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https://www.npr.org/2021/12/24/1063057224/archeology-science-discovery-2021-dna-mammoth

Xray analysis confirms a forged date on a Lincoln pardon of a Civil War soldier:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/12/x-ray-analysis-confirms-forged-date-on-lincoln-pardon-of-civil-war-soldier/

They managed to do the reenactment of Washington crossing the Delaware this year:

https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-511942bcfc62454fe68b65f18e7bdcda

A study of the importance of limpets in various contexts:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/12/20/no-longer-just-famine-food-and-the-fish-of-death/

A study of Mediterranean migration via shipwreck evidence:

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-ephemeral-evidence-mediterranean-mobility.html

Feature on volunteering on a dig:

https://theconversation.com/volunteer-on-a-dig-for-the-thrill-of-digging-up-the-past-youll-also-learn-to-hate-buckets-171214

On the erotic origins of cannoli:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210113-the-erotic-origins-of-italys-most-famous-sweet

On the history of doughnuts:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211214-doughnuts-the-fried-treat-that-conquered-the-modern-world

Marking the anniversary of Passchendaele:

https://www.48thhighlanders.ca/104th-anniversary-passchendaele/

Review of Joe Moshenska's biography of Milton:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/john-milton-making-darkness-light/620847/

Feature on Sanora Babb's *Whose Names are Unknown*:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/forgotten-dust-bowl-novel-rivaled-grapes-wrath-180959196/

Feature on the 'grandmother hypothesis':

https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-12-21/the-grandmother-hypothesis-how-humankind-owes-its-success-to-matriarchs.html

On the death of China's purported oldest woman:

https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3160416/chinas-oldest-living-person-uygur-woman

A major fundraiser to preserve a 'lost' Bronte library:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/24/arts/honresfield-library-bronte.html ============================================================
CURRENT EVENTS:
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They opened that 'time capsule' associated with the Robert E Lee statue in Richmond:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/19/us/time-capsule-richmond-lee-statue.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/22/us/virginia-lee-time-capsule-open-trnd/index.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/12/22/1067064001/experts-find-books-a-coin-and-an-envelope-in-robert-e-lee-statues-base
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/contents-time-capsule-removed-robert-e-lee-statue-pedestal-revealed-rcna9738
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/time-capsule-found-beneath-richmond-robert-lee-monument-confound-historians-180979295/

... and it might not be the one they were looking for, apparently:

https://richmond.com/news/local/the-box-found-inside-the-robert-e-lee-pedestal-is-a-time-capsule-but-its/article_7e1e3f75-a780-5511-9177-2e583ff7d602.html

Meanwhile, descendents of John C. Calhoun are suing after Charleston removed his statue:

https://abcnews4.com/news/local/descendants-of-john-c-calhoun-sue-city-of-charleston-over-removal-of-monument-wciv

Feature on the Winter Solstice:

https://www.wired.com/story/winter-solstice/

... and coverage of solstice-related events:

https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/d19b0-opw-announces-live-streaming-of-winter-solstice-at-newgrange/
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-12-21/stonehenge-se-reencuentra-con-el-solsticio-de-invierno-sus-druidas-y-sus-misterios-paganos.html

Feature on the 'sordid origins' of Christmas:

https://theconversation.com/the-sordid-underbelly-of-christmas-past-172873 https://www.rawstory.com/the-sordid-underbelly-of-christmas-past/ https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/2021/12/22/christmas-origin-history-pagan-holiday-saturnalia-meaning/6499348001/
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-12-23/las-saturnales-las-navidades-como-se-celebraban-antes-de-cristo.html

... and one on Greek and Roman origins:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/12/24/the-greek-and-roman-origins-of-christmas-traditions/

Feature on Christmas cake origins:

https://www.dw.com/en/traditional-christmas-cake-dresdens-stollen/av-60086425

Feature on the WWI Christmas truce:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnists/2021/12/25/christmas-truce-world-war-i/8908782002/?gnt-cfr=1

Backgrounder on mistletoe:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/12/20/why-do-we-kiss-under-mistletoe/8632116002/

On the history of glass decorations for Christmas trees:

https://theconversation.com/the-chemistry-of-christmas-baubles-and-the-great-scientist-who-made-them-possible-173944

Feature on assorted Santa-related items in the Beinecke archives:

https://news.yale.edu/2021/12/20/santas-mirth-and-merriment-resound-beinecke-archives

Feature on Victorian Christmas cards:

https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/12/victorian-christmas-cards-history-goodall-company.html

Feature on Mary:

https://theconversation.com/5-things-to-know-about-mary-the-mother-of-jesus-172483

A philosophical defense of Christmas merriment:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/12/christmas-merriment-hedonism-philosophy/621010/

First 'New Year's history' item:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/the-new-year-once-started-in-march-heres-why

Not really sure where this item on modern reactions to the Dreyfus Affair should be put:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/dreyfus-affair-france-far-right-zemmour-macron-antisemitism-rcna8869

Another item on Catherine the Great and smallpox vaccinations:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/12/that-time-catherine-the-great-championed-smallpox-vaccinations/

Latest on the cuts to archaeology at USheffield:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-59747456

Advocating for diversity in archaeology:

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-underwater-archaeologist-advocates-diversity-field.html

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LANGUAGE RELATED
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An artist's efforts to save endangered alphabets:

https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/writer-tim-brookes-creates-works-of-art-to-save-the-worlds-endangered-alphabets/Content?oid=34464528

More linguistic items relating to omicron:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/14/greek-alphabet-covid-variant/ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/comma-queen/a-linguistic-look-at-omicron

More on the agriculture-connected spread of languages in Asia some 10 000 years bp:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/new-evidence-for-how-languages-spread-10-000-years-ago
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Rubens: Picturing Antiquity:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/rubens-and-the-inspiration-of-ancient-greece-and-rome/

Gold to Gold:

https://www.croatiaweek.com/photos-artefacts-from-6th-century-bc-found-in-a-burial-mound-in-northern-croatia/

Ancient Greeks:

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7556283/jury-duty-to-drinking-games-what-you-didnt-know-about-ancient-greece/
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7560962/fearsome-mythology-and-a-touch-of-marble/?cs=14231

Robert Caro:

https://slate.com/podcasts/working/2021/12/robert-caro-museum-exhibition-curating?

The Horse in Ancient Athens:

https://www.athina984.gr/en/2021/12/23/ippos-to-alogo-stin-archaia-athina-amerikaniki-scholi-klasikon-spoydon-stin-athina/

Feature on the restoration of the Mosul Museum:

https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20211220-mosul-museum-restores-artefacts-destroyed-by-islamic-state-jihadists-in-iraq
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/iraqi-museum-restores-treasures-destroyed-by-jihadists-170195

The Nelson-Atkins Museum has acquired a very early daguerreotype portrait:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/12/20/nelson-atkins-museum-acquires-early-daguerreotype-portrait

Latest transfers to the Grand Egyptian Museum:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/111056/Grand-Egyptian-Museum-receives-269-huge-artifacts-from-Egyptian-Museum
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/446723/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/Grand-Egyptian-Museum-receives-collection-of-ancie.aspx

British Museum remains stubborn regarding removing items from display:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/no-intention-removing-anything-display/

Hyping the new archaeological museum for Cyprus:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/12/22/new-cyprus-museum-will-be-islands-biggest-cultural-project-with-video/

The National Gallery is confronting slavery-related items in its collection:

https://elpais.com/eps/2021-12-24/la-national-gallery-enfrenta-el-esclavismo-en-su-coleccion.html
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
Ongoing media fascination with that estate sale Durer:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/24/arts/albrecht-durer-drawing-discovered.html https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-travel-london-museums-massachusetts-0e051e8e59e8a250a63e1819c42970e6
https://www.npr.org/2021/12/18/1065433105/opinion-albrecht-durers-lesson-for-all-of-us-today

A Rodin is coming to auction:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/24/arts/design/rodin-grave-memorial-auction.html

A (purported) Caravaggio rescued from an auction earlier this year was given protected status by Spain:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/22/suspected-caravaggio-work-given-protected-status-in-spain
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-12-22/la-comunidad-de-madrid-otorga-la-maxima-proteccion-al-eccehomo-y-refuerza-la-teoria-de-que-es-de-caravaggio.html
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ON THE DNA FRONT
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DNA suggests there was a large-scale migration to Britain from France some 3000 years bp:

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2021/12/ancient-dna-study-reveals-large-scale-migrations-into-bronze-age-britain
https://phys.org/news/2021-12-harvard-geneticists-ancient-britain-insights.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211222153107.htm https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59741723 https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2021/research/ancient-dna-study-migration-bronze-age/
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211223-france-possible-source-of-half-of-britain-s-ancient-genes-study
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-genetic-study-detects-unknown-vast-migration-to-britain-3-000-years-ago-1.10470103
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/22/science/archaeology-britain-migration-dna-reich.html
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2302954-bronze-age-migration-may-have-brought-celtic-languages-to-britain/

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04287-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03770-2

Interesting study of the DNA-revealed kin relationships of people buried in the 5700 years bp Hazleton North long cairn:

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-ancient-dna-reveals-world-oldest.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211222153113.htm https://www.livescience.com/neolithic-tomb-family-relationships https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britain-archaeologists-oldest-family-tree-b1980852.html
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/dec/22/worlds-oldest-family-tree-costwolds-tomb-hazleton-north-long-cairn-dna
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59774315 https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/22/uk/worlds-oldest-family-tree-scli-scn-intl-gbr/index.html
https://elpais.com/ciencia/2021-12-22/descubierta-la-familia-mas-antigua-conocida-un-hombre-y-cuatro-mujeres-de-hace-5700-anos-con-su-descendencia.html
https://scitechdaily.com/ancient-dna-from-neolithic-tombs-in-britain-reveals-the-worlds-oldest-family-tree/
https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/48681/20211224/6000-year-old-tomb-england-world-s-oldest-known-family-tree.htm
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/12/ancient-dna-reveals-the-worlds-oldest-family-tree/142340

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04241-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03799-3 ============================================================
THE TECHY SIDE
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Feature on how art restorers find 'hidden' details:

https://www.dw.com/en/how-art-restorers-uncover-hidden-details-in-artworks/a-60242165

I think we mentioned this 'algorithm-based' restoration of a Jewish text:

https://www.haaretz.com/science-and-health/.premium-with-an-algorithm-researchers-piece-together-a-jewish-text-lost-centuries-ago-1.10483030

More on technology being use in Hong Kong conservation efforts:

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3160305/drones-other-new-technology-join-front-line-hong-kong
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TOURISTY THINGS
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European churches:

https://www.dw.com/en/europes-most-beautiful-churches/g-60151402

Nineveh:

http://www.aina.org/ata/20211224153412.htm ============================================================
PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
Recreating the Church of the Nativity's medieval music:

https://www.jpost.com/christian-news/article-689353

Macbeth:

https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-movies-oscar-isaac-joel-coen-926464971330ffcf8c73c188e7ae7e26
https://theweek.com/culture/1005400/macbeth-is-a-christmas-movie

Feature on Gilbert and Sullivan:

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-689503

Celebrating Rumi and Sufism in Turkey:

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/25/1068016227/whirling-dervishes-rumi

What Egypt thinks of Aida:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/dec/23/travesty-or-tragedy-what-egypt-thinks-of-verdi-aida-opera

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CRIME BEAT
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A bust of 'treasure hunters' in Sri Lanka:

http://www.colombopage.com/archive_21B/Dec20_1639980900CH.php

A group was caught plundering a cave site in Judea:

https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/12/26/antiquities-thieves-busted-plundering-ancient-cave-in-southern-judea/

A father/daughter team was busted in possession of 500+ ancient coins in Serres:

https://www.athina984.gr/en/2021/12/22/serres-pateras-kai-kori-eichan-stin-katochi-toys-perissotera-apo-500-nomismata-megalis-archaiologikis-axias/

Spain has recovered a pile of looted art:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-12-21/stonehenge-se-reencuentra-con-el-solsticio-de-invierno-sus-druidas-y-sus-misterios-paganos.html

More on the 500 years bp shrunken heads found during a bust in Turkey:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/500-year-old-shrunken-jivaroan-heads-under-examination-in-izmir/news

More on Steinhardt-related items to be returned to Greece:

https://news.gtp.gr/2021/12/20/stolen-antiquities-return-to-greece-from-the-united-states/

... and Almagia items:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/12/23/greek-roman-artifacts-repatriated-italy/

... and some answers to some questions about the agreement with Steinhardt:

https://culturalheritagelawyer.blogspot.com/2021/12/Manhattan-District-Attorney-Prosecution-Agreement-Antiquities-Collector-Michael-Steinhardt.html

OpEd on the criminal art trade:

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/its-time-to-crack-down-on-the-illegal-art-trade/
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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 ============================================================
Libya and Brazil are coordinating to return smuggled antiquities:

https://www.libyaobserver.ly/inbrief/libya-coordinates-brazil-restore-smuggled-antiquities

Iraq and Germany seem to be having similar discussions:

https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/iraqi-and-german-authorities-meet-in-berlin-to-discuss-retrieving-smuggled-artifacts/

15 items stolen from Pennsylvania museums in the 60s and 70s were returned:

https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/FBI-Artifacts-stolen-from-museums-in-1960s-16713990.php
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62969

Spain returned a number of items to Egypt:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-retrieves-36-artifacts-smuggled-to-madrid/
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/111063/In-pics-Egypt-s-Public-Prosecution-restores-36-antiquities-smuggled
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/446723/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/Grand-Egyptian-Museum-receives-collection-of-ancie.aspx
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/spain-returns-smuggled-figurines-funeral-jars-egypt-2021-12-20/
http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2021-12/21/content_77942893.htm http://www.archaeology.org/news/10242-211221-spain-egypt-repatriation

Russia returned some Nazi-looted archives to the Jewish community in Greece:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/greek-jewish-archives-stolen-by-nazis-returned-after-nearly-80-years/

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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on the coinage of Larissa:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/ngc-ancients-coinage-of-larissa/

Feature on the influence of historic and ancient coin designs:

https://coinweek.com/education/numismatic-history/the-influence-of-historic-and-ancient-coin-designs/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n51.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Vassos Karageorgis:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/12/22/renowned-archaeologist-vassos-karageorghis-dies/
https://www.thenationalherald.com/prominent-cypriot-archaeologist-vassos-karagiorgis-dies-at-92/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/12/24/vassos-karagiorgis/

Thomas Kinsella:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/23/books/thomas-kinsella-dead.html

Edward D. Shames:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/24/us/edward-d-shames-dead.html ============================================================
AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3126-audio-news-from-archaeologica-december-12th-through-december-18th-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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