobby Jones at the US Open, 100 years bp:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/14/nyregion/bobby-jones-us-open.html

More on women engaging in hunting:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/11/woman-the-hunter/

Review of Adler and Strohm, *Alle Thyng Hath Tyme*:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/alle-thyng-hath-tyme-gillian-adler-paul-strohm-book-review-pablo-scheffer/
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Searching for graves at a Native American boarding school in Nebraska:

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-lost-cemetery-native-american-school.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/12/archaeologists-dig-for-children-who-died-at-nebraska-native-american-boarding-school
https://www.theday.com/nation/20230711/dig-begins-for-remains-of-children-at-a-long-closed-native-american-boarding-school/
https://www.the-journal.com/articles/dig-begins-for-the-remains-of-dozens-of-native-children-at-closed-boarding-school/
https://www.klkntv.com/native-american-schools-cemetery-has-been-found-lincoln-indian-center-says/
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-native-american-leaders-visit-site-of-archeological-dig-to-find/
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/jul/12/diggers-search-for-lost-cemetery/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-15/search-for-remains-of-native-american-boarding-students-fails-to/102602958
https://nebraska.tv/news/local/archaeologists-start-digging-in-possible-graveyard-in-genoa-native-americans-tribe-winnebago-bodies-honor-discovery
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/dig-begins-for-the-remains-of-dozens-of-children-at-a-long-closed-native-american-boarding-school/QAHPWISTHNFN3CGQFAS6GLC6QQ/

... but nothing so far, it seems:

https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/no-human-remains-found-in-genoa-school-excavation-dig-to-resume-next-week/

The heat wave in Europe is closing archaeological/touristy sites in Greece:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/15/acropolis-greece-closed-heatwave-48c
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2023/07/15/europes-dangerous-heat-wave-greece-closes-acropolis-as-warnings-issued-across-italy-spain-and-germany/
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1215114/archaeological-sites-brace-for-heatwave/
https://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2023/07/15/acropolis-athens-knossos-crete-temporary-closed-july-15/
https://www.dw.com/en/greeces-acropolis-closed-as-tourists-suffer-extreme-heat/a-66232666

Arguing over a Confederate statue in Arlington National Cemetery:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66004176

Bristol is pondering its connection with the slave trade:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230709-the-english-city-facing-up-to-its-troubled-past

Ongoing concerns for Ukrainian heritage:

https://www.dainst.blog/ukrainian-archaeological-heritage/2023/07/14/ukrainian-archaeology-rich-heritage-at-great-risk/
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ============================================================
Feature on the history of chickpeas:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-06-27/ty-article/the-strange-origin-story-of-the-chickpea/00000188-fc9f-d6ce-abb9-fdff13440000

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LANGUAGE RELATED
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Researchers have deciphered an 'unknown Kushan script':

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-group-deciphers-enigmatic-ancient-unknown.html https://www.newsweek.com/scientists-decode-ancient-script-kushan-1813090 https://arkeonews.net/research-group-deciphers-enigmatic-ancient-script-unknown-kushan-script/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/archaeologists-decipher-ancient-kuschana-script/148017
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/14/research-group-deciphers-enigmatic-ancient-script/

cf: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-968X.12269 ============================================================
PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL ============================================================
Feature on Plato and justice:

https://merionwest.com/2023/07/11/plato-and-the-pursuit-of-justice/ ============================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Dunhuang Along the Silk Road:

https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202307/14/WS64b0f97aa31035260b81680e.html

China's Hidden Century:

https://theconversation.com/how-the-british-museums-new-exhibition-reveals-chinas-hidden-century-through-everyday-lives-209263

Thomas Wolsey's cardinal hat:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-66175168

A cipher associated with Oliver Cromwell has been put on display:

https://the-past.com/news/english-civil-war-cipher-belonging-to-cromwell-ally-goes-on-display/

Finds from the Yangtze River Estuary No 2 shipwreck are now on display:

https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202307/14/WS64b09305a31035260b81658f.html

The Iranian relief recovered in the UK is now on display at the National Museum of Iran:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/486696/Recovered-Iranian-carving-seized-by-UK-border-patrol-goes-on

The Rijksmuseum has acquired four 17th century silver and gold salt cellars:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67770

A new museum of Cycladic art is being built on Naxos:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1215405/naxos-to-host-three-new-museums-inside-another/

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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
A Viking die is coming to auction:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67780

A first edition of the Hobbit fetched a nice price:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/12/first-edition-of-the-hobbit-found-in-dundee-charity-shop-sells-for-10000

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THE TECHY SIDE
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Using AI to understand networks from the Mesolithic to 'antiquity':

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-ai-archaeological-materials-network-analyses.html

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TOURISTY THINGS
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How the tickets at the Pantheon are going:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/09/world/europe/italy-pantheon-tickets.html

The Acropolis is dealing with huge numbers of tourists:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/09/acropolis-greek-tourists-cruise-ships-athens-controls

This week's tourist behaving badly is a Canadian teen who was caught carving their name into a 1200 years bp Japanese temple:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66158839 https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/teen-carved-name-temple-japan-1.6902723 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/temple-vandalism-japan-toshodaiji-kondo-b2373103.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/japan-toshodaji-temple-vandalism-teenager-carve-pillar-colosseum-rome-rcna94007
https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023/07/12/japan-toshodaiji-temple-vandalism/
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/132524055/teen-tourist-in-trouble-for-carving-name-into-ancient-japanese-temple
https://themessenger.com/news/canadian-teen-suspected-of-carving-name-into-historic-japanese-temple

... and a Swiss tourist was caught carving her name into the Colosseum:

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/tourist-carves-her-initials-in-romes-colosseum.html
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-woman-under-investigation-for-damaging-rome-colosseum/48666730
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2023/07/16/17-yr-old-cited-for-vandalizing-colosseum_a5c22c7d-ecbb-4cc4-9ffd-e84ff3b3cb3d.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12303715/Moment-17-year-old-Swiss-girl-caught-carving-initial-Colosseum-wall.html

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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ============================================================
The League:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/14/movies/sam-pollard-interview-the-league.html ============================================================
CRIME BEAT
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Customs authorities seized and 11th century Buddha statue and other items in Bengluru:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/11th-century-buddha-statue-seized/articleshow/101742199.cms?from=mdr

Feature on the illicit antiquities trade:

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2337666/lifestyle

... and singling out the Catawiki site for its role in the sale of antiquities:

https://nltimes.nl/2023/07/14/auction-site-catawiki-fire-trading-archaeological-finds
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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 stele from Zeugma to Turkiye:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkiye-receives-ancient-tomb-stele-repatriated-from-italy-184705
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/italy-repatriates-ancient-stele-from-zeugma-to-turkiye/news

The US is returning a pair of antiquities to Libya:

https://manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-announces-return-of-two-antiquities-to-the-people-of-libya/
https://libyaobserver.ly/news/us-returns-two-looted-antiquities-libya

The Netherlands is returning colonial-looted items from Sri Lanka Indonesia:

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/11/1186912682/the-dutch-are-returning-looted-artifacts-to-indonesia-and-sri-lanka-does-it-matt
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/netherlands-repatriation-sri-lanka-indonesia-180982514/

Germany returned 40 illegally-smuggled statuettes to Egypt:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/504529/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/Germany-repatriates--illegally-smuggled-Ancient-Eg.aspx
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230712-germany-hands-egypt-40-artefacts-discovered-at-frankfurt-airport/

A museum in Illinois is returning items to Kenya:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/10/us/llinois-state-museum-kenya-artifacts.html

A French woman returned a marble fragment to Greece:

https://greekherald.com.au/news/french-woman-returns-acropolis-ancient-marble-fragment-to-greece/

Italy is seeking the return of some items in the Louvre:

https://www.barrons.com/articles/italy-demands-louvre-return-looted-antiquities-3084b6ba
https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/14/07/2023/italy-demands-louvre-return-looted-antiquities

A painting stolen from a church in France 50 years ago is back where it came from:

https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/vitre-35500/vole-il-y-a-plus-de-50-ans-ce-tableau-enfin-de-retour-a-vitre-apres-un-incroyable-coup-de-chance-da0ea636-1756-11ee-b34a-b36553860272

More on Switzerland's return of a sculpture fragment to Egypt:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/504088.aspx http://www.archaeology.org/news/11582-230710-switzerland-egypt-repatriation

On the real issue with the disputed head of Severus in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek which Turkiye wants returned:

http://illicitculturalproperty.com/marlow-on-the-real-issue-with-the-glyptotek-head/

OpEd questioning the return of Benin Bronzes:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/07/benin-bronzes-nigeria-western-museums/674650/

... which is probably connected to things like this:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/13/benin-bronzes-british-museum-returned-nigeria-oba/

OpEd on a Koh Ker item at the Met:

https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2023/july/in-koh-ker

The National Museum of Ireland is rethinking its repatriation policy:

https://www.thejournal.ie/colonial-artefacts-irish-museums-6115352-Jul2023/ ============================================================
NUMISMATICA
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Feature on coins of Pompey:

https://coinweek.com/the-ancient-coins-of-pompey-the-great/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n28.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n29.html ------------------------
Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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George Martin:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/george-martin-obituary?id=52438071

Marga Minco:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/15/books/marga-minco-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/3297-audio-news-from-archaeologica-july-2nd-through-the-8th-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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