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https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/old-diary-shedding-light-smallpox-outbreaks-1700s-rcna994
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Old-records-shed-new-light-on-smallpox-outbreaks-16192978.php
More on that Charles I coin from Maryland:
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/maryland-english-coin-archeology-scn-trnd/index.html
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/rare-english-coin-found-in-maryland/36521174 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-silver-coin-minted-king-charles-is-likeness-discovered-maryland-180977760/
Review of Carol Anderson, *The Second*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/books/review/the-second-carol-anderson.html
Review of Jelly-Schapiro *Names of New York*:
https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2021/05/20/telling-the-story-of-new-york-city-through-its-names
Feature on New York City brickyards of the past:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/21/nyregion/brickyards-nyc-hudson-valley.html
Feature on assorted Memorial Day memorials:
https://mailchi.mp/dailynutmeg/new-haven-war-monuments-memorials-monumental ================================================================
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
Concerns over illegal construction near Teotihuacan:
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-mexico-builders-bulldozing-outskirts-teotihuacan.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-57252629 https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/construction-continues-at-archaeological-site-despite-stop-work-order/
https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2021/05/teotihuacan-archaeological-zone-in-danger-due-to-illegal-construction/
https://news.yahoo.com/teotihuac-n-alarm-over-construction-100544107.html https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/28/illegal-building-threatens-mexicos-teotihuacan-ancient-sites
... which has brought warnings about Heritage Status too:
https://www.riviera-maya-news.com/advisory-body-of-unesco-warns-teotihuacan-could-lose-its-world-heritage-status/2021.html
Marking the 500th anniversary of the fall of Tenochtitlan:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mexico-city-marks-500th-anniversary-fall-tenochtitlan-180977794/
Feature on Inca use of titanium white:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/inca-discovered-prized-pigment-180977704/
More on reptile extinction in Guadeloupe in the wake of European colonization:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/05/half-of-guadeloupes-snakes-and-lizards.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 ================================================================
Plenty of folks signed the petition to try to save Sheffield's archaeology department:
https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/people/pressure-mounts-on-university-of-sheffield-over-department-of-archaeology-decision-3248041
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/education/over-32000-people-sign-petition-to-save-university-of-sheffields-archaeology-department-as-protest-is-held-on-campus-3249338
https://thetab.com/uk/sheffield/2021/05/27/petition-to-save-uni-ofs-archeology-department-receives-over-35000-signatures-48191
... and there was a protest:
https://www.thestar.co.uk/education/supporters-protest-in-last-bid-to-save-university-of-sheffields-department-of-archaeology-3249451
... but they apparently decided to close it anyway:
https://www.thestar.co.uk/education/university-of-sheffield-justifies-closure-of-department-of-archaeology-3253531
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/education/university-of-sheffield-archaeology-department-set-to-close-after-management-takes-decision-to-cut-courses-despite-34000-people-signing-a-petition-to-save-it-3250550
https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/people/breaking-university-of-sheffield-archaeological-department-to-close-despite-mass-protests-with-key-areas-of-strength-moved-to-other-departments-3250520
... and we read of some details of the closure:
https://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/people/invaluable-sheffield-heritage-leaders-unearth-value-of-university-archaeology-department-as-decision-made-on-its-future-3250878
... and Tony Robinson was calling for the decision to be overturned:
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/tv/time-teams-tony-robinson-calls-20699290
Opeddish things on why the UK needs to save archaeology from funding cuts:
https://theconversation.com/six-reasons-to-save-archaeology-from-funding-cuts-161465
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/may/30/help-our-profession-or-uks-shared-history-will-be-lost-say-archaeologists
On the origins of the watermelon:
https://elpais.com/ciencia/2021-05-27/una-investigacion-encuentra-al-presunto-padre-de-la-sandia.html#?sma=newsletter_diaria_noche20210527m
On letterlocking:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/letterlocking-virtual-unfolding
Feature on a 480 years bp Catherine Howard 'love letter':
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p09jp20m/the-treasonous-love-letter-that-damned-a-tudor-queen
Feature on an amazing skull Bernini made for the pope:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/mystery-of-a-marble-baroque-death-head-solved-in-dresden
Kafka manuscripts, drawings, and personal letters have gone online:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-57267874
Feature on (non) Native scholar Andrea Smith:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/25/magazine/cherokee-native-american-andrea-smith.html
Rome is apparently the sinkhole capital of Europe:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rome-becomes-sinkhole-capital-of-europe-077qvgh89
Hidden evidence that Tudor women saved Anne Boleyn's prayer book for Elizabeth I:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hidden-inscriptions-discovered-anne-boleyns-execution-prayer-book-180977770/
Another prayer book from the 15th century revealed possible devotion to St Catherine:
https://www.livescience.com/duke-hid-dead-wife-image-book-of-hours.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/9714-210525-medieval-prayer-book
Feature on provenance of artifacts:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/05/provenance-how-objects-origin-can.html
Feature on Father Columba Stewarts efforts to save assorted ancient manuscripts:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/mission-father-stewart-180977698/?
On lunar eclipses as understood by medieval Christians:
https://theconversation.com/medieval-christians-saw-the-lunar-eclipse-as-a-sign-from-god-but-they-also-understood-the-science-160759
On lunar eclipses altering the course of history:
https://www.salon.com/2021/05/26/how-lunar-eclipses-altered-the-course-of-history/
Evidence from some 103 years bp lung samples on how the 1918 flu mutated:
https://www.livescience.com/1918-flu-variant-deadlier-later-waves-lung-tissue.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/05/pandemic-virus-mutations-1918-flu/618972/
... and a rethink of the modelling based on a rinderpest outbreak of 1865:
https://slate.com/technology/2021/05/covid-models-cubic-fit-rinderpest.html
Feature on Herder and multicuturalism:
https://theweek.com/us/1000666/the-end-of-multiculturalism
On assorted art market scandals (Salvator Mundi and more):
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/salvator-mundi-scandal-bouvier-rybolovlev-intl/index.html
Feature on a mass hallucination event on Alicudi a century ago:
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p09hgdgk/how-alicudi-s-islanders-experienced-mass-hallucinations
Feature on La Peregrina (the pearl):
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210524-la-peregrina-the-worlds-most-famous-pearl
Trying to figure out where Christopher Columbus actually came from:
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Countdown-begins-to-discover-where-Columbus-came-16187444.php
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-05-23/el-estudio-genetico-de-colon-obliga-a-exhumar-una-veintena-de-cuerpos.html
John Steinbeck apparently wrote a werewolf novel:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/27/books/steinbeck-werewolf-novel.html
A history of book reviews:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/books/a-history-of-the-book-review-through-its-fonts.html
Feature on food processing by humans over the ages:
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/best-before-9781472941404/
... and pet food history:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210519-the-hidden-reason-processed-pet-foods-are-so-addictive
China is building a replica of the Titanic:
https://www.dw.com/en/china-is-building-a-replica-of-the-titanic/a-57532044 https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/titanic-replica-china/index.html
Germany has recognized its actions in 19th century Namibia as genocide:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57279008 https://www.dw.com/en/germany-officially-recognizes-colonial-era-namibia-genocide/a-57671070
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/world/europe/germany-namibia-genocide.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/28/africa/germany-recognizes-colonial-genocide-namibia-intl/index.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/28/1001233776/germany-officially-recognizes-it-committed-genocide-in-present-day-namibia
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/germany-namibia-genocide/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/05/28/germany-namibia-genocide/ https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Germany-recognizes-colonial-killings-in-Namibia-16209416.php
Marking the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante with readings at his tomb:
https://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/Daily-readings-at-tomb-honor-Dante-700-years-16195777.php
Feature on maps as colonial-era marginalization tools:
https://theconversation.com/how-early-australian-settlers-drew-maps-to-erase-indigenous-people-and-push-ideas-of-colonial-superiority-161097
Feature on Nazi death marches:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/remembering-nazi-death-marches-180977751/
The Uffizi is in on the NFT trend:
https://mymodernmet.com/uffizi-gallery-michelangelo-nft-art/
Feature on the birthplace of film in Britain (Brighton):
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210514-brighton-the-birthplace-of-the-first-modern-film
A possible lost Van Gogh?:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/prominent-new-york-city-art-collector-has-uncovered-long-lost-vincent-van-gogh-painting-180977797/
Feature on Foucault:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/25/opinion/michel-foucault.html
On the role of crowds in art and literature:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/may/23/group-think-why-art-loves-a-crowd-olivia-laing
On magic use during pandemics:
https://psyche.co/ideas/magic-helped-us-in-pandemics-before-and-it-can-again
Pondering what future scholars will learn about pandemics from our current experience:
https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/pandemic-archaeology/
On the medieval roots of rape culture:
https://aeon.co/essays/the-hypocrisies-of-rape-culture-have-medieval-roots
There's 'new' footage of the Hindenburg disaster:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/unearthed-footage-sheds-new-light-hindenburg-disaster-180977773/
Feature on the Carmina Burana:
https://theconversation.com/decoding-the-music-masterpieces-how-carmina-burana-based-on-benedictine-poems-travelled-from-bavaria-to-a-beer-ad-159057
Folks might be interested in the coverage of UNC's board of trustees overturning an offer of tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones (of 1619 Project fame):
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/business/media/nikole-hannah-jones-unc.html https://www.newsweek.com/hannah-jones-tenure-protests-1593480 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/unc-withholds-tenure-1619-project-journalist-after-conservative-backlash-n1267979
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/20/unc-reverses-tenure-offer-author-1619-project/
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/554439-unc-chapel-hill-denies-tenure-to-1619-project-author-nikole-hannah-jones
https://www.foxnews.com/us/1619-project-founder-hannah-jones-unc-tenure
Review of Ferling, *Winning Independence*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/21/books/review/john-ferling-winning-independence.html
Review of Karabell, *Inside Money*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/18/books/review/inside-money-zachary-karabell.html
Review of Calder, *Architecture from Prehistory to Climate Emergency*:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/24/architecture-from-prehistory-to-climate-emergency-barnabas-calder-review
More on the Duke of Brittany changing the image of his wife in a 15th century prayer book:
https://www.livescience.com/duke-hid-dead-wife-image-book-of-hours.html https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/duke-of-brittany-replaced-wife/index.html ================================================================
CURRENT EVENTS: ================================================================
Oxford will be keeping its statue of Cecil Rhodes:
https://www.dw.com/en/oxford-university-opts-to-keep-controversial-cecil-rhodes-statue/a-57600352
Georgia's Stone Mountain Park is working on Confederate monument issues:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/05/26/georgia-stone-mountain-park-confederate/
OpEd on taking down monuments in Richmond:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/22/opinion/confederate-monuments-richmond-levar-stoney.html
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Nero:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/arts/nero-british-museum.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/comment/misunderstood-roman-emperor-places-inspire-visit/
https://londonist.com/london/museums-and-galleries/nero-at-british-museum https://www.firstpost.com/art-and-culture/the-man-behind-the-myth-british-museum-exhibit-takes-a-new-look-at-nero-the-brutal-roman-emperor-9657311.html
Epic Iran:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/may/26/epic-iran-five-thousand-years-mystical-magnificence-epic-iran-va-review
https://www.dw.com/en/irans-cultural-wonders-on-display-in-london/g-57672304 https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/exhibitions/epic-iran-v-and-a-review-five-millennia-culture-b937150.html
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/461429/London-show-turns-spotlight-on-5-000-years-of-Iranian-art-design
Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors, Heroes:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/05/25/the-british-museums-ancient-greek-treasures-arrive-in-australia-and-new-zealand-ancient-greeks-athletes-warrior-heroes/
Last Supper in Pompeii:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/last-supper-in-pompeii-from-the-table-to-the-grave-review-rediscovering-roman-revelry-11622063907
https://napavalleyregister.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/last-supper-in-pompeii-comes-to-san-francisco/article_e7adb2f0-3555-553c-ae2c-d3c678e2e8fb.html
Kings of the Sun:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/104435/Egypt%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98Kings-of-the-Sun%E2%80%99-exhibition-in-Prague-is-fully
Gladiators:
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/19337973.county-durham-exhibition-unlocks-secrets-roman-gladiators/
Rodin:
https://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2021/05/27/the-making-of-rodin-at-tate-modern-exhibition-review/
Dutch Slave Trade:
https://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/New-Dutch-exhibition-takes-unflinching-look-at-16184549.php
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/18/rijksmuseum-slavery-exhibition-confronts-cruelty-of-dutch-trade
Torlonia Marbles:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-57030067
Thomas Becket:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/thomas-becket-was-a-saint-for-all-seasons-11622229001
Prehistoric Keros:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/05/26/prehistoric-aegean-treasures-greece-keros-seen-first-time/
https://www.thenationalherald.com/archive_events_culture_arts/arthro/look_across_to_keros_a_settlement_that_began_4500_years_ago_at_the_athens_municipal_gallery-2528583/
Galloway Hoard:
https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2021/05/museum-opening-exhibit-of-the-galloway-hoard-on-saturday/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-57253887
Tiffany Stained Glass:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-100-years-obscurity-brilliant-tiffany-stained-glass-window-shine-chicago-180977850/
A woman is in charge of the Louvre for the first time in its history:
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/louvre-laurence-des-cars-appointment/index.html
Theres a new archaeology museum in Piacenza, featuring the famous liver of course:
https://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/21_maggio_29/misterioso-fegato-piacenza-altri-reperti-nuovo-museo-archeologico-piacentino-243c73ae-c061-11eb-b483-a79329df2c54.shtml
... and a new one in Halkida too:
https://news.gtp.gr/2021/05/25/new-arethousa-archaeological-museum-opens-in-halkida-central-greece/
https://greekreporter.com/2021/05/24/new-archaeological-museum-chalkida-greece/
There was a small fire at the Uffizi:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/florences-uffizi-museum-sends-400-tourists-fleeing-as-smoke-pours-out-of-roof
How COVID has affected museums:
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/analysis/reopening-of-museums ================================================================
AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ================================================================
Some handwritten poems of Emily Bronte are expected to fetch a high prive:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/25/emily-brontes-handwritten-poems-are-highlight-of-lost-library-auction
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57242780 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/trove-bronte-memorabilia-going-sale-180977844/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/25/arts/bronte-library-sothebys-auction.html
... and there are concerns they might go to a private buyer:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/28/priceless-bronte-manuscripts-could-be-lost-to-private-buyer-warn-experts
Big bucks for an Einstein letter with his famous formula:
https://www.livescience.com/einstein-letter-emc2-sold-at-auction.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57209148 https://www.dw.com/en/letter-handwritten-by-einstein-sells-for-12-million/a-57629576
Really big bucks for a Picasso:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57113452
... and his watch fetched more than expected:
https://robbreport.com/style/watch-collector/picasso-rare-watch-smashes-pre-auction-estimate-1234615196/
Feature on a Sotheby's auction of deaccessioned museum items:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/arts/design/auctions-sothebys-christies-museums.html
Early photos/paintings of Arabia are coming to auction:
https://kawa-news.com/en/rare-and-early-images-of-the-arab-world-up-for-sale/
The UK has put an export ban on a 15th century roundel:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-57287130 https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/may/29/uk-places-export-ban-on-stunning-17m-italian-bronze-roundel
More on the sale of the Ryedale Hoard:
https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/news/people/ryedale-roman-bronze-artefacts-sell-for-ps185000-at-auction-3248454
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/hoard-roman-treasure-found-ryedale-20674473
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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
A study of the population history of northern east Asia:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-05/caos-ssl052721.php https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/05/last-ice-age-wiped-out-people-east-asia-well-europe
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/05/study-sheds-light-on-population-history.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9724-210528-asia-ancient-genomes
More on the genome of Pestera Muierii 1:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/05/24/the-entire-genome-from-pestera-muierii-1-sequenced/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9710-210524-europe-genome-diversity ================================================================
THE TECHY SIDE
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Not sure where to put this study of mud cores being used to determine human impact on the earth over time:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-57273664
Feature on the use of portable X-ray fluorescence analysis (pXRF) as a non-invasive way to analyse sediments:
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-non-invasive-procedure-archaeological-excavating.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-05/upf--anp052821.php https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250776
Feature on the use of the Keyence digital microscope being used to analyse some ancient Egyptian mirrors:
https://www.selectscience.net/industry-news/keyence-digital-microscope-helps-archaeologists-improve-their-understanding-of-the-ancient-world/?artID=54816
On archaeology going 'paperless':
https://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/community/dig-it-digital-archaeology-goes-paperless-1.24322958
More on machine learning and sorting pottery fragments:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/25/science/archaeologist-neural-network-study.html
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ai-cracks-identifying-ancient-pottery-d2zrqpt80
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CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
Climate change might be behind a pre-Columbus population decline in the Amazon:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/05/pre-columbus-climate-change-may-have.html
How climate change catastrophes shape religion:
https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/climate-change-catastrophe-reshape-religion
More on climate change harming petroglyphs in Indonesia:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-57166995 https://www.wired.com/story/climate-change-erasing-humanitys-oldest-art
cf:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-87923-3 ================================================================
TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Not sure where to put this one ... the flooded village (dam-related) of Curon resurfaced for a few days:
https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/46228/20210529/lost-village-submerged-cities-curon.htm
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/medieval-italian-village-briefly-surfaces-after-70-years-underwater-180977838/
Samos:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/05/23/exploring-samos-the-island-of-legends/
Aegina:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/05/30/swimming-among-the-ruins-of-a-glorious-ancient-greek-military-harbor/
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ================================================================
William Grant Still's 'Highway 1, USA':
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/arts/music/william-grant-still-opera-st-louis.html
Marking the 120th anniversary of the Wigmore Hall in London:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/arts/music/william-grant-still-opera-st-louis.html
Medaye:
https://guardian.ng/arts-2/in-medaye-femi-osofisan-re-reads-euripides-medea/
Midsummer Night's Dream:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/27/theater/globe-shakespeare-coronavirus.html
Myths and Hymns:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/25/theater/myths-and-hymns-mastervoices.html
Theater of War Frontline:
https://www.marinij.com/2021/05/26/theater-of-war-frontline-uses-greek-tragedy-to-work-through-real-trauma-during-the-pandemic/
Review of Ruth Padel's biography of Beethoven:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/21/arts/music/beethoven-ruth-padel-music-poems.html
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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ================================================================
Penycloddiau hill fort (Wonders of the Border):
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2021-05-27/the-ancient-fortress-that-sheds-new-light-on-wales-past
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CRIME BEAT
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Mary Queen of Scots' pre-execution rosary (and other items) were stolen from Arundel Castle:
https://www.livescience.com/mary-queen-of-scots-beads-stolen.html https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/may/24/mary-queen-of-scots-rosary-beads-stolen-in-1m-raid-on-arundel-castle
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57224777 https://www.cnn.com/style/article/arundel-castle-burglary-scli-intl-gbr/index.html
https://www.dw.com/en/mary-queen-of-scots-rosary-beads-stolen-in-castle-break-in/a-57646759
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/24/world/europe/mary-queen-of-scots-rosary-theft.html
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/arundel-castle-robbery-mary-queen-of-scots-rosary/
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/611/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/611/pub/611/page/30/article/177290
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/rosary-beads-mary-queen-of-scots-carried-to-her-execution-stolen-in-gbp1m-heist
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mary-queen-scots-rosary-beads-stolen-arundel-castle-180977789/
A man is accused of dumping garbage at a Roman site in Caerleon:
https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/19333832.man-denies-dumping-waste-ancient-roman-site-caerleon/
Court appearance for someone accused of arson at the George Rogers Clark cabin (Indiana):
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Suspect-in-court-after-fire-destroys-re-created-16199904.php
Feature on petroglyph vandalism:
https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-archaeology-petroglyph-vandalism-is-not-a-victimless-crime
More on a metal detectorist in Worcestershire finding items stolen in 2017:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-57170608 https://www.newsweek.com/first-time-metal-detectorist-finds-ancient-stolen-treasure-worth-thousands-1593419
More on accusations that Houthis in Yemen are destroying antiquities:
https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/yemen/yemen-al-houthis-accused-of-systematic-ruin-of-antiquities-1.79498570
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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 ================================================================
Some stolen items returned to Thailand from the US were received with great ceremony:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/ceremony-marks-return-of-stolen-thai-antiquities/videoshow/82970071.cms
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2121527/ancient-lintels-to-arrive-Friday
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57286063 https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/religious-artefacts-returned-to-thailand-after-decades/article34647102.ece
https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/25/stolen-antiquities-returned-to-thailand-after-decades/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/religious-artifacts-returned-to-thailand-after-decades-1.5442455
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3134851/ancient-thai-religious-items-make-sacred-journey-home
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61452 http://www.archaeology.org/news/9720-210527-thailand-lintels-repatriated
More on the return of stolen frescoes from Stabiae:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/may/18/stolen-roman-frescoes-returned-to-pompeii-after-investigation
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/six-stolen-frescoes-returned-pompeii-180977774/
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on coins of Metapontum, Heraclea, and Sybaris:
https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/ancient-coins-of-lucania-part-1-metapontum-heraclea-and-sybaris/
Feature on coins of Seleucus I Nicator:
https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/the-humble-coinage-of-the-first-seleucid-king/
Latest e-Sylum:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n21.html
... and the one which should appear later today:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n22.html ------------------------
Coin Week:
http://www.coinweek.com/
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OBITUARIES
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Eilat Mazar:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/remembering-eilat-mazar-the-archaeologist-of-jerusalem-669419
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/05/28/eilat-mazar-leading-light-israeli-biblical-archaeology-uncovered/
https://watchjerusalem.co.il/1253-dr-eilat-mazar-queen-of-jerusalem-archaeology-has-died
https://www.jns.org/opinion/the-israeli-woman-to-whom-the-stones-spoke/ https://www.thetrumpet.com/24068-dr-eilat-mazar-queen-of-jerusalem-archaeology-has-died
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/archaeology-news/dr-eilat-mazar-famed-archeologist-of-jerusalem-passes-away/2021/05/26/
https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/history-ideas/2021/05/remembering-the-archaeologist-who-uncovered-biblical-jerusalem/
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/remembering-eilat-mazar/
Derek Keene:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/25/derek-keene-obituary
Faye Schulman:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/world/europe/faye-schulman-dead.html
Sister Margherita Marchione:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/29/us/sister-margherita-marchione-dead.html
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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS ================================================================
Audio News from Archaeologica:
https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3074-audio-news-from-archaeologica-may-16-through-may-27-2021
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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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