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https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-for-whom-the-bell-beaker-to lls-archaeological-mystery-solved-1.5843019 https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/02/prehistoric-europe-much-like-a-g ame-of-civilization-according-to-ancient-dna/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/6393-180222-europe-beaker-culture

This seems to be a different study of migrations in Europe:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uow-nrs022118.php http://www.uwyo.edu/uw/news/2018/02/uw-scientists-part-of-research-on-pr ehistoric-human-migration-in-europe.html

DNA also suggests that Taino DNA is still present in Caribbean
populations:

https://phys.org/news/2018-02-indigenous-taino-present-day-caribbean-pop ulations.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/sjcu-sit021518.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180219155009.htm http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/02/genes-extinct-caribbean-islanders -found-living-people https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/02/natives-of-the-caribbean-wiped-o ut-during-colonization-left-dna-behind/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-dna-contradicts-histor ical-narrative-extinct-caribbean-taino-population-180968221/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/6388-180220-bahamas-eleuthera-taino

They're going to test those human remains from the Whydah to see if
theres a connection to Samuel Bellamy:

https://phys.org/news/2018-02-museum-discuss-efforts-bones-pirate.html https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/UNH-scientists-explore-pirate-my stery-12631839.php http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/bones-discovered-shipwreck-cape-cod-may -belong-prince-pirates http://www.telegram.com/news/20180220/bone-pulled-from-wreck-off-cape-co d-could-be-infamous-pirates http://www.smh.com.au/world/dna-test-to-confirm-if-world-s-richest-pirat e-found-20180220-p4z0yy.html https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/dna-test-to-confirm-if-wor ld-s-richest-pirate-found-20180220-p4z0yy.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/19/possible-remains-worlds-riche st-pirate-captain-black-sam-bellamy/

Over the past eight years, genome research has expanded to 1300+ human
genomes:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180221131848.htm

Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

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The Dutch apparently prospered during the 'Little Ice Age':

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/some-places-flour ished-in-the-little-ice-age-there-are-lessons-for-us-now/2018/02/16/ 455fb2d8-0c25-11e8-8b0d-891602206fb7_story.html ================================================================
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Polish palaces:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180221-the-magnificent-palaces-of-pola nds-lower-silesia

Xian:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/travel/xian-china-budget-affordable.h
tml

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Some idiot stole a terracotta warrior's thumb from a display at the
Franklin Institute (and China is livid):

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/feb/19/china-calls-on-us-to-pun ish-terracotta-warrior-thumb-thief http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-43109139 https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/02/terra-cotta-warriors-philade lphia-museum-broken-thumb-spd/

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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The US Supreme court has ruled that terrorist victims cannot seize
Iranian antiquities on loan in the US:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/terror-victims-cannot-seize-iranian -antiquities-us-supreme-court-rules http://www.jurist.org/paperchase/2018/02/supreme-court-rejects-victims-c laims-to-collect-damages-from-iran.php http://www.wtva.com/content/national/474727053.html?ref=053 http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/421531/Disputed-Persian-artifacts-one-st ep-closer-to-home

A different sort of repatriation issue ... an Israeli collector
claiming title to a statue of Cybele in Turkey:

https://www.courthousenews.com/israeli-collector-sues-turkish-cultural-m inistry-over-roman-statue/

Even more different, a Degas stolen in 2009 turns up on a bus near
Paris:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43168246 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/world/europe/degas-painting-bus.html? partner=rss&emc=rss

This seems also to be the category to mention that the US and Libya
have signed an MoU on looting:

https://www.libyaobserver.ly/inbrief/us-libya-sign-anti-antiquities-loot ing-mou
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Feature on expensive ancient coins:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/coinweek-ancient-coin-series-million- dollar-ancients-come-close/

Followup to that coins-in-a-piano story from a while back:

http://www.dunmowbroadcast.co.uk/news/town-museum-makes-bid-to-acquire-h oard-of-rare-coins-hidden-in-piano-1-5404508

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n07.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n08.html

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Ancient Coin Collecting:

http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

Ancient Coins:

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/ ================================================================
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/ 2689-audio-news-from-archaeologica-11-february-2017-17-february-2018

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Eleanor Winsor Leach:

https://classicalstudies.org/scs-news/memoriam-eleanor-winsor-leach

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Hidden Cultural Heritage (April 2018):

http://www.cicop.net/hch/

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Archaeology Magazine News Page:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/

About.com Archaeology:

http://archaeology.about.com/

Ancient Digger:

http://www.ancientdigger.com/

Archaeology Briefs:

http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/

Past Horizons:

http://www.pasthorizons.com/

Stonepages:

http://www.stonepages.com/news/

Taygete Atlantis excavations blogs aggregator:

http://planet.atlantides.org/taygete/

Time Machine:

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