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https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/study-suggests-vlad-the-impaler-suffered-from-hemolacria-crying-tears-of-blood/148223

On what pots say (and don't say) about people:

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/pots-are-people/

Pondering humans' fascination with the past:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-books/2023/08/10/why-humans-have-always-been-fascinated-with-their-ancient-past/

More on Camden's 'uncensored' history of Elizabeth I's reign:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67980

More on women taking part in hunting:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-753954

Review of Kenneth W Harl, *Empires of the Steppes*:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/aug/10/empires-of-the-steppes-by-kenneth-w-harl-review-a-nomadic-route-to-civilisation
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Russia has damaged over 760 cultural heritage sites in Ukraine:

https://kyivindependent.com/russia-has-damaged-destroyed-over-1-100-cultural-sites-in-ukraine-since-feb-24-2/
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ============================================================
Using DNA to find the African origin of cattle in the Americas:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-ancient-dna-reveals-early-african.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230808110950.htm https://www.archaeology.org/news/11676-230810-america-colony-cattle

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-39518-3

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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL ============================================================
Feature on Plotinus:

https://www.thecollector.com/plotinus-neoplatonist-metaphysics/ ============================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Laborers of the Tell en-Nasbeh Excavations:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/exhibit-digs-up-forgotten-laborers-behind-british-mandates-archaeological-exploits/

Ancient Lives:

https://art-museum.unimelb.edu.au/exhibitions/ancient-lives/

Tracing Freud on the Acropolis:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/aug/06/tracing-freud-on-the-acropolis-freud-museum-london-review-freuds-big-fat-greek-guilt-complex

Xlendi is now home to a deepwater archaeological park:

https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/124393/worlds_first_deep_water_archaeological_park_at_xlendi_opens_for_divers
https://arkeonews.net/worlds-first-deepwater-archaeological-park-inaugurated-off-xlendi-malta/

Repairs are in store for the Scarborough Rotunda Museum:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-66410858

A Roman coin hoard acquired by the Dorset Museum has gone on display:

https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/dorset/news/roman-coins-display-dorset-museum/

Aftermath of the Denver Art Museum's cutting of ties with Emma Bunker:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/08/07/denver-art-museum-cut-ties-emma-bunker-cambodian-loot-douglas-latchford

Hyping the opening of the Greco-Roman Museum in Egypt:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-opening-of-the-greco-roman-museum-in-egypt/

70 percent of the 'major artifacts' are in place at the GEM:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/506376.aspx

Changes at the Barnes Foundation:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/arts/design/barnes-foundation-loan-painting-decision.html

The Chrysler Museum in Virginia will be returning a 'Wounded Indian' statue to Boston:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/arts/design/wounded-indian-chrysler-museum-boston.html

More than 800 items from some Canadian national museums have gone missing:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canadian-museum-of-history-missing-items/
https://www.timescolonist.com/national-news/audit-finds-800-items-missing-from-canadian-history-museum-no-plan-to-deal-with-it-7391463
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article-five-missing-artifacts-flagged-by-auditor-found-by-canadian-museum-of/

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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
A suffragette card game found in a Leicestershire cupboard is coming to auction:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67996

High hopes for an Edward VIII coin coming to auction:

https://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/23716317.rare-edward-viii-coin-predicted-fetch-200k-auction/
https://artdaily.cc/news/160191/Rare-Edward-VIII-coin-that-was-never-issued-expected-to-fetch-up-to--pound-200-000-at-Noonans

A major collection of 16th century books is coming to Sotheby's:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/aug/11/16th-century-texts-worth-25m-dollars-up-for-auction-t-kimball-brooker-sothebys

cf: https://www.sothebys.com/en/series/bibliotheca-brookeriana-the-t-kimball-brooker-library-of-renaissance-books-and-bindings

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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Not sure if we mentioned this genetic family tree for some Neolithic people in France:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/largest-ever-genetic-family-tree-reconstructed-for-neolithic-people-in-france-using-ancient-dna
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/in-a-stone-age-community-women-moved-while-men-stayed-with-family/

A study of genetic-related thinks with some 'stone age' Central and Eastern European populations:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-links-early-europeans-cultural-genetic.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230809130654.htm https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/study-establishes-connection-between-the-cultural-and-genetic-evolution-of-early-europeans/148195

More on the genomic study of Holocene shell mound builders in Brazil:

https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/h1yn2jyh3

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Verona:

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/aug/13/verona-italy-opera-city

Monemvasia:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/06/monemvasia-greece-castle-town/

This week's 'tourist behaving badly' piece involves a tourist carving a heart and initials into the Leaning Tower of Pisa:

https://www.cnn.com/travel/leaning-tower-of-pisa-850-years-birthday/index.html https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/italy-tourist-carves-love-heart-leaning-tower-of-pisa.html
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/132716061/as-leaning-tower-of-pisa-celebrates-its-850th-birthday-one-tourist-is-caught-redhanded-defacing-the-italian-landmark

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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
Review of Patrick Humphries, *Cleopatra and the Undoing of Hollywood*:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/aug/13/cleopatra-at-60-new-book-reveals-stunning-profligacy-of-infamous-hollywood-epic

Bard Music Festival coverage:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/arts/music/bard-music-festival-ralph-vaughan-williams.html

Mostly Mozart:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/07/arts/music/mostly-mozart-jonathon-heyward.html

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CRIME BEAT
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Feature on the mafia's role in antiquities smuggling:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sicilian-crime-boss-reveals-the-mafia-s-role-in-the-illicit-antiques-trade-pgz6jlsbc

An Israeli arrested in Antalya over a possibly stolen ancient bell:

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-753903

Police in Iran recovered some looted Islamic-era pottery:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/487658/Centuries-old-glazed-pottery-recovered-by-police

Feature on past looting of artifacts in Cambodia:

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501338036/footprint-of-stolen-cambodian-treasure/

... and Australian museums may have more than 100 looted Cambodian antiquities:

https://www.occrp.org/en/27-ccwatch/cc-watch-briefs/17910-australian-museums-may-hold-more-than-100-looted-cambodian-antiquities

Suggestion that blockchain could help stop antiquities smuggling:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/how-blockchain-technology-can-help-stop-antiquities-smuggling/
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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 ============================================================
The US returned 42 items to Italy:

https://manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-announces-return-of-42-antiquities-to-the-people-of-italy/
https://www.barrons.com/news/new-york-returns-over-40-stolen-antiquities-to-italy-3171ba96
https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2023/0809/1398807-new-york-antiquities/ https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/new-york-returns-over-40-stolen-antiquities-to-italy-185362

... not sure if the 42 are part of the 266 reported elsewhere being returned to Italy from the US:

https://www.reuters.com/world/italy-repatriates-looted-ancient-artefacts-us-2023-08-11/
https://apnews.com/article/antiquities-italy-returned-symes-medici-white-e3c4da4b674ef788c86d9a776fcbbd51
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-66486926 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-13/italy-repatriates-looted-ancient-artefacts-from-the-us/102723792
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/artifacts-seized-from-ny-storage-unit-among-hundreds-returned-to-italy-this-week/4584652/
https://wacotrib.com/news/nation-world/crime-courts/italy-gets-back-266-antiquities-from-new-york-seizures-and-houston-museum/article_26e7cd71-e98f-579f-a413-9a097a07def3.html
https://fortune.com/2023/08/11/italian-antiquities-tomb-raiders-returned-private-art-dealers/

Australia returned a trio of statues to Cambodia:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/national-gallery-australia-returns-statues-cambodia-180982682/

Feature on efforts to track down stolen Thai antiquities:

https://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Arts/Art-crime-investigators-close-in-on-stolen-Thai-antiquities

Feature on the repatriation efforts of Nepal, Indonesia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Cameroon:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/arts/design/restitution-nepal-indonesia-democratic-republic-of-congo-cameroon.html

Report on repatriation successes (and more anticipated) for Indian artifacts:

https://www.deccanherald.com/india/no-confidence-motion-defeated-in-lok-sabha-2643093
https://www.ptinews.com/news/national/324-antiquities-brought-back-to-india-from-2003-2023-govt/627876.html
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/31-antiquities-stolen-in-the-last-decade-27-still-missing-govt-in-parliament-8881849/

700 items loaned to the Victoria and Albert Museum from India a century ago have yet to be returned:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2023/aug/07/about-700-asi-antiquities-lent-to-london-museum-a-century-ago-yet-to-return-2602787.html

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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n32.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n33.html

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Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3304-audio-news-from-archaeologica-july-30th-through-august-5th-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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