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A sketch of Christ is 'almost certainly' the work of Leonardo, apparently:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/leonardo-da-vinci-jesus-drawing-attribution-1234576922/
https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2020/11/20/drawing-believed-to-be-by-leonardo-da-vinci/0/drawing-believed-to-be-by-leonardo-da-vinci/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/420/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/420/pub/420/page/68/article/104017

How coffee changed Britain:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20201119-how-coffee-forever-changed-britain

Feature on chess as a metaphor for the world:

https://elpais.com/babelia/2020-11-16/el-ajedrez-la-gran-metafora-del-mundo.html

Lessons from Chaucer and Beowulf:

https://psyche.co/ideas/get-medieval-on-your-haters-lessons-from-beowulf-and-chaucer

Feature on 'art replicator' Adam Lowe:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/nov/19/caravaggio-raphael-tutankhamun-adam-lowe-master-faker-covid

What the microbiome of some of Da Vinci's drawings reveal:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/f-tmo111820.php https://phys.org/news/2020-11-microbiome-da-vinci.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/f-tmo111820.php https://www.livescience.com/da-vinci-drawings-microbiome.html

Claims that Dutch Schultz buried a pile of cash in New York somewhere is sparking treasure hunts:

https://www.livescience.com/dutch-schultz-treasure-prohibition.html

Feature on five ancient rulers who changed the world but whose bodies have never been found:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/these-5-ancient-rulers-changed-the-world-but-their-bodies-have-never-been

Feature on labyrinths in fiction:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20201118-the-mysterious-appeal-of-a-labyrinth

Some unpublished Tolkien essays on Middle Earth are going to be published:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/nov/19/jrr-tolkien-the-nature-of-middle-earth-published-june-2021

Feature on assorted philosophers:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/180192/beyond-socrates-and-aristotle-philosophers-you-might-know/

Concerns for the London home of Rimbaud and Verlaine:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/nov/22/arts-world-dismayed-at-fate-of-london-home-of-rimbaud-and-verlaine

On the evolution of the 1918 flu pandemic:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/19/coronavirus-evolving-deadlier-evidence-social-distancing-covid-19

The Founding Fathers apparently didn't think about the possibility of a president refusing to step down:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/11/21/founders-constitution-president-trump-concede/

More on that botched sculpture restoration in Spain:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/amateur-restorer-botches-carving-spain-180976271/

More on reactions to that Mary Wollstonecraft statue:

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/11/mary-wollstonecraft-naked-feminist/617166/
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Mabel Remington Colhoun photos:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/free-online-photo-exhibit-showcases-irish-life-through-20th-century-180976307/

Al Sabah Collection:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/fashion/jewelry-national-museum-islamic-art-qatar.html

Feature on the Royal Chariots Museum:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/photos-a-tour-of-the-royal-chariots-museum-shows-off-the-alawiyya-dynasty/

Marking the 118th anniversary of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/94376/Egyptian-Museum-in-Tahrir-118-years-as-a-beacon-of
https://africa.cgtn.com/2020/11/18/egypt-celebrates-118th-anniversary-of-renowned-cairo-museum/
https://cairoscene.com/Buzz/Egyptian-Museum-in-Tahrir-Celebrates-118th-Birthday-with-Exhibit-of-Re

... related:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/94418/In-Pics-Sarcophagi-exhibited-for-the-1st-time-in-the

In case you missed the plans for a museum (and dig) in Benin City:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/museum-west-african-art-will-incorporate-pieces-city-destroyed-1897-invasion-180976318/
https://iafrica.com/a-new-museum-to-bring-the-benin-bronzes-home/

Plans to turn an island near Sozopol into an archaeology museum:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2020/11/13/bulgaria-to-turn-former-black-sea-island-near-sozopol-into-archaeology-museum-with-aid-from-louvre-france-oae/

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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ================================================================
That Caratacus coin fetched a nice price at auction:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8956223/Gold-coin-showing-British-warrior-Caratacus-led-resistance-against-Romans-sells-80-000.html
https://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/news/32721/iron-age-coin-found-near-newbury-smashes-estimate-and-sells-for-80k.html

Some recently-found 'unknown Constable' drawings are coming to auction:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/nov/22/unknown-constable-drawings-found-hidden-for-200-years-in-family-scrapbook

Marie Antoinette had a very expensive shoe:

https://www.dw.com/en/marie-antoinettes-slipper-fetches-over-50000-in-auction/a-55611525
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/11/20/43750e-for-a-shoe-belonging-to-marie-antoinette/

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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
On reconciling genetic code evolution and Darwin's theories:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201116075719.htm https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/genetic-code-evolution-and-darwins.html
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THE TECHY SIDE
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Rochester Institute of Technology students revealed that a 15th century manuscript is a palimpsest:

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-students-hidden-15th-century-text-medieval.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201121104311.htm

Interesting tech study of pigments of a Fayoum mummy portrait:

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-science-reveals-secrets-mummy-portrait.html https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/11/college-undergrads-find-hidden-text-on-medieval-manuscript-via-uv-imaging/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/science-reveals-secrets-of-mummys.html
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TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Roman sites in Scotland:

https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/9-remnants-roman-empire-you-can-visit-around-scotland-3043104

Naples:

https://www.travelawaits.com/2558550/things-to-do-in-naples-italy/

Ankara:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/travel/roman-baths-china-shops-and-more-a-half-day-walking-tour-of-ankaras-historic-ulus-quarter

Feature marking UNESCO's 75th anniversary with a focus on Heritage Sites:

https://www.dw.com/en/world-heritage-sites-we-were-there/g-19376166 ================================================================
PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ================================================================
Lysistrata:

http://www.laloyolan.com/life_and_arts/theater/lysistrata-combines-theatre-arts-zoom-and-stop-motion-to-create-a-multimedia-play/article_11b2c35b-2510-5ded-92e3-6490bbc3c612.html

Ammonite:

https://www.npr.org/2020/11/15/934692843/kate-winslets-ammonite-takes-on-paleontology-patriarchy-and-passion
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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ================================================================
Hyping Bettany Hughes' latest documentary, coming to the Smithsonian Channel in the US:

https://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/11/16/greek-island-odyssey-bettany-hughes/ https://boston.cbslocal.com/2020/11/16/greek-island-odyssey-bettany-hughes/

A Spanish documentary on mummified remains from the Canary Islands:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2020-11-16/el-rey-guanche-tenia-los-ojos-claros.html ================================================================
CRIME BEAT
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A statue of Zeus and other items recovered in a bust in Turkey's Zonguldak province:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/historical-artifact-roman-zeus-statue-seized-in-turkey/2048357

An Egyptian national in MInya was arrested for digging under his home:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/94423/Citizen-arrested-for-illegally-excavating-under-his-home

Arrests in the Green Vault heist:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/dresden-vault-heist-arrests-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Raids-arrests-as-German-police-probe-Dresden-15732578.php
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-police-arrest-suspects-in-dresden-museum-heist/a-55623122

A theft of John the Baptist relics from Sliven eight years ago is still unsolved:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2020/11/15/8-years-after-theft-of-st-john-the-baptist-relics-in-bulgarias-sliven-finder-laments-unresolved-case/

Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2020/11/culture-crime-news-9-17-november-2020.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 ================================================================
Egypt returned coins to a number of countries:

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2020/11/19/egypt-hands-over-100-smuggled-antique-coins-to-china-india-and-saudi-arabia/
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/94413/Egyptian-Consul-General-in-New-York-signs-protocol-to-retrieve
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/egypt-recovers-late-period-relief-from.html

The US returned a Late Period relief to Egypt:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/394156/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/A-Late-Period-relief-recovered-from-New-York.aspx

Pondering the British Museum and the Benin Bronzes:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/artists/wont-british-museum-return-benin-bronzes/

More on Switzerland returning items to Italy:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/switzerland-returns-stolen-artefacts-to.html

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Feature on the last coins of the Roman Empire:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/the-last-coins-of-the-roman-empire/

Oxford has a new project investigating the origns of coinage:

https://cherwell.org/2020/11/17/oxford-project-to-research-origins-of-coinage/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v23/club_nbs_esylum_v23n46.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v23/club_nbs_esylum_v23n47.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Jean-Marie Dentzer:

https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2020/11/18/la-mort-de-l-archeologue-jean-marie-dentzer_6060210_3382.html

Jan Morris:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/nov/20/jan-morris-historian-travel-writer-and-trans-pioneer-dies-aged-94

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS ================================================================
Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3005-audio-news-from-archaeologica-november-8-through-november-14-2020

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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 ================================================================
Archaeosoup:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ ================================================================
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