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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Sicily:

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/apr/03/ancient-sicily-british-museum-greek-statues-epic-blockbusters


Agamemnon to Alexander:

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/04/02/theg-a02.html

Empress of art:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-catherine-the-great/2016/03/31/d5a6bce2-f29b-11e5-85a6-2132cf446d0a_story.html


Woven Gold:

http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/three-reasons-to-visit-woven-gold-at-the-getty/

Noir:

http://www.npr.org/2016/03/30/470578816/for-19th-century-french-artists-noir-was-the-new-black


Patriots and Pirates:

http://www.phillyvoice.com/patriots--pirates-exhibit-to-open-at-independence-seaport-museum/


Archaeologist’s Eye:

http://timkenmuseum.org/exhibitions/archaeologists-eye

Dion:


http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/walk-among-olympic-gods-in-new-york/


Tattoos:

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2016/03/31/rom-explores-ancient-art-of-tattoos-in-new-show.html


Joseph Wright:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-35923483


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THE TECHY SIDE
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Looks like ‘collagen fingerprinting’ might have archaeological
applications:

http://phys.org/news/2016-03-collagen-fingerprinting-neanderthal-bone-fragments.html


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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
Dental calculus is the latest source of DNA extraction:

http://phys.org/news/2016-03-anthropologists-reconstruct-mitogenomes-prehistoric-dental.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160329113314.htm http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/uoo-oar032816.php

Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/

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TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Inca Trail/Machu PIcchu:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20160311-the-lesser-known-incan-trail

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CRIME BEAT
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Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2016/03/culture-crime-news-22-27-march-2016.html



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 ================================================================
A German doctor has returned a coin he took from Israel years ago:

http://www.jns.org/news-briefs/2016/3/30/german-doctor-returns-ancient-coin-he-took-from-israel-25-years-ago

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=32735 http://www.algemeiner.com/2016/03/31/german-doctor-returns-ancient-coin-he-took-from-israel-25-years-ago/

The US returned a statue to Cambodia:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35909798 http://www.dw.com/en/us-art-museum-returns-plundered-statue-to-cambodia/a-19146312

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-looted-antiquities-welcomed-home

Cook’s cape is back in Hawaii:

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-01/feather-cape-and-helmet-given-to-captain-cook-returned-to-hawaii/7293628


Calls for the BM to return an aboriginal shield:

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-29/calls-for-british-museum-to-surrender-gweagal-shield/7280532



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NUMISMATICA
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On building a 12 Caesars collection:

http://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/2016/03/how-to-build-a-set-of-the-twelve-caesars-coins.html

http://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/2016/03/twelve-caesars-coins-some-tougher-than-others.html

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v19n13.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v19n14.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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OBITUARIES
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Zaha Hadid:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/architect-zaha-hadid-has-died-at-the-age-of-65/

James Robinson:

http://cst.edu/in-memoriam-professor-emeritus-james-robinson/


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