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    From david meadows@21:1/5 to All on Sun Oct 8 09:54:46 2023
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    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/nose-ring-made-from-human-bone-found-by-archaeologists-at-palenque/148417

    A Maya burial from Ocampo:

    https://www.newsweek.com/discover-mayan-tomb-body-man-mexico-1827066

    Pre-Inca burials and finds of various types found during gas work in Lima:

    https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/8-pre-inca-mummies-and-artifacts-unearthed-just-beneath-the-streets-of-lima-peru
    https://phys.org/news/2023-09-workers-uncover-mummies-pre-inca-gas.html https://apnews.com/article/peru-preinca-burial-site-9245dd878d8763893e79fddd5c39e47b

    A 1000 years bp Ychsma mummy with a full head of hair from Lima:

    https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/eye-news/article/3234771/archaeologists-find-1000-year-old-mummy-story-tell-about-perus-past
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-ancient-peruvian-mummy-with-a-full-head-of-hair-180982878/

    Preservation concerns for Chinchorro mummies:

    https://www.npr.org/2023/10/04/1198908188/the-worlds-oldest-mummies-are-decomposing-after-7-000-years-heres-why

    Evidence that Aztecs in pre-Columbian Mexico were 'ruthless exploiters':

    https://phys.org/news/2023-09-economic-relationships-pre-columbian-mexico-aztec.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 ============================================================
    Marking the 400th anniversary of Versailles:

    https://apnews.com/article/france-versailles-king-charles-mirrors-visit-6d33c47fc21b09a0683fd9c94fe08daa
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    CURRENT EVENTS:
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    In case you missed the coverage of the cutting down of the Sycamore Gap tree it apparently did some damage to Hadrian's wall coming down:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-67015699 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12595079/Vandals-felled-Sycamore-Gap-tree-damaged-Hadrians-Wall-investigators-say.html
    https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/oct/05/felling-of-sycamore-gap-tree-damaged-hadrians-wall-inspection-reveals

    ... and they're thinking of what to do with the site now:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-67041427 ============================================================
    ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ============================================================
    Feature on dogs in Iron Age contexts in the Levant:

    https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/10/dogs-social-fabric

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    MUSEUM MATTERS
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    The Muddy Hoard:

    https://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/23826699.roman-coins-found-huntingdon-display-st-ives/
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-66827194

    Pharaoh:

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/09/20/ancient-egyptian-treasures-head-to-melbourne-for-biggest-ever-british-museum-loan-show

    Fauvism:

    https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230912-how-female-fauvists-were-some-of-historys-most-audacious-painters

    cf:
    https://www.metmuseum.org/press/exhibitions/2023/vertigo-of-color https://ucca.org.cn/en/exhibition/matisse-by-matisse/ https://kunstmuseumbasel.ch/en/exhibitions/2023/matisse-derain-and-friends

    Triumphs of Caesar:

    https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/about-us/press-and-media/press-releases/the-triumphs-of-caesar

    Susanna and the Elders:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-66905737

    Shakespeare's First Folio:

    https://news.yale.edu/2023/09/27/teasing-apart-meaning-shakespeares-first-folio

    Abe Lincoln Photo:

    https://apnews.com/article/lincoln-douglas-senate-debates-ambrotype-photo-c0c733818c75e0dfdd825c42a059caf7

    Sanxingdui:

    http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0927/c90000-20077880.html

    Bodies in Crisis:

    https://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/exhibits/online/bodies-in-crisis/ https://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/blog/p/bodies-in-crisis/439

    Rubens and Women:

    https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/sep/27/rubens-and-women-review-dulwich-picture-gallery-breasts

    cf: https://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/2023/september/rubens-women/

    American Society of Marine Artists:

    https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/len-tantillo-nicolas-fox-works-display-albany-18375093.php

    cf: https://www.albanyinstitute.org/exhibition/reflective-impressions-the-19th-national-exhibition-of-the-american-society-of-marine-artists

    Degas and Manet:

    https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/oct/02/manet-degas-exhibit-metropolitan-museum-art-new-york

    A curator at the Museum of Fine Arts in St Petersburg was fired over provenance issues:

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/09/20/museum-fine-arts-st-petersburg-michael-bennett-greek-antiquities
    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/17/arts/curator-fired-provenance.html https://stpetecatalyst.com/mfa-mystery-whose-provenance-is-it-anyway/ https://www.thenationalherald.com/a-dubious-greek-antiquities-exhibit-brings-florida-curators-dismissal/
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/antiquities-provenance-controversy-curator-dismissal-florida-2365124

    Feature on the Cyprus Museum in Nicosia:

    https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/09/21/cyprus-national-treasure-trove/

    Emory's museum is dealing with some questionably-sourced items:

    https://decaturish.com/2023/09/the-little-museums-big-score-emory-university-wanted-finest-antiquities-but-didnt-ask-a-lot-of-questions/

    The Penn Museum is renovating its Egyptian and Nubian galleries:

    https://www.phillyvoice.com/penn-museum-renovations-ancient-egyptian-nubian-galleries/

    More on the items stolen from the British Museum:

    https://phys.org/news/2023-09-british-museum-historic-crisis-custodianship.html https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/british-museum-changed-tune-illicit-items-thefts-b1107121.html
    https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2023/09/14/british-museum-ignored-requests-for-details-of-illicit-items-expert-says/
    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/british-museum-launches-website-to-help-find-stolen-artefacts-2c992qz7r
    https://www.rollingstone.com/culture-council/articles/stop-thief-british-museum-failed-protect-its-collection-decolonization-can-help-1234837960/

    ... and they've set up a webpage to try and get things back:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66921621 https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/09/26/exclusive-british-museum-launches-webpage-to-recover-stolen-objectsand-announces-return-of-60-items
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/george-osborne-rome-london-roman-greek-b2418745.html
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/26/british-museum-reveals-types-stolen-artefacts-online-appeal/
    https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/british-museum-reveals-1-640-items-still-missing/ https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/sep/26/british-museum-releases-images-in-bid-to-recover-missing-items
    https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/please-return-if-found-british-museum-seeks-help-recover-missing-treasures-2023-09-26/
    https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2023/09/british-museum-announces-operation-to-recover-missing-objects/#
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12563263/Have-seen-artefacts-British-Museum-urges-public-help-track-missing-items-2-000-precious-items-stolen-serial-thief-YEARS.html
    https://hyperallergic.com/846900/british-museum-wants-your-help-finding-stolen-artifacts/
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/british-museum-asks-public-help-recover-stolen-gems-jewelry/
    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/british-museum-missing-treasure-artefacts-london-rcna117795
    https://abcnews.go.com/International/british-museum-seeks-public-finding-stolen-artefacts/story?id=103520717
    https://www.cnn.com/style/british-museum-public-hotline-stolen-treasures-intl/index.html
    https://www.ekathimerini.com/multimedia/images/1220986/british-museum-seeks-help-recovering-missing-treasures/
    https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/09/27/news/greece/british-museum-seeks-help-to-recover-missing-treasures/
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/british-museum-recovery-website-2368060 https://hyperallergic.com/846900/british-museum-wants-your-help-finding-stolen-artifacts/

    ... and a 'panel of experts':

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/26/british-museum-stolen-artefacts-panel-working-from-home/
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/08/un-expert-examine-british-museum-looted-artefacts/

    ... and we learn the British Museum purchased an Egyptian artifact from a convicted smuggler:

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/27/british-museum-egyptian-artefact-antiques-dealer-smuggler/
    https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2023/09/25/british-museum-bought-ancient-egyptian-artefact-from-convicted-antiquities-smuggler/

    ... and folks are wondering what the BM's trustees were doing while all this was going on:

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/09/27/questions-raised-about-role-of-british-museum-trustees-as-thefts-crisis-progresses

    OpEds on the future of museums after the British Museum debacle:

    https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/09/encyclopedic-museums-purpose-british-museum-scandal/675358/
    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/16/opinion/museum-artifacts-looting.html https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2023/09/how-should-the-cleveland-museum-of-art-other-museums-handle-possibly-ill-gotten-artworks-editorial-board-roundtable.html

    ... while the Cleveland MoA seems determined to buy things with clean provenances:

    https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/09/newly-purchased-greek-vase-shows-cleveland-museum-of-art-still-committed-to-buying-antiquities-with-clear-provenance.html

    UNESCO is planning a virtual museum of stolen cultural items:

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/06/unesco-planning-virtual-museum-of-stolen-cultural-artefacts
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    AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
    Photos associated with the Franklin Expedition are coming to auction:

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2023/aug/29/lost-photographs-doomed-arctic-explorers-auctioned-sir-john-franklin-erebus-terror-sothebys-in-pictures

    An NC Wyeth painting was coming to auction last month:

    https://www.cnn.com/style/nc-wyeth-ramona-thrift-store-tan/index.html https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/08/29/nc-wyeth-painting-four-dollars-thrift-store-bonhams-skinner

    ... as did a 'misidentified' Anglo-Saxon bowl:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-66679766

    ... and a coin depicting a hitherto unknown Iron Age ruler:

    https://www.altonherald.com/news/name-of-new-iron-age-ruler-or-king-discovered-on-coin-in-hampshire-field-640558
    https://www.nationalworld.com/retro/coin-depicting-undiscovered-iron-age-ruler-set-to-fetch-thousands-at-auction-after-being-discovered-in-a-field-4288894

    ... and a sketch by John Constable:

    https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/sep/13/constable-sketch-found-in-suitcase-auction

    Items from the Rothschild collection are coming to auction:

    https://www.cnn.com/style/rothschild-family-collection-treasures-auction-tan/index.html

    A Depression-era $10 000 dollar bill fetched a nice price:

    https://www.cnn.com/style/article/great-depression-era-bill-auction-intl-scli/index.html

    ... as did a ticket from Ford's Theatre from the night Lincoln was assassinated:

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fords-theatre-ticket-night-lincolns-assassination-sells-262500-rcna117294
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66923246

    A letter of Columbus announcing his 'discovery' of America is coming to auction:

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/30/original-letter-from-columbus-announcing-discovery-of-america-goes-on-sale-for-first-time?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

    HIgh expectations for a recently-identified Rembrandt:

    https://www.cnn.com/style/article/rembrandt-auction-millions-sothebys-gbr-scli-intl/index.html

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    THE TECHY SIDE
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    Feature on LiDAR use at various South American sites:

    https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/from-ruins-to-ancient-farming-lidar-technology-helps-reveal-ancient

    More on the use of LiDAR at the site of the Battle of the Bulge:

    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/archaeologists-use-lidar-to-identify-features-from-the-battle-of-the-bulge/148546

    Latest facial reconstruction is of a medieval man with dwarfism:

    https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/see-the-stunning-facial-approximation-of-a-medieval-man-with-dwarfism

    ... and a 4200 years bp woman dubbed 'the Upper Largie Woman':

    https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/see-the-amazing-facial-reconstruction-of-a-bronze-age-woman-discovered-crouching-in-a-4200-year-old-grave
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-remarkable-reconstruction-of-a-4000-year-old-bronze-age-woman-180982978/
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/11769-230927-upper-largie-woman

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    TOURISTY THINGS
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    Egypt:

    https://www.cnn.com/travel/cairo-pyramids-quest-world-of-wonder/index.html

    Rome:

    https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230921-there-are-few-cities-better-for-exploring-the-legacy-of-the-roman-empire

    Bavaria:

    https://www.dw.com/en/10-reasons-to-love-bavaria/g-18176626

    Tourists behaving badly I: a tourist in Brussels climbed on a statue and broke it:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-66808450

    Tourists behaving badly II: a Romanian woman was caught trying to take marbles from the Acropolis site:

    https://en.protothema.gr/romanian-woman-tried-to-steal-marbles-from-the-acropolis-site/
    https://nypost.com/2023/09/20/romanian-tourist-arrested-after-trying-to-steal-chunks-of-marble-from-acropolis/

    Tourists behaving badly III: a Belgian couple was caught trying to 'smuggle' artifacts:

    https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-belgian-couple-arrested-accused-of-smuggling-artefacts

    Tourists behaving badly IV: A US tourists toppled some 'blasphemous' statues in the Israel Museum:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67027881 https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-761884 https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-tourist-arrested-for-smashing-roman-era-statues-at-israel-museum/
    https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h1jloohxa https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/tourist-smashes-statues-israel-scli-intl/index.html
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12601103/US-tourist-40-arrested-Israel-smashing-ancient-Roman-statues-considered-blasphemous-against-Torah-wrecking-rampage-Jerusalem-museum.html
    https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/american-tourist-arrested-smashing-ancient-roman-statues-museum-103777343
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/06/israel-museum-roman-statues-damaged-tourist-arrested/f4866630-6430-11ee-b406-3ea724995806_story.html
    https://www.newsweek.com/american-tourist-arrested-smashing-1800-year-old-roman-statues-1832685
    https://hyperallergic.com/849394/american-tourist-smashes-roman-sculptures-at-israel-museum/
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/roman-statues-american-tourist-destroyed-b2425433.html

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    CRIME BEAT
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    A guilty plea in that false provenance EID MAR coin case:

    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/richard-beale-coin-provenance-court-2360975

    Chinese porcelain stolen from a German museum:

    https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202309/1298236.shtml https://arkeonews.net/ancient-chinese-porcelain-worth-1-million-euros-was-stolen-from-the-german-museum-sparking-anger/

    Arrests in Sohag for illegal excavations:

    https://see.news/4-arrested-in-sohag-for-for-illegal-excavation-of-antiquities

    A Roman coin and documentation was stolen from somewhere in St Martin's:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw036g922zwo

    A man in Rhodope was arrested for possession of looted antiquities:

    https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1220147/man-arrested-in-rhodope-for-possession-of-looted-antiquities/

    A number of antiquities were seized from a 'criminal gang' in Athens:

    https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1220383/police-seize-31-antiquities-from-criminal-gang/
    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68329

    A German museum employee was caught switching original paintings for copies:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/world/europe/paintings-stolen-forgeries-substituted.html
    https://www.cnn.com/style/german-munich-museum-stolen-paintings-sold/index.html https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/former-worker-deutsches-museum-sentenced-prison-stealing-four-paintings-1234680845/
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/german-museum-employee-swapped-paintings-fakes-2367937

    Latest in the Hobby Lobby v Dirk Obbink case:

    https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/column-hobby-lobby-sued-ex-oxford-prof-over-stolen-papyri-ny-now-its-moving-case-2023-09-26/

    Vandalism at a First Nations pictograph site in Bon Echo Provincial Park:

    https://phys.org/news/2023-09-ancient-pictograph-vandalism-bon-echo.html

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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 family of George Lindemann has returned 33 looted antiquities to Cambodia:

    https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/us-attorney-announces-return-significant-collection-antiquities-cambodia
    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/arts/design/lindemann-cambodia-khmer-statues-looting.html
    https://www.reuters.com/world/family-late-us-billionaire-agrees-return-looted-cambodian-artefacts-2023-09-13/
    https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/famed-us-collector-family-return-artefacts-cambodia
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lindemann-returns-looted-cambodian-antiquities-2361896
    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/09/13/cambodian-antiquities-george-lindemann-repatriation
    https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/george-lindemann-family-returns-antiquities-cambodia-1234679585/
    https://www.cnn.com/style/us-billionaire-family-agree-return-looted-artifacts-to-cambodia/index.html
    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/09/13/cambodia-artworks-stolen-justice-department/70837883007/
    https://hyperallergic.com/844585/lindemann-family-returns-20m-worth-of-looted-cambodian-artifacts/

    ... while the family of Douglas Latchford return at 7th century statue to Viet Nam:

    https://en.vietnamplus.vn/stolen-7thcentury-statue-handed-over-to-vietnam/267932.vnp
    https://vietnamnews.vn/life-style/1593842/looted-artifact-to-return-to-viet-nam.html
    https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/stolen-7th-century-statue-handed-over-to-vietnam-4653149.html
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/11750-230919-vietnam-bronze-repatriation

    The US returned a dozen antiquities to Lebanon:

    https://manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-announces-return-of-12-antiquities-to-the-people-of-lebanon/
    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/07/arts/a-dozen-looted-artifacts-are-returned-to-lebanon.html
    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/09/12/us-returns-12-antiquities-to-the-people-of-lebanon/
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/11735-230911-lebanon-artifacts-repatriation

    ... and some items seized at a Florida airport were returned to Costa Rica:

    https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/cbp-returns-historical-indigenous-artifacts-costa-rica
    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/09/19/cbp-returns-historical-indigenous-artifacts-to-costa-rica/
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/11746-230918-costa-rica-repatriation

    The Manhattan DA has also seized the 'Portrait of a Lady' from the Worcester Museum:

    https://www.apollo-magazine.com/art-news-bronze-bust-seized-worcester-art-museum/
    https://www.natlawreview.com/article/busted-manhattan-prosecutors-seize-ancient-roman-bust-worcester-art-museum

    The ANU museum is returning a 2500 years bp vase to Italy:

    https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/sep/14/anu-to-return-2500-year-old-vase-to-italy-after-link-to-art-trade-exposed
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-15/act-anu-classics-museum-discover-ancient-artifacts-stolen-italy/102857092
    https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230915-italian-police-find-stolen-treasures-at-australian-museum
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stolen-treasures-australian-national-university-one-likely-smuggled-italy-pasta/
    https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/09/15/news/australia/illegal-links-prompt-uni-to-return-artefacts-depicting-zeus-hercules-and-other-warriors-to-italy/

    A lock of hair from Ethiopian prince Alemayehu was returned:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-66887597 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/15/prince-alemayehu-lock-hair-will-be-returned-ethiopia/
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/prince-alemayehu-1.6972478

    That Nisga'a totem pole was returned from a Scotland museum:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66932129 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-reconciliation-and-reckoning-as-nisgaa-totem-pole-returns-from/

    The V&A will holed on to some Yemen stones found in a London shop for a while:

    https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/sep/12/v-and-a-ancient-yemen-stones-stelae-london-museum
    https://arkeonews.net/ancient-funerary-stones-looted-from-yemen-will-be-exhibited-at-the-victoria-albert-museum/

    ... similarly, the Met is returning a pair of antiquities to Yemen, but is holding on to them for a while:

    https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230919-met-returns-two-antiquities-to-yemen-retains-possession-for-now
    https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/met-returns-two-antiquities-to-yemen-retains-possession-for-now-186429

    The US retuned 3500+ Achaemenid tablets to Iran:

    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/489266/Presidential-souvenir-3-506-Achaemenid-clay-tablets-retuned
    https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230922-iran-says-thousands-of-ancient-clay-tablets-returned-from-us

    A stolen Van Gogh was recovered:

    https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/sep/12/indiana-jones-of-art-world-recovers-stolen-van-gogh-painting
    https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/stolen-vincent-van-gogh-painting-recovered-groninger-museum-ikea-bag-1234679475/
    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and-architecture/article-over-three-years-after-it-was-stolen-a-van-gogh-painting-is-recovered/
    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68271 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dutch-art-detective-recovers-a-van-gogh-stolen-in-2020-180982896/

    Pondering delays in returning some Nazi-looted art in Germany:

    https://www.dw.com/en/nazi-looted-art-is-germany-delaying-restitution/a-66843536

    ... while the Manhattan DA returned seven items of Nazi-looted art to a Holocaust victim's relatives:

    https://manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-seven-pieces-of-nazi-looted-art-returned-to-relatives-of-holocaust-victim/
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66860515

    Turkiye is seeking items back from UK museums:

    https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/turkiye-on-mission-to-get-back-anatolian-artifacts-from-british-museums/news

    ... and items from Troy:

    https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/turkiye-determined-to-get-trojan-treasures-back/2993973
    https://www.trtworld.com/turkiye/turkiye-vigorously-pursues-repatriation-of-stolen-trojan-artefacts-15003289

    Tanzania wants Berlin to return some colonial-era skulls:

    https://www.dw.com/en/tanzanians-demand-return-of-ancestral-skulls/a-66897172

    The British Museum is being targeted for some sacred Ethiopian Tabots:

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/12/british-museum-must-return-sacred-ethiopian-tabots/

    The UK is being accused of dragging its feet over return of 'looted' columns from Leptis Magna:

    https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2023/09/09/uk-accused-of-unacceptable-delays-over-return-of-looted-leptis-manga-treasure-to-libya/

    Christos Tsirogiannis is calling out the Manhattan DA's office for not giving him credit in repatriation cases:

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/26/antiquities-trafficking-unit-archaeologist-christos-tsirogiannis
    https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archaeologist-christos-tsirogiannis-manhattan-district-attorney-office-intellectual-property-1234680554/
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/antiquities-manhattan-repatriation-2369055

    Feature on Edoardo Almagia's smuggling activities:

    https://paw.princeton.edu/article/edoardo-almagia-looted-art-antiquities-manhattan-district-attorney

    OpEd on assorted museums with repatriation issues:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/16/opinion/museum-artifacts-looting.html

    The head of the Met is pledging to return trafficked art:

    https://www.rfi.fr/en/health-and-lifestyle/20230928-head-of-new-york-s-met-museum-pledges-to-return-trafficked-art
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    Feature on coins from the 'fall of Rome':

    https://coinweek.com/shadow-emperors-coins-of-the-fall-of-rome/

    Feature on some medieval coins from the ruins of a German monastery:

    https://www.numismaticnews.net/world-coins/coins-reminder-of-unsuccessful-revolt

    Feature on coins of some Persian satraps:

    https://coinweek.com/satraps-ancient-coins-of-the-persian-governors/

    Feature on goats on ancient coins:

    https://coinweek.com/oh-you-kid-goats-on-ancient-coins/

    A few weeks' worth of E-Sylum newsletters:

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