https://arkeonews.net/citizen-scientists-discover-more-than-1000-new-burial-mounds-in-a-dutch-archaeological-project/
An Iron Age votive deposit of bronze items (Lusatian) from near Chelmo (Poland):
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66304 https://arkeonews.net/dozens-of-unique-bronze-ornaments-discovered-in-a-drained-peat-bog-in-poland/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/bronze-treasures-found-among-sacrificial-deposits/146030
Remains of an Iron Age chariot axle from Sizewell:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-64401388 https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-729818 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/rare-iron-age-axle-found-in-suffolk/146025
A housing development site in Northamptonshire reveals a 4000 years bp site used for 'ritual activity' possibly for 2000 years of use:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/roman-ritual-centre-found-near-northampton/145908
https://the-past.com/news/excavations-in-overstone-reveal-remains-of-a-bronze-age-barrow-and-a-roman-shrine/
In case you missed the neutron imaging of an 800 years bp pendant:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/neutrons-help-scientists-see-inside-800-year-old-pendant-and-find-tiny-bones-180981444/
... or the 'replica' Bronze Age sword from Hungary at the Field Museum which is now deemed authentic:
https://www.iflscience.com/museum-discovers-its-replica-sword-is-actually-3-000-years-old-67206
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/23/authentic-3000-year-old-bronze-age-sword-at-field-museum/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11152-230126-bronze-age-sword
Latest finds relating to the 1300 years bp Harpole Treasure is a unique cross with a medieval garnet:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-64428086
A shipwreck off Eastbourne has been identified as the 17th century Dutch warship known as the Klein Hollandia:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jan/27/remarkable-eastbourne-shipwreck-identified-as-17th-century-dutch-warship
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-64402152.amp https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2023/01/shipwreck-off-english-coast-is-a-dutch-17th-century-warship/
A 19th century lead coffin burial of a surgeon from the dig at Leicester Cathedral:
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/cathedral-dig-surgeon https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-64415265 https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/history/leicester-cathedral-dig-uncovers-coffin-8083348
A 19th century shipwreck off Plymouth has been identified:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-64385280 https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/mystery-around-plymouth-ship-hulk-8080280
https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/marine-archaeologists-discover-the-real-identity-of-a-decaying-hull-in-plymouth/
Human remains from the Battle of Waterloo have been found in an attic in Belgium:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/25/europe/battle-waterloo-bones-scli-intl-scn/index.html
Human remains found on a Cornwall beach might belong to a centuries-old shipwreck victim:
https://www.newsweek.com/skull-found-uk-beach-shipwreck-sailor-1776389 https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2023-01-24/human-remains-found-during-beach-clean-could-be-shipwreck-victim
Fire destroyed an historic Victorian-era London church:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/27/st-marks-church-st-johns-wood-london-destroyed-by-fire
Vegetation concerns for medieval lynchets in Amesbury:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-64373627
More on remains of a Mesolithic settlement from North Yorkshire:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/23/shedding-light-on-the-lives-of-stone-age-hunter-gatherers-in-britain/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11140-230120-england-mesolithic-wetlands
More on evidence of the English Civil War from musket holes in a gatehouse in Warwickshire:
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/bbc-digging-britain-show-uncovers-26043309
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11155-230127-england-coleshill-manor http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66276
More on the 1800+ years bp runestone frine from near Oslo:
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20230122-archaeologists-discover-world-s-oldest-rune-stone-in-norway
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/oldest-known-runestone-found-in-norway/145961
More on the Red Lady of Paviland:
https://nation.cymru/culture/red-lady-of-paviland-the-story-of-a-33000-year-old-skeleton-and-the-calls-for-it-to-return-to-wales/
More on rats not being responsible (maybe) for the spread of the Black Death:
https://www.livescience.com/black-death-not-primarily-spread-by-rats
More on mapping subterranean structures in Scotland:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/lasers-are-mapping-scotlands-subterranean-iron-age-structures/145958
Plans to look for a Neolithic henge at a Yorkshire village site:
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/kirk-hammerton-henge-archaeologists-to-search-for-undiscovered-prehistoric-temple-that-could-be-beneath-yorkshire-village-4005465
Feature on Teutonic knights:
https://www.livescience.com/all-about-history-126
Feature on a 16th century mosaic of a rhinoceros in Portugal:
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0dqhjpj/the-surprising-story-of-a-16th-century-rhino-called-ganda
Feature on the origins of Thomas Cromwell's power:
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0dz4jpw/the-little-known-origin-of-thomas-cromwell-s-power
Shropshire archaeologists are seeking help on a 'carved stone' from Nesscliffe (sp?) Hillfort:
https://newsroom.shropshire.gov.uk/2023/01/shropshire-archaeological-find-sparks-interest-us/
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/environment/2023/01/26/nessglyph-riddle-boffins-baffled-by-mystery-stone-found-at-shropshire-archaeological-dig/
On waterlogged wood found at various sites in the UK:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/23/waterlogged-wood-found-in-bedforshire/
Honours for Fatima Cates, who helped set up the UK's earliest known mosque:
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-merseyside-64365093
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Archaeology in Europe News:
http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/
Medievalists.net:
https://www.medievalists.net/category/news/
Viking Archaeology Blog:
http://viking-archaeology-blog.blogspot.com/
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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ============================================================
Overview of excavations of the 800 years bp Diaoyu City on a Chinese mountaintop:
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article271539847.html https://www.aol.com/news/800-old-fortified-city-imperial-155918940.html
A mirror and a large Dako iron sword from a 4th century tomb mound in Nara:
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14824344 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/01/26/national/history/sword-mirror-burial-mound/
https://arkeonews.net/2-3-meter-sword-found-in-4th-century-tomb-in-japan/ http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66283 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/giant-2-3-metre-long-dakoken-sword-among-unprecedented-discoveries-in-burial-mound/146053
Excavations have resumed at the Harappan site at Rakhigarhi:
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/archaeologists-resume-excavation-at-rakhigarhi-472785
The ASI plans to restore an archway at a 12th century mosque in Qutub:
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/asi-to-restore-archway-at-12th-century-mosque-in-qutub-complex-101674412659793.html
38 new sites have been identified in the Islamabad Capital Territory:
https://www.nation.com.pk/23-Jan-2023/38-new-archeological-sites-discovered-in-ict
Feature on the archaeology with identifies Tamil kingdoms in southern India:
https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2023/01/24/chera-chola-pandya-using-archaeological-evidence-to-identify-the-tamil-kingdoms-of-early-historic-south-india/
Feature on Genghis Khan:
https://www.livescience.com/43260-genghis-khan.html
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
Not sure we've mentioned this destruction of petroglyphs by vandals at Koonalda Cave:
https://twistedsifter.com/2023/01/vandals-have-destroyed-australian-artifacts-dating-back-over-20000-years/
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NORTH AMERICA
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An update on what has been found so far this season at the Alamo dig:
https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Alamo-excavation-update-Artifacts-found-but-no-17738717.php
A study of changes to mortality related to the transition from hunting/gathering to agriculture in North America:
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-agriculture-linked-age-independent-mortality-north.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/24/agriculture-linked-to-changes-in-age-independent-mortality/
A mid-19th century Indigenous Canadian jacket turned up in a vintage clothing store:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-south-yorkshire-64353180
Feature on Trenton's Petty's Run archaeological site:
https://www.trentondaily.com/this-week-in-history-exploring-the-pettys-run-archaeological-site/
More on NSF funding to survey hurricane-damaged sites in Florida:
https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/archaeologists-awarded-nsf-grant-survey-hurricane-damaged-heritage-sites/
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
Studying what people were eating at Mexico's Cueva de la Paloma site 9000 years bp:
https://www.macon.com/news/nation-world/world/article271519622.html https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article271519622.html
Evidence of pre-Hispanic domestic housing platforms from a Maya site in Tabasco:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pre-hispanic-mayan-housing-found-tabasco-1234654834/
Recent finds from Palenque are helping to work out ceramic chronology of the Late Classic Maya:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/new-discoveries-reveal-ceramic-chronology-in-maya-city-of-palenque/146037
Remains of 18th century sugarcane mills from Martinique:
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article270953837.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/11142-230123-martinique-sugarcane-mills
19th century relics found in 23 lead boxes in Mexico City's Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral:
https://apnews.com/article/caribbean-mexico-city-4c705d0ff3da20b49d40722f9194094d
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/relics-found-23-lead-boxes-mexico-city-cathedral-96724609
Comparing modern to ancient 'dark earth' created by various Amazonian people:
https://ancient-archeology.com/study-investigates-source-of-amazons-dark-earth/
More on the 2000 years bp Zapotec tombs from San Pedro Nexicho:
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/pre-hispanic-tombs-oaxaca-zapotec/ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-20/dozens-of-pre-hispanic-zapotec-tombs-in-san-pedro-nexicho/101876922
More on the sculpture of Xipe Totec going on display:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/moyotlan-sculpture-unveiled/145881
Feature on UCSD's work documenting sites in the path of the Maya Train project:
https://today.ucsd.edu/story/uc-san-diego-scientists-race-to-document-mexicos-maya-ruins
Feature on Machu Picchu:
https://www.historyextra.com/period/early-modern/machu-picchu-inca-city-history/
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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 ============================================================
A Buddhist prayer has joined the Gutenberg Bible on display at the Beinecke:
https://news.yale.edu/2023/01/24/worlds-oldest-printed-objects-join-gutenberg-bible-beinecke-display
A 17th century French aristocratic woman used gold wire to keep her teeth from falling out:
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-french-aristocrat-golden-dental-secret.html https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230126-french-aristocrat-s-golden-dental-secret-revealed-400-years-on
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/archaeologists-uncover-gold-wire-mouth-anne-dalegre-17th-century-socialite-bad-reputation/
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-17th-century-aristocrat-had-a-crafty-secret-for-keeping-her-teeth
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66293 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-secrets-lie-beneath-this-17th-century-french-aristocrats-smile-180981526/
cf: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-archaeological-science-reports
A mystery portrait might be by Raphael:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-64374229
Marking the 700th anniversary of the canonization ot Thomas Aquinas by putting his skull on display:
https://www.ncregister.com/cna/skull-of-st-thomas-aquinas-unveiled-at-700th-anniversary-of-his-canonization
Jane Austen on TikTok:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/29/jane-austen-tiktok-generation-heroine-fans
On the history of the toilet:
https://www.livescience.com/who-invented-the-toilet
A 'new' poem by Phillis Wheatley has been identified:
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-poem-famed-early-american-poet.html https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/ualbany-professor-discovers-early-work-poet-17740564.php
An archaeology book has been 'pulped' because of the author's bullying behaviour:
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2023/01/digging-up-dirt-archaeology-book-pulped-over-authors-behaviour/
On music and astronomy over the ages:
https://theconversation.com/a-hymn-to-the-stars-what-happens-when-science-puts-the-universe-into-music-196499
Feature on preparing papyri for exhibition:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/preserving-papyrus-caring-4000-year-old-documents
Feature on Colette:
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230125-colette-the-most-beloved-french-writer-of-all-time
Feature on ancient seeds and their potential uses:
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/25/1149738126/climate-change-food-supply-lebanon-seed-bank-agriculture
Feature on the history of leprosy:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230124-leprosy-the-ancient-disease-scientists-cant-solve
Feature on the origins of the 'stork delivering babies' tale:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230119-the-weird-history-of-baby-myths
Feature on glacier archaeology:
https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/hidden-treasures-melting-glaciers/
Feature/review on how monks avoided distraction:
https://www.wired.com/story/medieval-monks-distraction/#intcid=_wired-verso-hp-trending_a96eb8fb-2b80-41d8-94a3-6b60c4e83cad_popular4-1
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-64374229
Endangered UNESCO World Heritage sites:
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/25/1151330239/odesa-world-heritage-in-danger-yemen-lebanon-unesco
Another 'find an archaeological dig' feature:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/finding-an-archaeological-dig/
Review of David Graeber, *Pirate Enlightenment*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/books/review/pirate-enlightenment-david-graeber.html
More on lead compounds in Rembrandt's Night Watch:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/scientists-identify-rare-lead-compounds-in-rembrandts-the-night-watch/
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Guilty Treasures:
https://www.actu-culture.com/les-pillages-une-contre-archeologie/
Edward Hopper:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2023/01/26/edward-hopper-new-york-whitney/
A Passion for Collecting Manuscripts:
https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/passion-collecting-manuscripts
Power and Memory (Ottoman):
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/exhibition-displays-ottoman-and-republic-era-objects-180438
The refurbished Larnaca Museum was inaugurated:
https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/01/27/larnaca-museum-will-showcase-citys-relationship-with-history/
Plans for a museum for items found during Thessaloniki metro construction:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/23/museum-host-ancient-antiquities-thessaloniki/
Feature on ten exhibits at the Acropolis Museum:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/23/acropolis-museum/
The press put a 'woke' spin on the British museum's change in the use of the word 'mummy':
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11661057/British-Museum-bans-word-MUMMY-respect-3-000-year-old-dead.html
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/mummy-offensive-dehumanising-banned-ancient-egypt-museums-edinburgh/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/museums-scrap-mummy-label-for-corpses-over-colonial-legacy-h6qpmw65j
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/mummies-museums-name-change-intl-scli-scn/index.html
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-01-24/british-museums-to-stop-using-mummy-over-negative-associations.html
https://hyperallergic.com/795453/forget-mummy-its-mummified-person-now-museums/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/british-museums-mummy-description-mummified-remains-conservatives-freak-out-1234655163/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/26/british-museum-bans-word-mummy-ancient-remains/
... but it seems to have been really overblown:
https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-britain-language/fact-check-the-british-museum-has-not-banned-the-word-mummy-idUSL1N34B1QP
... in case you're wondering where the term came from:
https://www.spectator.com.au/2023/01/barometer-335/ ============================================================
AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
Big bucks for the auction of a Goya:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/01/25/christies-old-masters-new-york-record-breaking-goya-portraits
... and a Bronzino and a van Dyck:
https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/market/sothebys-old-masters-sales-bronzin-record-van-dyck-1234655487/
https://news.artnet.com/market/van-dyck-sothebys-old-master-sales-titian-bronzino-2245644
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ON THE DNA FRONT ============================================================
Feature on the ethics of ancient DNA studies:
https://knowablemagazine.org/article/society/2023/navigating-ethics-ancient-human-dna-research?utm_id=1461802
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THE TECHY SIDE
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CT scanning revealed 49 amulets on the 2300 years bp mummified remains of a 15-year-old boy:
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-golden-boy-mummy-precious-amulets.html https://www.livescience.com/golden-boy-mummy-ancient-egypt https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jan/24/digital-scan-unwraps-secrets-of-mummy-from-2300-years-ago
https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/484805.aspx http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2023-01/25/content_85073352.htm https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-729410 https://www.sciencealert.com/scans-of-mummified-golden-boy-reveal-he-was-covered-in-magical-protections
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11156-230127-mummy-golden-boy
cf: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.1028377/full
More on the facial reconstruction of Ramesses II:
https://the-past.com/news/face-of-ramesses-ii-reconstructed/ ============================================================
CLIMATE MATTERS
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Climate change is being blamed for the extinction of the 'Siberian unicorn':
https://hasanjasim.online/unicorns-lived-among-humans-died-due-to-climate-change-australian-researchers/
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Karaftu Caves:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/21/caraftu-caves-hercules-western-iran/
Merida:
https://www.thetravel.com/what-to-know-about-merida-spain/
Roman Lebanon:
https://www.thetravel.com/are-there-roman-ruins-in-lebanon/
Florence's Ponte Vecchio:
https://www.dw.com/en/the-secrets-of-ponte-vecchio-in-florence/video-61636832
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
Hamlet:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/arts/music/paris-opera-hamlet.html
Feature on the Palais Garnier:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/arts/music/paris-opera-garnier.html
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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ============================================================
There's an Edvard Munch biopic:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/munch-2023-biopic-henrik-martin-dahlsbakken-1234655116/
In Service of our Ancestors (1619 project):
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/insider/a-new-series-in-service-of-our-ancestors.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/magazine/1619-project-hulu.html ============================================================
CRIME BEAT
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A mosaic of Hercules smuggled into the US five or so years ago is the focus of a trial:
https://www.dailynews.com/2023/01/26/la-judge-says-a-huge-ancient-sculpture-can-be-shown-in-court-for-smuggler-trial/
A raid in Asadussaman revealed stolen antiquities (and animal parts):
https://hindupost.in/crime/smuggled-antiquities-and-wildlife-parts-worth-rs-100-crores-found-in-raid-at-house-of-asaduzzaman-deganga-wb/
Ali Aboutaam was found guilty of using forged documents relating to antiquities provenance:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/swiss-court-finds-prominent-antiquities-dealer-guilty-of-using-forged-documents-11674642449
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/geneva-court-finds-ali-aboutaaum-guilty-illegally-importing-antiquities-2247910
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/01/27/antiquities-dealer-ali-aboutaam-given-18-month-suspended-sentence-by-geneva-court
Feature on free ports:
https://boingboing.net/2023/01/25/free-ports-are-places-with-the-ultra-rich-store-their-art-antiquities-to-avoid-tax-and-duties.html
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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 ============================================================
60 or so items were returned to Italy from the US this week:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/23/herculaneum-fresco-among-relics-returned-to-italy-from-us
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/world/europe/italy-art-stolen-us.html https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/romes-looted-treasures-returned-from-us-collectors-j0tmb7mr3
https://observer.com/2023/01/antiquities-seized-from-billionaire-michael-steinhardt-repatriated-to-italy/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/stolen-art-from-american-billionaire-michael-steinhardt-returned-to-italy
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/italy-welcomes-home-looted-ancient-artworks-us-2023-01-23/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/ancient-fresco-among-60-treasures-returned-to-italy-from-us/2023/01/23/afa68a4c-9b48-11ed-93e0-38551e88239c_story.html
https://www.cnn.com/videos/style/2023/01/23/italy-ancient-artifacts-antiquities-return-ist-intl-vpx.cnn
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/italy-looted-ancient-artifacts-return-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/us-returns-60-artifacts-to-italy-including-fresco-of-greek-hero-hercules/news
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ancient-fresco-60-treasures-returned-italy-us-96613902
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2023/01/23/pompeii-fresco-among-60-artifacts-returned-from-us_236d7b7e-ab67-49d6-a1b4-ea8d6c20033f.html
https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/us-returns-20-million-worth-of-stolen-art-to-italy.html
https://www.thenationalherald.com/ancient-fresco-among-60-treasures-returned-to-italy-from-us/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/manhattan-da-returns-looted-artifacts-italy-2246866
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/01/26/looted-archaeological-artefacts-returned-italy
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/at-long-last-italy-welcomes-home-looted-art-antiquities-worth-20-million-180981507/
... although there might be some fakes in the bunch?:
https://eturbonews.com/italy-cultural-archaeology-finds-authentic/
The US returned ancient coins and a fresco fragment to Cyprus:
https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/01/26/ancient-coins-and-fresco-fragment-returned-from-us-with-aid-of-homeland-security/
Australia returned nine Buddha statues to Thailand:
https://thediplomat.com/2023/01/australian-returns-nine-antique-buddha-statues-to-thailand/
Calls for the return of a Cork artifact from the British Museum:
https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/history/calls-return-precious-cork-artefact-26048756
Heirs are suing the Guggenheim over a Nazi-looted Picasso:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/romes-looted-treasures-returned-from-us-collectors-j0tmb7mr3
Unrepatriated Native American remains in the State Museum of Pennsylvania:
https://www.wesa.fm/identity-community/2023-01-24/why-does-the-state-museum-have-the-remains-of-hundreds-of-native-americans
Mexico received items from Denmark, Canada, and the US:
https://www.plenglish.com/news/2023/01/26/mexico-recovers-archaeological-pieces-with-various-countries-help/
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Feature on ancient coins of Troas:
https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/coins-of-ancient-greek-troas-troad-part-3/
Latest e-Sylum:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n04.html
... and the one which should appear later today:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n05.html ------------------------
Coin Week:
http://www.coinweek.com/
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OBITUARIES
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George L Huxley:
https://classicalassociationni.wordpress.com/2023/01/22/professor-george-l-huxley-obituary/
Brenda Haywood:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/brenda-heywood-obituary-pxzhx2z0k
Tim Schadla-Hall:
https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/people/2023/01/obituary-tim-schadla-hall-1947-2023/
Paul La Farge:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/25/books/paul-la-farge-dead.html
Marion Meade:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/22/books/marion-meade-dead.html
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Archaeology Magazine News Page:
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About.com Archaeology:
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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:
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