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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-800-year-old-mummy-in-peru-180979134/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10165-211130-peru-tied-mummy

A Chimu agricultural site from the Chicama Valley:

https://andina.pe/Ingles/noticia-ancient-site-featuring-chimu-cultures-agricultural-practices-unearthed-in-chicama-valley-871947.aspx
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/12/ancient-complex-from-chimu-period-discovered-in-peru/142170

A post-conquest Aztec altar from Mexico City:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-59489046 https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/archaeologists-uncover-post-conquest-aztec-altar-mexico-city-2021-12-01/
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/aztec-altar-mexico-city-scli-intl-scn/index.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/12/archaeologists-discover-offerings-in-aztec-housing-complex/142138
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62799 https://www.archaeology.org/news/10176-211202-mexico-altar-cremains

Reconstructing ancient Andean diets:

https://www.dailycal.org/2021/12/01/uc-berkeley-archaeologists-reconstruct-ancient-andean-diets/

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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 ============================================================
Feature on some of Henry VIII's love letters to Anne Boleyn:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0b7b0z9/the-steamy-love-letters-henry-viii-sent-to-anne-boleyn

Feature on stones broken by horses possibly being mistaken for ancient tools:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2299602-stones-smashed-by-horses-can-be-mistaken-for-ancient-human-tools/

Feature on the Brooklyn Bridge:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/library-book-110-years-overdue_n_61a27246e4b0451e55081a0f

Feature on astrolabes:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/what-is-astrolabe-04322/

Feature on Botticelli's The Man of Sorrows:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/804/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/804/pub/804/page/18/article/246624

Feature on Italian renaissance art:

https://theconversation.com/the-ostentatious-story-of-the-young-pope-leo-x-his-pet-elephant-the-cardinal-he-killed-and-his-anal-fistula-171499

A realllllly overdue book was returned:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/library-book-110-years-overdue_n_61a27246e4b0451e55081a0f

Feature on Marie Curie:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-marie-curie

Feature on William Morris:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20211125-why-we-still-love-original-anti-minimalist-william-morris

Feature on pope Leo X:

https://theconversation.com/the-ostentatious-story-of-the-young-pope-leo-x-his-pet-elephant-the-cardinal-he-killed-and-his-anal-fistula-171499

Feature on Julia Tuttle:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/03/obituaries/julia-tuttle-overlooked.html

Feature on Genghis Khan's 'soft' side:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/genghis-khan-had-a-soft-side

Feature on Hegel and Heraclitus:

https://philosophynow.org/issues/147/Hegel_Reading_Heraclitus

Feature on 'nothing' and philosophy:

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/how-a-debate-over-nothing-split-western-philosophy-apart-1.6268281

Feature on the Mariage Freres tea company:

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3157514/best-chinese-japanese-indian-and-english-teas

Folks aren't happy with proposals for Notre Dame, apparently:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/12/01/interior-redesign-notre-dame-cathedral

... related, sort of:

https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/12/saving-notre-dame-cathedral/#slide-1

Feature on the history of corn:

https://elpais.com/eps/2021-11-27/la-historia-del-maiz-la-obra-maestra-que-cultivo-mesoamerica.html

Review of a book of Virginia Woolf's art reviews:

https://hyperallergic.com/690204/new-book-brings-virginia-woolfs-little-known-art-criticism-to-light/

Review of Robert Gottlieb, *Garbo*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/03/books/review/greta-garbo-biography-robert-gottlieb.html

Review of Virginia Postrel, *The Weave of Civilization*:

https://smoda.elpais.com/placeres/cuando-la-seda-era-un-asunto-de-estado-virginia-postrel-investiga-los-secretos-de-la-historia-de-los-tejidos/

More on prehistoric infant mortality:

https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/prehistoric-mums-cared-for-kids-better-than-we-thought
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10163-211129-prehistory-infant-mortality ============================================================
CURRENT EVENTS:
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Feature on Judith's role in the Hanukkah story:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/12/04/166486095/a-hidden-hanukkah-tale-of-a-woman-an-army-and-some-killer-cheese

Pondering the events connected with Hanukkah and the creation of Jewish culture:

https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/12/03/did-the-events-that-inspired-hanukkah-create-jewish-culture-as-we-know-it/

Classicists were pestered this week on the pronunciation of omicron:

https://www.motherjones.com/media/2021/11/omicron-variant-pronunciation-classics-scholars-british-american/

Feature on Santa Claus (already?):

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/12/father-christmas-vs-santa-claus/142159

Review of Elizabeth Samet, *Looking for the Good War*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/01/books/review/looking-for-the-good-war-elizabeth-samet.html
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ============================================================
I think we've had this Anatolian sheep domestication story before:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/science/ancient-anatolian-sheep-shed-light-on-history-of-domestication

On the origin of western honey bees:

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-western-honey-bees-sweet.html

cf: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abj2151 ============================================================
LANGUAGE RELATED
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On the whistled Greek language Sfyria:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/11/28/the-whistled-greek-language-and-how-it-can-be-lost-forever/

More on farmers spreading transeurasian languages:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211129122713.htm ============================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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History of Mathematics:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/math-history-exhibit/2021/11/26/f458ecfa-4c95-11ec-b73b-a00d6e559a6e_story.html

cf: https://history-of-mathematics.org/

Donatello:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/11/30/first-major-donatello-exhibition-in-nearly-40-years-to-open-in-florence

Hogarth:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/hogarth-europe-tate-britain-jacqueline-riding-review-ferdinand-mount/

Vermeer:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/12/02/biggest-ever-vermeer-exhibition-to-take-place-at-the-rijksmuseum-in-amsterdam-in-2023
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/dec/02/museum-rivalry-could-make-dutch-vermeer-show-last-of-its-kind

Raphael and the Domus Aurea:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/exhibits-events/neros-aesthetics-in-the-renaissance/

Germany has launched an online portal for colonial era acquisitions:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/12/01/germany-launches-online-portal-for-museum-objects-acquired-in-colonial-era

OpEd on colonialism in museums:

https://www.mcgilldaily.com/2021/12/old-shame-the-modern-museum/

The Boston MFA has new galleries for Roman things:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/12/02/boston-museum-of-fine-arts-unveils-newly-galleries-for-ancient-greece-rome-and-the-byzantine-empire/

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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
An Auction to help the National Museum of American Jewish History:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/02/arts/design/stuart-weitzman-jewish-history-museum.html

Questioning the authenticity of a bell supposedly from the Santa Maria:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-11-28/las-dudas-redoblan-sobre-la-campana-de-colon.html

More hype for that Durer drawing bought at a house sale:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/11/19/unknown-durer-drawingbought-for-just-dollar30-at-a-house-clearancecould-sell-for-dollar50m

More on the Hamilton Aphrodite coming to auction:

https://www.barrons.com/articles/ancient-marble-sculpture-the-hamilton-aphrodite-reappears-at-auction-after-more-than-72-years-01638224212

More on the Ludovisi villa and its Caravaggio coming to auction:

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-region/ap-online/2021/12/01/for-sale-rome-villa-restored-by-texas-princess-auctioned

More on that Catherine the Great vaccination letter coming to auction:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/arts/catherine-the-great-vaccination-letter-auction.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes

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THE TECHY SIDE
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Feature on the Beinecke Library digitally restoring a papyrus:

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2021/11/30/beinecke-library-digitally-reconstructs-ancient-papyrus/

Studying the isotopes of 17th century Dutch paintings:

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-european-conflicts-isotopes-dutch-masters.html https://www.npr.org/2021/12/03/1061333545/new-technique-uncovers-the-history-of-a-painting-through-the-paint-used

cf: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abi5905

Another machine-learning art history thing:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/ai-machine-learning-art-history/

More on the facial reconstruction of that Bronze Age diademed woman from Spain:

https://www.livescience.com/facial-reconstruction-bronze-age-diadem-woman http://www.archaeology.org/news/10170-211201-la-almoloya-reconstruction

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Angkor:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20211201-angkor-asias-ancient-hydraulic-city

Vardzia:

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/vardzia-georgia-cave-city-cmd/index.html

Greek Mythology sites:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/places-greek-mythology-still-exist-081926828.html

Silchester:

https://www.hampshirelive.news/whats-on/gallery/silchester-quaint-hampshire-village-connections-6301979
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
Feature on the Nutcracker:

https://www.dw.com/en/how-the-nutcracker-achieved-worldwide-fame/a-46529001

Macbeth:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/dec/03/a-post-menopausal-macbeth-joel-coen-on-tackling-shakespeare-with-frances-mcdormand

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CRIME BEAT
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Italy and Cyprus are cooperating in the fight against antiquities trafficking:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/12/01/italy-and-cyprus-to-cooperate-to-combat-illicit-antiquities-trafficking/
https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/training-programmes-between-italy-and-cyprus-to-combat-illicit-antiquities-trafficking/

A gang in Egypt was arrested for excavating a tomb and attempting to smuggle a sarcophagus:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/110476/Gang-arrested-for-excavating-Ancient-Egyptian-tomb-attempting-to-smuggle

A major bust in Messina retrieved some 11 000 ancient items:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/12/03/the-carabinieri-seized-11000-looted-artefacts/

A bust in Spain retrieved some 400 items from various periods:

https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/12/01/400-archaeological-plundered-pieces-seized/
https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/15603-spanish-police-recover-over-400-archaeological-artifacts

Some statue (Laocoon and sons) vandalism in San Francisco (doesn't seem political):

https://sftimes.com/vandals-cut-off-head-of-legion-of-honors-greek-statue/

More details about fakes made by Monson Mavunkal:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/35-antique-items-of-monson-fake-archaeology-report/articleshow/87967071.cms
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/kerala-archaeology-department-says-monson-mavunkal-s-collections-are-fake-101638112222440-amp.html
https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/monson-s-35-antique-pieces-are-fake-reports-archaeology-department-kerala-latest-news-1.6220670

Another feature on Michael Bogdanos and the illicit art trade:

https://nypost.com/2021/11/30/inside-the-stolen-art-trade-of-nycs-upper-east-side/
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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 ============================================================
There's a huge number of Aboriginal items on the to-be-repatriated list:

https://theconversation.com/we-identified-39-000-indigenous-australian-objects-in-uk-museums-repatriation-is-one-option-but-takes-time-to-get-right-172302
https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-indigenous-afterlives-in-britain-171479

A looted yogini in an English garden was returned to India:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/dec/04/looted-and-left-in-an-english-garden-the-goat-goddess-can-return-to-india

More features on things Nepal wants returned:

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211130-stolen-gods-nepal-seeks-to-bring-home-lost-treasures
https://www.ucanews.com/news/stolen-gods-nepal-seeks-to-bring-home-lost-treasures/95164
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3158024/why-so-many-museums-are-full-stolen-artefacts-nepal-and

More on US returns to Mali:

https://www.trtworld.com/life/mali-s-looted-treasures-returned-by-the-united-states-52258
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/us-returns-more-than-900-artifacts-to-mali-180979138/
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on one of the earliest coins struck in Colonial North America:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/early-colonial-boston-coin-sells-for-350000-180979137/

Feature on the rise of silver coinage in the Ancient Medieterranean:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2021/12/rise-of-silver-coinage

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n48.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n49.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Robert Farris Thompson:

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2021/12/01/robert-farris-thompson-preeminent-scholar-of-african-art-history-dies-at-88/

Edward Shames:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/04/politics/edward-shames-easy-company-world-war-ii-band-of-brothers/index.html

Franz Streitwieser:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/03/arts/music/franz-streitwieser-dead.html

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3120-audio-news-from-archaeologica-november-21st-through-november-27th-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
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Archaeosoup:

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

Archaeology Podcast Network:

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