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https://riviera-maya-news.com/archaeologists-discover-first-representation-of-mayan-god-kawiil-in-mexico/2023.html
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/rare-statue-mayan-god-kawiil-found-maya-train/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/rare-statue-of-maya-lighting-god-found-in-mexico/147143

A study of early inhabitants of Puerto Rico:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-oldest-human-puerto-rico-reveal.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/986629 https://www.science.org/content/article/oldest-human-remains-puerto-rico-contradict-idea-simple-island-nomads

cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0284291

Feature on the strength of Maya masonry:

https://www.popsci.com/science/ancient-maya-plaster/

A pair of anthropologists believe they have figured out the Mayan 819-count calendar system:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-anthropologist-pair-mystery-mayan-day.html https://arkeonews.net/researchers-solve-the-mystery-of-mayan-819-day-calendar/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/study-reveals-new-secrets-of-the-maya-calendar/147121

cf: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956536122000323

Protestors interrupted a talk in LA by Richard Hansen over his work at El Mirador (Guatemala):

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-04-23/protesters-disrupt-talk-by-author-richard-hansen-at-l-a-times-festival-of-books
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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 the origins of the Bible:

https://www.dw.com/en/what-is-the-historical-origin-of-the-bible/a-65421193

Study suggests 'digesta' was a source of carbs for Ice Age types;

https://news.umich.edu/digesta-an-overlooked-source-of-ice-age-carbs/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/11401-230427-hunter-gatherer-bison-digesta

Pondering the origin of clothing:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/when-did-clothing-originate-180982030/

A study suggests 18th-century clay pipes were used also as weapons and surgical tools:

https://theconversation.com/researchers-discover-18th-century-clay-tobacco-pipes-were-used-as-weapons-and-surgical-tools-204295

Anne Boleyn spent her final days shopping, apparently:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1321/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1321/pub/1321/page/39/article/NaN

Some 'coronation etchings' depicting Charles II were found in the back of a cupboard:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65384921 https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/notting-hill-london-king-british-museum-royal-collection-b1076582.html

Feature ranking Vermeers:

https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/artists/johannes-vermeer-best-paintings-where-1234664602/

Feature on Minerva Parker Nichols:

https://www.fastcompany.com/90868426/the-forgotten-story-of-americas-first-female-architect

Feature on the myth of Atlantis:

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2023/04/why-the-myth-of-atlantis-just-wont-die

Feature on the Antiquarian Book Fair:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/27/arts/new-york-antiquarian-book-fair.html

Feature on the winds of the 1903 Ulysses Storm:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65365106

The first mega-tsunami on record since antiquity was triggered by the Tonga volcanic eruption:

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/tsunami/1st-mega-tsunami-on-record-since-antiquity-was-triggered-by-tonga-volcanic-eruption

Greece is allowing pets at some archaeological sites:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1209668/should-pets-be-allowed-inside-archaeological-sites-with-their-humans/

Latest musings about ChatGPT with some ancient Greek spin (for better or worse):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/28/simon-winchester-chatgpt-ai-ancient-greeks/

More on the find of the wreck of the Montevideo Maru:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-explorers-wwii-ship-sunk-allied.html

More on the hidden symbols found on the 'Stone of Destiny':

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/hidden-symbols-and-anomalies-discovered-in-800-year-old-stone-of-destiny-to-be-used-in-charles-iiis-coronation
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-find-hidden-markings-on-coronation-stone-of-destiny-180982044/

... which is headed to Westminster Abbey:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-65411666 https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/stone-of-destiny-taken-to-london-for-king-charles-coronation-171839557724

... and is controversial:

https://theconversation.com/king-charles-iii-coronation-what-the-controversy-over-an-ancient-stone-tells-us-about-historical-symbols-in-the-modern-age-202171

Review of a trio of books on the history of warfare:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/27/books/review/new-military-history-books.html ============================================================
CURRENT EVENTS:
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Celebrating Rome's 2776th birthday:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/24/rome-celebrate-birthday/ https://gulfnews.com/photos/lifestyle/in-pictures-rome-celebrates-2776th-birthday-with-historical-parade-1.1682321795126

Feature on the history of British coronations:

https://britishheritage.com/king-charles-iii-history-british-coronations ============================================================
ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ============================================================
On the history or olive oil:

https://www.thedailymeal.com/1270182/ancient-origins-olive-oil/

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LANGUAGE RELATED
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On efforts to revive the Cornish language:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230423-why-cornwall-is-resurrecting-its-indigenous-language

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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL ============================================================
Feature on monist philosophy:

https://aeon.co/essays/monist-philosophy-and-quantum-physics-agree-that-all-is-one
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Shakespeare First Folios:

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230424-shakespeare-first-folio-goes-on-display-in-london
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/london-exhibit-to-showcase-6-rare-copies-of-shakespeares-first-folio/news
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/shakespeare-first-folio-goes-on-display-in-london-182635
https://news.yahoo.com/six-shakespeare-first-folios-rare-224912415.html

Lavinia Fontana:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/apr/24/bottom-fondling-audacity-lavinia-fontana-nude

Pompeii:

https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1212413

Silhouette Portraits:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/29/arts/william-bache-album-smithsonian-arsenic.html

Re:mancipation:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/26/arts/design/chazen-museum-emancipation.html

What That Quilt Knows About Me:

https://apnews.com/article/quilt-exhibit-folk-art-museum-4f236fad74a0d131baa7a21f347179f0

cf: https://folkartmuseum.org/exhibitions/whatthatquiltknowsaboutme/

Egyptomania:

https://observer.case.edu/egyptomania-the-cmas-exploration-of-egyptian-culture-in-western-fashion/

Beatrix Potter;

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/26/arts/design/beatrix-potter-peter-rabbit-science.html

Recent finds from Guangzhou:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2023-04-26/Flurry-of-new-archaeological-discoveries-exhibited-in-Guangzhou-1jjCMTJquuA/index.html

Roman antiquities on show in the Roman Forum:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/antiquities-on-show-in-roman-forum-182545

Plans for a Shakespeare Museum in London:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/museum-of-shakespeare-built-on-the-site-of-a-former-theater-coming-to-london-next-year-180982025/

There are three new antiquities museums on Crete:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/25/crete-three-new-museums/

Pondering the sources of the Met's Native American objects:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/25/metropolitan-museum-of-art-native-american-objects-provenance

An underground tomb museum will be opening in Xinjiang soon:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202304/1289660.shtml

More on the kylix from the Met that was seized last week:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/ny-times-highlights-experts-distrust-of-ancient-kylix-reassembled-from-fragments/
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
A Shakespeare First Folio is up for sale:

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/25/1172005590/shakespeare-first-editions-on-sale-for-7-5-million

Reynolds' 'Portrait of Omai' was saved for the nation:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/portrait-of-omai-by-joshua-reynolds-saved-for-nation-in-50m-sale-xt3zl3zdl

Questions about some Nazi-connected jewels coming to auction at Christie's next week:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/27/arts/design/heidi-horten-jewelry-christies-nazi-era.html

More on the upcoming auction of an Eid Mar denarius:

https://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/ides-of-march-coin-from-hunt-collection-comes-to-auction

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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There are 10 000+ ancient human genomes so far:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01403-4

A DNA study of the Picts:

https://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/16965/ https://phys.org/news/2023-04-modern-day-scottish-welsh-northern-irish.html https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-65423713 https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/mysterious-painted-people-of-scotland-are-long-gone-but-their-dna-lives-on

A DNA study of the early inhabitants of Adichanallur:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2023/apr/30/archaeologists-compare-dna-samples-to-affirmadichanallur-early-inhabitants-were-ancestors-of-present-populace-2570626.html

More on DNA suggesting a multiethnic Mongolian empire:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/24/the-multiethnic-structure-of-mongolias-first-nomadic-empire/

Feature on Rosalind Franklin's role in the discovery of DNA:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/25/science/rosalind-franklin-dna.html

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THE TECHY SIDE
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Feature on using near-infrared hyperspectral imaging and radiocarbon dating on bone artifacts:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/24/protecting-the-cultural-heritage-of-ancient-bone-artifacts-is-now-possible/

Feature on muon tomography:

https://cerncourier.com/a/cosmic-rays-for-cultural-heritage/

Feature on the process of facial reconstructions:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/archaeology-agvi-greek-stoneage-facial-reconstruction?

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TOURISTY THINGS
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A high-speed train will connect Rome to Pompeii soon:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/high-speed-train-rome-pompeii-180982019/

Ad Gefrin:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/ad-gefrin-northumberland-anglo-saxon-museum-and-distillery

Pompeii's amphitheatre:

https://www.thetravel.com/what-was-the-pompeii-amphitheater-used-for/

Villa of the Mysteries:

https://www.thetravel.com/what-is-the-villa-of-the-mysteries-pompeii/

Criticism of Italy's use of Botticelli's Venus as an 'influencer':

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/art-critics-ridicule-rebirth-of-botticellis-venus-in-tourism-ads-8g9fb3sxr

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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
The Laureate:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/apr/28/menage-a-quatre-why-most-poetic-biopics-are-romantic-fiction

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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ============================================================
In case you've missed some of the chatter about Netflix's upcoming docuseries on Cleopatra:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/41/498583/Antiquities/GrecoRoman/Egyptian-experts-weigh-in-on-controversy-over-Cleo.aspx
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/apr/28/cleopatra-was-light-skinned-egypt-tells-netflix-in-row-over-drama
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/egypt-cleopatra-white-skinned-netflix-b2328739.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/queen-cleopatra-black-egypt-netflix-series-rcna81924
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/light-vs-black-egypt-netflix-in-row-over-cleopatras-skin-color/news
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/04/25/imdb-queen-cleopatra-fictionalized/ ============================================================
CRIME BEAT
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An Iraqi court has confirmed that ISIL smuggled artifacts through Syria and Turkey:

https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/iraqi-court-confirms-isis-smuggled-artifacts-through-turkey-syria/

Nighthawking at the Colchester Roman site:

https://www.colchester.gov.uk/info/cbc-article/?id=KA-04365 https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23487192.illicit-metal-detecting-colchester-archaeological-site/
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/gosbecks-archaeological-park-colchester-essex-police-b1077872.html

Details from the trial of a pair found guilty of trying to sell some Anglo-Saxon coins:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-65417465 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-65401761 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-65416744 https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/23485825.pair-guilty-off-conspiring-sell-coins-linked-herefordshire-hoard/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-65335873 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/27/two-men-guilty-of-trying-to-sell-history-changing-anglo-saxon-coins-illegally
https://www.durham.police.uk/News/News-Articles/2023/April/Viking-coins-recovered-during-a-police-investigation-have-changed-the-shape-of-British-history.aspx
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2023/04/27/pair-facing-prison-over-plot-for-illegal-sale-of-rare-british-coins/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/collectors-guilty-scheme-to-sell-viking-coins-herefordshire-hoard-2292782

A follow-up to the 'crayoning' of a statue at Croome:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-65352459?

55 Hindu relics stolen from temples across India were found in the home of a Chennai-based collector:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/55-hindu-relics-stolen-from-temples-across-india-have-been-located-in-the-home-of-an-art-collector-2290442

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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 ============================================================
The US returned a number of items (including Khipus) to Peru:

https://santamariatimes.com/news/state-and-regional/sculptures-artifacts-returned-to-peru-in-la-ceremony/article_c8f1dc1f-30e8-5085-b3d3-8def3d489737.html
https://news.yahoo.com/peru-recovers-over-180-historical-163103612.html

The Manhattan DA announced the return of three antiquities to Yemen, taken from a Met board member:

https://manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-announces-three-antiquities-repatriated-to-yemen/
https://www.reuters.com/world/new-york-repatriates-three-antiquities-yemen-after-seizing-them-met-board-member-2023-04-28/
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230428-new-york-repatriates-three-antiquities-to-yemen-after-seizing-them-from-met-board-member/
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/us-news/2023/04/28/new-york-repatriates-three-antiquities-to-yemen-after-seizing-them-from-met-board-member/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/manhattan-district-attorney-repatriates-antiquities-yemen-investigation-shelby-white-1234665967/

The US also returned more than 80 items to Cyprus:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/04/25/eighty-ancient-cypriot-artifacts-repatriated-from-us/
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-returns-over-80-cypriot-antiquities-in-repatriation-ceremony

... and assorted items to Bulgaria:

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ancient-coins-miscellaneous-materials-returned-bulgaria-following-hsi-newark-led

Italy returned an illegally-exported stele to Turkiye:

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/italy-returns-ancient-stele-illegally-exported-turkey-98938145
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/28/italy-turkey-archaeology-stele-ancient-greece/80a1abe6-e5da-11ed-9696-8e874fd710b8_story.html
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/4299611/italy-returns-ancient-stele-illegally-exported-t%C3%BCrkiye
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-12026071/Italy-returns-ancient-stele-illegally-exported-Turkey.html
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/04/29/italy-returns-ancient-greek-stele-illegally-exported-back-to-turkey/

17th century manuscripts looted during WWI from a Greek monastery rediscovered turing office renovations were returned:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/28/arts/greek-monastery-kosinitza-mansucripts-looted.html
https://www.ekathimerini.com/nytimes/1209880/looted-greek-monastery-manuscripts-rediscovered-during-manhattan-office-renovation/

A Hanuman idol stolen in 2012 will be returning to a Tamil Nadu temple:

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1919348 https://theprint.in/economy/india-retrieves-idol-of-lord-hanuman-stolen-in-14-15th-century-pm-modi-says-constantly-working-to-ensure-prized-heritage-comes-back-home/1538400/
https://orissadiary.com/stolen-sculpture-of-lord-hanuman-belonging-to-chola-period-retrieved-handed-over-to-idol-wing-tamil-nadu/
https://swarajyamag.com/culture/stolen-in-2012-500-year-old-hanuman-idol-to-come-back-to-this-temple-in-tamil-nadu-soon

More on Turkiye waiting for the return of Septimius Severus' head:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/emperor-septimius-waiting-for-his-missing-head-182591
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/roman-emperor-septimus-statue-still-waits-for-its-missing-head/news

Feature on the Shellal mosaic, which seems to be a repatriation case we'll read more about soon:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11442121/How-WW1-Diggers-stole-Shellal-Mosaic-real-owners-want-back.html
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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n17.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n18.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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John Ellis Jones:

https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2023/apr/23/john-ellis-jones-obituary

Peter Duus:

https://humsci.stanford.edu/feature/peter-duus-authority-modern-japanese-nation-dies-88

Robert Ousterhout:

https://arth.sas.upenn.edu/news/tribute-bob-ousterhout

Emily Meggett:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/26/dining/emily-meggett-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/3273-audio-news-from-archaeologica-april-16th-through-the-22nd-2023
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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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