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Feature on Solomon Northrup:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Saratoga-s-claim-on-Solomon-Northrup-not-the-full-16944503.php

Review of Daniel Levy, *Manhattan Phoenix*:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/feb/27/manhattan-phoenix-review-epic-history-new-york-fire-water
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
The INAH has officially interpreted the great frieze found at Atzompa:

https://www.parisbeacon.com/52115/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/02/iconographic-interpretation-of-zapotec-frieze-announced-by-inah/142890

More on the pre-Inca burials (including child sacrifices, apparently) from Cajamarquilla:

https://www.laprensalatina.com/pre-inca-archaeological-site-yields-8-child-sacrificial-victims/
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2022/02/23/677375/Archaeologists-present-mummies-of-sacrificed-children-found-in-Peru

Another feature/study on Inca khipu use:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/02/ancient-andean-societal-complexities.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 ============================================================
I can never figure out where to put features about Cleopatra's Needle:

https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/cleopatras-needle-central-park-obelisk-holds-secrets-well-never-know

Pondering King John's reputation:

https://www.livescience.com/all-about-history-issue-114

Pondering why we still like Shakespeare:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/why-were-still-obsessed-with-shakespeare-book-review-chris-townsend/

Feature on the alquerque board game:

https://elpais.com/ciencia/el-juego-de-la-ciencia/2022-02-25/el-arquerque.html

Feature on Edmonia Lewis' 'Death of Cleopatra':

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/when-cleopatra-died-again-180979562/

Feature/revived obituary on Mary Eliza Mahoney:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/19/obituaries/mary-eliza-mahoney-overlooked.html

Feature on Trinidad Arroyo:

https://elpais.com/ciencia/2022-02-20/trinidad-arroyo-la-mujer-que-voto-17-anos-antes-que-las-demas.html

Feature on how Spain recovered from the Black Death:

https://elpais.com/economia/negocios/2022-02-21/espana-se-sobrepuso-a-la-peste-negra-pero-con-una-recuperacion-lenta-y-desigual.html

Feature on reconstructing 400 years bp corset designs:

https://theconversation.com/remaking-history-in-hand-making-400-year-old-corset-designs-i-was-able-to-really-understand-how-they-impacted-women-175055

Feature on dating petroglyphs:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/evaamsen/2022/02/24/finding-out-the-age-of-rock-art-with-a-non-destructive-method/?sh=750afbfe31dd

Feature on post-Darwin ideas about human origins in the North:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/extreme-north/

Centuries-old naval warfare capture documents are now online:

https://phys.org/news/2022-02-centuries-old-naval-warfare-capture-documents.html

cf: https://www.prizepapers.de/

Review of Roosevelt Montas, *Rescuing Socrates*:

https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/02/the-odyssey-of-roosevelt-montas/

Review of R Guha, *Rebels Against the Raj*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/books/review/ramachandra-guha-rebels-against-the-raj.html

More on the loss of medieval chivalry manuscripts:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/02/study-finds-90-percent-of-medieval-chivalric-and-heroic-manuscripts-have-been-lost/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/02/90-of-medieval-chivalry-and-heroism.html

Latest on the search for the Endurance:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/track-marine-archaeologists-searching-icy-antarctic-seas-ernest-shackletons-endurance-180979581/
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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They're apparently trying to track damage to monuments and antiquities in Ukraine:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/arts/ukraine-cultural-sites-art.html

Apparently 100 years ago, Mississippi voted to send all its Black people to Africa:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/02/20/mississippi-black-africa-mccallum/

In case you missed 'Twosday':

https://theconversation.com/happy-twosday-why-numbers-like-2-22-22-have-been-too-fascinating-for-over-2-000-years-176093

... and a related feature on palindromes:

https://www.abc4.com/news/local-news/a-brief-history-of-palindromes/

OpEd on Black History Month:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/20/opinion/black-history-month.html ============================================================
ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ============================================================
Rethinking the story of dog domestication:

https://bigthink.com/life/dog-domestication-story-wrong/

More on kunga breeding in Mesopotamia:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/02/21/before-horses-ass-hybrids-were-bred-for-warfare-in-mesopotamia/
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LANGUAGE RELATED
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Pondering the meaning of the word 'love'' in 4500 BCE:

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/02/what-love-meant-in-4500-bc/622853/

Suggestion that men and women 16th-18th century had different spellings for things (I think):

https://www.elmostrador.cl/braga/2022/02/25/cuando-los-hombres-y-las-mujeres-no-escribian-igual/

Feature on the 'invention' of the alphabet:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/why-was-the-alphabet-invented-anyway
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Tut's Curse:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/02/26/tutankhamuns-curse-dispelled-oxford-university-exhibition/

Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors and Heroes:

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7617333/ancient-display-of-real-girl-power/
https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/the-olympic-spirit-of-competition-comes-alive-in-ancient-greeks-20220221-p59y88.html
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7617333/ancient-display-of-real-girl-power/

World of Stonehenge:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2022/02/25/sacred-mysteries-vegetable-sacrifice-lamp-post-sun/
https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/a-new-story-for-stonehenge

Pompeii in Color:

https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2022/february/exhibition-of-roman-frescoes-from-the-doomed-city-opens-in-perso.html

Kore of Thira:

https://news.gtp.gr/2015/06/26/santorinis-kore-statue-display-first-time/

Kore 670:

https://www.rom.on.ca/en/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/from-athens-to-toronto-a-greek-masterpiece-revealed

Dressed:

https://www.dw.com/en/dressed-7-women-200-years-of-fashion/a-60885963

David:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/jacques-louis-david-drawings-radical-met/

Picasso:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/02/22/picasso-and-the-allure-of-the-south/

Harlem Renaissance:

https://onlineexhibits.library.yale.edu/s/gatheroutofstardust/page/introduction

Riches of Northern Ireland:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-60415669

The National Gallery has cut ties with BP:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/feb/22/national-portrait-gallery-and-bp-to-cut-ties-after-30-years
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/national-portrait-gallery-cuts-ties-with-bp-8zlpzwqqv

The Met has acquired a Renaissance roundel 18 years after it failed to get it at auction:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/23/arts/design/met-italian-renaissance-bronze-cavalli.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63433

OpEddish on museums rethinking their mission:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/can-museums-shape-the-future-without-forgetting-the-past-qkkdtfr9k

Review of Carolline Shenton, *National Treasures*:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/national-treasures-caroline-shenton-book-review-shauna-isaac/

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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
A bell purportedly from Columbus' Santa Maria is coming to auction:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/02/26/christopher-columbus-santa-maria-bell-auction-tallahassee-affiliated-auctions-shipwreck/6938232001/

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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A DNA study is shedding light on demographic shifts in sub-Saharan Africa between 80 000 and 20 000 years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2022-02-ancient-dna-reveals-early-africans.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/02/220223111223.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/944657 https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/944328 https://news.yale.edu/2022/02/23/move-ancient-dna-illuminates-early-stone-age-social-networks
https://theconversation.com/ancient-dna-helps-reveal-social-changes-in-africa-50-000-years-ago-that-shaped-the-human-story-175436
https://www.science.org/content/article/oldest-human-dna-africa-reveals-complex-migrations
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/24/world/unified-human-genome-scli-intl-scn-gbr/index.html
https://www.wired.com/story/ancient-african-dna/ https://www.sciencenews.org/article/africa-oldest-human-dna-mating-long-distance-stone-age
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2309566-largest-ever-family-tree-of-humanity-reveals-our-species-history/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/02/ancient-dna-reveals-surprises-about-how.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/02/25/ancient-dna-tells-a-fascinating-tale-about-early-africans/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10379-220224-africa-dna-population

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04430-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00479-8

A study of the 'largest ever human family tree':

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/02/220224140841.htm https://elpais.com/ciencia/2022-02-24/el-primer-arbol-genealogico-de-todos-los-humanos-se-remonta-mas-de-2000-generaciones.html
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THE TECHY SIDE
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Facial reconstructions of assorted ancient Greeks:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/02/21/real-faces-ancient-greeks-video/ ============================================================
CLIMATE MATTERS
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Climate change concerns for Hadrian's Wall:

https://www.euronews.com/2022/02/20/hadrian-s-wall-under-threat-from-climate-change-on-1900th-birthday
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
Feature on Charles Dibdin:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220223-how-the-first-ever-pop-star-blazed-a-trail-of-innovation

Don Carlo(s):

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/arts/music/don-carlos-verdi-met-opera.html ============================================================
TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ============================================================
Hyping an upcoming 4-part documentary on the Underground Railroad:

https://www.livescience.com/underground-railroad-secrets-science-channel

Hyping a show about a theft from the UK's National Gallery back in 1961:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220221-the-duke-the-bus-driver-a-goya-masterpiece
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CRIME BEAT
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The US has banned the import of art and antiquities from Afghanistan:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/02/21/us-bans-import-of-art-and-antiquities-from-afghanistan
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-restricts-importation-some-afghan-archaeological-ethnological-material-2022-02-22/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/us-banned-import-afghan-antiquities-2076352

Some antiques used as props in 'The Crown' were stolen:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-60506167 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/arts/television/the-crown-stolen-props.html

Something about tracking down some stolen Degas works in Spain:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-02-22/la-denuncia-de-un-robo-destapa-la-supuesta-existencia-de-dos-degas-en-galicia.html

Feature on 'blood antiquities' in the Middle East:

https://www.dw.com/en/docfilm-stolen-blood-antiquities/av-60869261
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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 ============================================================
A Naples court has ordered the return of the Minneapolis Institute of Art's Doryphoros statue:

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2022/02/21/naples-court-demands-us-museum-return-ancient-statue_d0aa306b-04fd-41be-8aa2-d65901c47ee0.html
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/us-told-to-return-stolen-roman-sculpture-in-minneapolis-institute-of-art-tq9chpk6x
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/europe/20220223/c72e627175d04c05b16765cd01ce4449/c.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/02/italy-asks-for-return-of-doryphoros-of.html

Spanish police recovered the final piece of a 17th century tapestry stolen 42 years ago:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/feb/21/final-piece-of-17th-century-tapestry-stolen-42-years-ago-found-by-spanish-police-erik-the-belgian?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

How China handles repatriation:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/china-restitution-billionaires-returning-art-2072780

A Chile museum is returning a Moai to Easter Island:

https://phys.org/news/2022-02-chile-museum-easter-island.html https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/easter-island-moai-stone-statue-begins-long-journey-home-2022-02-21/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/22/easter-island-moai-statue-begins-journey-home-150-years-after-removal-to-santiago
https://www.latercera.com/culto/2022/02/21/el-viaje-de-retorno-de-tau-el-primer-moai-que-vuelve-del-continente-a-rapa-nui-tras-152-anos/
https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/artes-y-cultura/actualidad-cultural/2022/02/21/ministerio-de-las-culturas-regresa-el-moai-mas-antiguo-del-museo-de-historia-natural-a-rapa-nui.shtml
https://m.elmostrador.cl/cultura/2022/02/21/ministerio-de-las-culturas-devuelve-a-rapa-nui-un-moai-que-permanecia-en-un-museo/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/02/chiles-national-museum-of-natural.html

Some collectors in the Netherlands returned 17 items to Mexico:

https://www.voanews.com/a/pre-columbian-artifacts-returned-to-mexico/6451918.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10372-220222-mexico-repatriation-pottery

Pre-Columbian stone artifacts smuggled to Puerto Rico were returned to the Dominican:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/02/25/pre-columbian-stone-artefacts-smuggled-puerto-rico-repatriated-dominican-republic

An 18th century icon illegally taken to the UK in 1974 was returned to Cyprus:

https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/repatriation-of-18th-century-icon-that-had-been-illegally-taken-to-the-uk-in-1974/

The Lakota are seeking the return of Wounded Knee Massacre items from a Scottish Museum:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/native-americans-urge-scotland-museum-to-return-wounded-knee-massacre-artifacts-180979589/

More on 55 antiquities associated with the Steinhardt cast being returned to Greece:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/02/24/stolen-greek-antiquities-new-york/ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/arts/design/antiquities-greek-20-million.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/greece-new-york-manhattan-new-york-university-greeks-b2021926.html
https://abcnews.go.com/International/stolen-antiquities-billionaires-collection-repatriated-greece/story?id=83070045
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/02/24/news/us-returns-billionaires-stolen-antiquities-to-greece/
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1178317/manhattan-da-returns-artifacts-worth-20-million-to-greece/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/02/24/55-antiquities-valued-at-more-than-20-million-repatriated-to-greece/

More on the amateur sleuths tracking down stolen antiquities from India:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/17/india-stolen-antiquities/

More on the return of some Benin Bronzes to their ancestral home:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-60462366 https://www.cnn.com/style/article/nigeria-looted-benin-bronzes-returned-intl-scli/index.html
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/nigeria-returns-two-looted-treasures-to-traditional-palace-171659
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/888/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/888/pub/888/page/46/article/277837
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/02/nigeria-returns-two-stolen-benin.html
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on the quinarius:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/the-quinarius-an-ancient-roman-coin-youve-never-heard-of/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n08.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n09.html

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Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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R. Christopher Goodwin:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/fredericknewspost/name/r-goodwin-obituary?id=33147227

Caroline Wickham-Jones:

https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/obituary-caroline-wickham-jones-archeologist-who-deepened-understanding-of-prehistoric-scotland-3578592

Edmund Keeley:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/edmund-keeley-preeminent-scholar-and-translator-of-modern-greek-poetry-94/

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3157-audio-news-from-archaeologica-february-13th-through-february-19th-2022
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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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