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https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1388/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1388/pub/1388/page/39/article/NaN

Pondering that Oppenheimer quotation:

https://www.wired.com/story/manhattan-project-robert-oppenheimer/

Scholar's have rejected an AI attributed Raphael:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/07/26/clearly-a-copy-from-the-19th-centuryold-masters-scholars-reject-ai-attributed-raphael
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/exhibition-of-ai-attributed-raphael-2341923

Feature on Gilbert White:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/27/augustin-mouchot-french-pioneer-solar-power-engine

cf: https://selbornelandscapepartnership.org.uk/wildlifereport

Feature on Augustin Mouchot:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/27/augustin-mouchot-french-pioneer-solar-power-engine

Pondering DH Lawrence, *Studies in Classic American Literature*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/books/review/dh-lawrence-american-classics-literature-soul.html

Feature on John Godward's 'Sweet Idleness':

https://www.mutualart.com/Article/Sweet-Idleness--The-Paintings-of-John-Wi/CE52AFA14234A85D

More on Beethoven skull fragments returning to Vienna:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/beethoven-skull-fragments-vienna-180982613/

More on the 24-year restoration of the Tudor tapestries at Hardwick Hall:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67879 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-stunning-tudor-tapestries-restored-to-their-former-glory-180982584/?
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/26/national-trust-completes-longest-running-conservation-project/

More on women hunters, not just gatherers:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/women-hunters-were-extremely-common-in-ancient-and-modern-day-foraging

Review of Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, *Theodoric the Great*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/25/books/review/theoderic-the-great-hans-ulrich-wiemer.html
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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On damage to heritage sites in Odesa:

https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-odesa-grain-port-cathedral-055bd34b40ba271e89084fda83c34fb0
https://apnews.com/article/odesa-missile-grain-deal-ukraine-russia-adc78b45e74e0236125b1ec706e5d7da
https://www.dw.com/en/odesa-damaged-cultural-sites-of-universal-importance/a-66332353

Feature on sites being revealed after the dam breach in Ukraine:

https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-receding-dnieper-archaeology-cossack-atlantis/32521289.html

Fires in Italy came very close to the temple at Segesta (Italian):

https://meridionews.it/incendio-parco-archeologico-segesta/ https://www.ilgiornaledellarte.com/articoli/le-fiamme-circondano-senza-danneggiare-il-tempio-di-segesta/142997.html
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ============================================================
On the history of the pineapple:

https://www.cnn.com/style/pineapples-luxury-symbol-britain/index.html

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LANGUAGE RELATED
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A study of the origins of Indo-European languages:

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-insights-indo-european-languages.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230727143913.htm https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/28/new-insights-into-the-origin-of-the-indo-european-languages/

cf: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2385057-origin-of-indo-european-languages-traced-back-to-8000-years-ago/
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abg0818

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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL ============================================================
Feature on Plato:

https://www.thecollector.com/who-was-plato/

Feature on Plato and the US constitution:

https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/plato-the-constitutionalist-and-the-supreme-court

Feature on Epictetus:

https://philosophynow.org/issues/157/The_Three_Disciplines_of_Epictetus

Feature on modern Stoicism:

https://philosophynow.org/issues/157/Stoicism_in_History_and_Modern_Life

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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Treasure of Notre Dame:

https://fr.aleteia.org/2023/07/27/le-tresor-de-notre-dame-de-paris-sera-expose-au-louvre-a-lautomne/

Munch:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/27/arts/design/edvard-munch-clark-art-institute.html

Buddhist Art from India:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/21/arts/design/buddhist-art-india-metropolitan-met.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/25/arts/design/buddhist-art-india-met.html

Women's Hairstyles:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/28/arts/design/hair-paris.html

Ancient Lives: Insights from the Classics and Archaeology Collection:

https://art-museum.unimelb.edu.au/exhibitions/ancient-lives/

Sade: Freedom or Evil:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jul/25/marquis-de-sade-freedom-or-evil-barcelona-sexual-depravity

cf: https://www.cccb.org/en/exhibitions/file/sade/240940

Raphael:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-66291225

Hartwig Fischer is stepping down as director of the British Museum:

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66338417 https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jul/28/british-museum-director-hartwig-fischer-step-down-after-eight-years
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1387/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1387/pub/1387/page/49/article/NaN
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/british-museum-director-hartwig-fischer-step-down-next-year-2342951
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/hartwig-fischer-british-museum-director-stepping-down/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/07/28/british-museum-director-hartwig-fischer-to-step-down-in-2024

The Sanxingdui Museum has opened:

http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0727/c90000-20050108.html https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202307/28/WS64c30cb5a31035260b818f58.html

More on Antalya's ancient necropolis becoming a museum:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/antalyas-rich-heritage-unearthed-necropolis-area-opens-as-museum/news
https://arkeonews.net/the-ancient-necropolis-area-in-turkeys-antalya-becomes-a-museum/

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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
Another EID MAR denarius is coming to auction:

https://coinweek.com/eid-mar-denarius-of-brutus-offered-by-stacks-bowers/

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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Seven generations of a Neolithic family's DNA in France mapped:

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-family-trees-european-neolithic-social.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230726113054.htm https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/27/family-trees-from-the-european-neolithic/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11616-230727-france-neolithic-family

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02402-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01668-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02117-3

A DNA study suggests a diverse population at Machu Picchu at its height:

https://news.tulane.edu/pr/ancient-dna-reveals-diverse-community-lost-city-incas
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-ancient-dna-reveals-diverse-community.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230726171255.htm https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/ancient-dna-reveals-diverse-community-in-inca-empire/148096
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/27/ancient-dna-reveals-diverse-community-in-lost-city-of-the-incas/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11614-230727-peru-inca-genomes

Not sure how recent this study of Minoan and Mycenean DNA is:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/21/minoan-mycenaean-dna/

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THE TECHY SIDE
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More on the facial reconstruction of the Vasa shipwreck woman:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/woman-who-died-in-deadly-vasa-warships-wreck-400-years-ago-reconstructed-in-lifelike-detail
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11609-230725-vasa-shipwreck-passenger

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Paphos:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/07/27/paphos-a-step-back-in-time/

Stack Rock Fort:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-66256941

Boston's hidden history:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230725-the-best-of-bostons-hidden-history-with-author-and-guide-dina-vargo

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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
Review of Harvey Sachs, *Shoenberg: Why he Matters*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/28/books/review/schoenberg-why-he-matters-harvey-sachs.html

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CRIME BEAT
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Arrests following illegal excavations in Caserta (Italian):

https://www.ilmattino.it/caserta/traffico_di_reperti_verso_la_svizzera_22_indagati-7545184.html
https://casertasera.it/2023/07/27/caserta-sequestrati-vari-reperti-archeologici/
https://it.euronews.com/2023/07/27/beni-archeologici-trafugati-sequestri-in-tre-regioni
https://tuttoggi.info/scavi-clandestini-a-caserta-ingente-sequestro-di-reperti-archeologici/769497/

Another feature rethinking the financial value of the illegal antiquities trade:

https://hyperallergic.com/835894/challenging-a-50-year-old-factoid-about-the-illegal-antiquities-trade/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/07/28/antiquities-trafficking-third-largest-illicit-trade-report-debunks

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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 stolen letter written by Hernan Cortes was returned to Mexico:

https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/fbi-returns-16th-century-letter-from-spanish-conquistador-to-mexican-government

... and a stolen Christopher Columbus letter was returned to Italy:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/christopher-columbus-letter-stolen-italy-180982586/

Another study reveals more unprovenanced Indian items at the Met:

https://www.thenewsnow.co.in/newsdet.aspx?q=153351

Trump said he would return some lamps at his Florida residence to Israel:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/25/us/politics/trump-israel-antiquities.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-752394

... and apparently he did (?):

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/612169 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-07-26/ty-article/.premium/trump-returns-israel-archaeological-treasures-held-in-his-florida-estate/00000189-92a6-d430-a59b-b7af4c160000

OpEd on why stolen African art should not be returned:

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/07/25/benin-bronzes-african-art-stolen-looted-germany-europe-repatriation-colonization-slavery/

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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on bees on coins:

https://theconversation.com/bees-have-appeared-on-coins-for-millennia-hinting-at-an-age-old-link-between-sweetness-and-value-208912

cf: (pdf):

https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/assets.mmxgroup.com.au/ACR/Bee+Article.pdf

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n30.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n31.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Raffaella Cribiore:

https://classicalstudies.org/scs-news/memoriam-raffaella-cribiore-1948-2023

Gerard A Besson:

https://newsday.co.tt/2023/07/25/historian-gerard-a-besson-has-died/

Gail Smith-Keizer:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/gail-smith-keizer-obituary?id=52543361

Jean Fagan Yellin:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/28/books/jean-fagan-yellin-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/3301-audio-news-from-archaeologica-july-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:

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