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explorator 24.09 June 20, 2021
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You can read explorator online at:
https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/
Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo,
Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley, Andy Szegedy-Maszak,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Ken Berry, Magnus Fiskesjo,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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A 50 000 years bp tool site in the Negev with implications for sapiens/neanderthal coexistence and 'Out of Africa' migration:
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/scientific-archaeology/following-footsteps-humankind-out-africa
https://phys.org/news/2021-06-negev-archaeological-site-illuminates-important.html
https://www.timesofisrael.com/prehistoric-man-lived-with-and-loved-neanderthals-in-the-negev-50000-years-ago/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/humans-neanderthals-coexisted-in-the-negev-desert-50000-years-ago-671032
https://www.ynetnews.com/environment/article/ryDDH1UsO
https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/06/16/ancient-coexistence-israeli-research-proves-neanderthals-homo-sapiens-overlapped-in-negev/
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/earliest-stone-tools-linked-to-modern-humans-outside-africa-found-in-israel-1.9900819
https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/18/study-proves-humans-and-neanderthals-lived-together-50000-years-ago/
https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/31771/20210617/neanderthal-genomes-father-daughter-12-relatives-reveal-diverse-family-groups.htm
https://www.friendsofiaa.org/news/2021/6/14/research-identifies-meeting-point-between-modern-humans-and-neanderthals
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/17/following-the-footsteps-of-humankind-out-of-africa/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9793-210617-israel-boker-tachtit
Reconstructing the climate conditions at 'Out of Africa' time:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/uoc-ccd061421.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210614153909.htm
Genome analysis suggests that Neanderthals may have been patrifocal:
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/06/ancient-genomes-offer-rare-glimpse-neanderthal-family-groups
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9792-210617-neanderthal-gene-study
Feature on the 'disappearance' of the Neanderthals:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/why-did-neanderthals-disappear
I think we mentioned this study of the Acheulean lasting tens of thousands of years longer than previously thought:
https://scitechdaily.com/neanderthal-and-early-modern-human-culture-co-existed-alongside-older-traditions-for-over-100000-years/
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AFRICA
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Vague item on a cave site with petroglyphs from a coastal site in Libya:
https://www.libyaobserver.ly/culture/new-archaeological-site-discovered-marj
Concerns for 'forgotten' pyramids in Sudan:
https://theconversation.com/sudans-forgotten-pyramids-risk-being-buried-by-shifting-sand-dunes-159596
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Study suggests Egypt was still trading for metals after the Bronze Age collapse:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-where-ancient-egypt-got-its-metal-after-civilization-collapsed-in-3200-bce-1.9903941
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/18/egyptian-canaanite-copper-trade-was-going-strong-during-the-early-iron-age/
1700 wooden pieces of the second Khufu solar boat were successfully 'extracted':
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/105090/Extraction-of-pieces-of-2nd-Khufu-Ship-completed-successfully
An Egyptian-German mission has resumed work at the Esna Temple in Luxor:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/105025/The-joint-Egyptian-German-mission-works-on-project-of-restoration
More on that 2600 years bp stela found by a farmer near Ismailia:
https://www.livescience.com/farmer-finds-ancient-egypt-stela.html
More on Ramessess III in Arabia:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-egypt/ramesses-iii-in-arabia/
Some sort of antiquities ownership investigation ordered by a Cairo court:
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/414135/Egypt/Politics-/Cairo-court-orders-formation-of-committee-to-exami.aspx
Feature on the recently-found tombs at Saqqara:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/inside-tombs-saqqara-180977932/
Feature on Taposiris Magna:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/06/taposiris-magna-the-great-tomb-of-osiris/139480
Egypt and France are discussing antiquities cooperation:
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2021/06/16/egypt-france-discuss-methods-of-cooperation-in-tourism-antiquities/
Suggestion that some 3200 years bp inscriptions from Turkey comprise an ancient HIttite calendar:
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2021/06/cosmos-hittite-rock-sanctuary
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9693631/Mysterious-3-200-year-old-stone-carvings-Turkey-finally-revealed-calendar-map-cosmos.html
Remains of a 2800 years bp Urartian 'castle' from Van:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/archaeologists-find-remains-of-urartian-castle-in-eastern-turkey/news
https://en.armradio.am/2021/06/19/2800-year-old-urartian-castle-discovered-in-van/
Documenting assorted ancient underground waterways in Istanbul:
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/istanbuls-mysterious-underground-waterways-pictured-for-1st-time
Suggestion that the fall of Jerusalem and destruction of Solomon's temple were two separate events:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-who-really-destroyed-solomon-s-temple-in-jerusalem-1.9900539
More on that 7000 years bp seal impression from Tel Tsaf:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/thuo-ssa061021.php
https://www.albawaba.com/editors-choice/archaeologists-discover-7000-year-old-seal-holy-land-1433184
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-discover-7000-year-old-clay-stamp-israel-180977988/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9787-210615-israel-prehistoric-seals
More on that Talmudic-era 'magical amulet' from Arbel:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-discovery-highlights-how-jews-and-christians-were-once-naughty-with-magic
https://forward.com/fast-forward/471681/israeli-archaeologists-celebrate-gift-of-talmudic-era-magic-amulet/
https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/18/evil-eye-israel-talisman/
More on that 1000 years bp 'intact' chicken egg find from Yavne:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/preserved-in-poop-1000-year-old-chicken-egg-found-in-yavne-cesspit/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/1000-year-old-chicken-egg-one-of-the-oldest-ever-found-in-israel-670496
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israeli-archaeologists-find-whole-1-000-year-old-egg-and-accidentally-break-it-1.9888356
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/byzantine-chicken-egg-archaeology/2021/06/17/f516a946-cecf-11eb-8014-2f3926ca24d9_story.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/intact-1000-year-old-chicken-egg-found-israel-180977970/
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/yavne-egg-09757.html
https://www.friendsofiaa.org/news/2021/6/14/a-cracking-find-israel-antiquities-authority-excavations-in-yavne-have-recovered-an-intact-chicken-egg-dating-from-roughly-1000-years-ago
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/17/excavations-in-yavne-have-recovered-an-intact-chicken-egg/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9791-210616-israel-chicken-egg
Over 600 new archaeological sites were registered in Saudi Arabia:
https://www.saudigazette.com.sa/article/607800
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1877426
Israeli settlers 'stormed' the site of Sebastia (again):
http://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/125046
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https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Evidence of wine and oatmeal consumption from Neolithic Greece:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/06/evidence-of-wine-and-oatmeal.html?m=1
A 2700 years bp Picene necropolis from Marche:
https://www.meteoweb.eu/2021/06/sensazionale-scoperta-nelle-marche-sepolture-di-una-necropoli-picena-di-ben-2700-anni-fa/1697609/
A 2200 years bp lead sheet inscribed with an ancient Iberian script from Valencia:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61555
20 Roman-era burials from Rieti (Italian):
https://corrieredirieti.corr.it/news/rieti/27631697/rieti-tomba-romana-resti-20-persone-scheletri-tomba-romana-poggio-moiano.html
An 1800 years bp statue of a woman from Metropolis:
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/1-800-year-old-statue-found-in-ancient-metropolis-165487
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1800-year-old-statue-found-turkey-180978011/
A 'miniature Pompeii' rediscovered (original find in 2004 or so) beneath an abandoned Verona cinema:
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2021/06/14/little-pompeii-emerges-at-verona-ex-cinema_a3bd82d5-e266-4d74-865f-8dcb16e627e9.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/15/miniature-pompeii-found-beneath-former-cinema-verona
https://www.wionews.com/science/miniature-pompeii-ancient-roman-building-found-in-abandoned-cinema-hall-in-italy-391660
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/632/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/632/pub/632/page/62/article/189119
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61599
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mini-pompeii-found-under-verona-cinema-180978006/
https://www.veronasera.it/attualita/archeologia-verona-cinema-astra-ritrovamento-pompei-14-giugno-2021.html
5th century Christian burials near the Roman theatre at Ventimiglia:
https://www.ilsecoloxix.it/imperia/2021/06/18/news/necropoli-di-albintimilium-scoperti-nuovi-sarcofagi-1.40403598
Not sure where to put this study of a 2 metre rise in sea level on the coast of Israel during the Hellenistic period:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/israel-sea-level-rose-2-m-in-hellenistic-period-could-explain-decline-671173
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/archaeologists-baffled-by-sea-level-rise-on-israeli-coast-in-hellenistic-period-1.9909970
Work has commenced/resumed at the small Roman theatre in Pula:
https://www.croatiaweek.com/works-start-on-small-roman-theatre-in-pula/
Feature on the Bath Archway Project:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-57433362
Feature on ongoing mosaic preservation in Salamina:
https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/06/15/mosaics-preservation-in-ancient-salamina-of-great-historical-importance/
Feature on Roman Portugal:
https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2021-06-18/a-misty-history-of-roman-portugal/60544
Hyping excavations coming in August at a temple site in the Campo della Fiera (Italian):
https://tuttoggi.info/scoperto-nuovo-tempio-nellarea-sacra-del-campo-della-fiera-scavi-da-agosto/632961/
I think we mentioned this feature on the excavations at Hippos:
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/MAGAZINE-excavating-hippos-and-the-last-roman-theater-in-the-world-1.9799525
Plans to restore some cult statues from Claros:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/cult-statues-of-ancient-claros-to-be-restored-in-western-turkey/news
Plans (maybe) for an underwater archaeological park at Amathus:
https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/06/15/underwater-work-launched-at-ancient-port-of-amathus/
Plans to display Piraeus finds at a future metro station:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/06/20/archaeological-piraeus-metro-station/
Restoration of the gate to Stratonikeia is complete:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/gateway-to-turkeys-city-of-gladiators-raised-once-again/news
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/06/15/northern-gate-stratonikeia-restored/
An interesting recently-found Etruscan vase from Vulci (Italian):
https://www.archeomedia.net/montalto-di-castro-vt-importante-scoperta-a-vulci-ritrovata-opera-del-pittore-delle-rondini/
More on that 4th century necropolis found on Hvar:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/19/necropolis-hvar-dates-fourth-century-ad/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-necropolis-17th-century-croatian-palace-garden-1234595674/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-necropolis-found-croatia-palace-garden-180977997/
More on the three column drums found in the Tiber near Ostia:
https://www.finestresullarte.info/archeologia/roma-ritrovati-fusti-di-colonne-romane-sul-fondo-del-tevere
More on reactions to site renovations at the Acropolis:
https://www.pri.org/stories/2021-06-17/they-want-make-acropolis-disneyland-site-renovations-face-backlash
More on the Noceto Vasca Votiva:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/14/researchers-link-ancient-wooden-structure-to-water-ritual/
James Romm on the Sacred Band of Thebes:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-victorious-gay-greek-army-that-got-canceled-by-history
Feature on Francesco Lepore's work in latin:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/18/world/europe/vatican-gay-francesco-lepore-latin.html
A defense of learning Latin and Greek (Princeton-related):
https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2021/06/17/classics-greek-latin-spinale-princeton-240887?pnespid=m.U186MIV12NU.Zne3JGgHnqwHphS5Pzqa6cVTji
OpEddish on how Classics is changing:
https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2021/06/15/why-and-how-study-classics-changing-opinion
What Greek epics teach about father-son relationships:
https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/What-Greek-epics-taught-me-about-the-special-16248873.php
https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/What-Greek-epics-taught-me-about-the-special-16248873.php
https://neoskosmos.com/en/202916/what-greek-epics-taught-me-about-the-special-relationship-between-fathers-and-sons/
Review of Richardson, *Alexandria*:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/deserter-spy-discovered-lost-city-alexandria/
Feature on the golden masks of Mycenae:
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/europe/2021-06/17/c_1310013008.htm
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202106/1226435.shtml
Feature on Greek fire:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/06/the-mystery-of-greek-fire/139514
Feature on an Alexander Romance tale of Alexander's undersea explorations:
https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/articles/alexanders-underwater-adventure/
Feature on ancient Greek mixing of wine with seawater:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/12/why-ancient-greeks-mixed-wine-with-seawater/
Suggestion that a drought may have been the cause of the 'Bronze Age Collapse':
https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/19/a-drought-may-be-behind-the-bronze-age-collapse/
During WWII, occupying German forces removed Greek antiquities:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/16/occupying-germany-removed-ancient-greek-antiquities-us-archives-reveal/
Feature on Lady Hamilton's revival of Greek fashion:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/14/meet-lady-hamilton-who-brought-ancient-greek-fashion-to-18th-century-europe/
Interesting feature on George Thompson's work:
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/how-ireland-lost-its-odyssey-the-remarkable-story-of-george-thompson-1.4584665
Feature on Heracleion:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/17/underwater-city-of-heracleion-egypt-gives-up-its-treasures/
Feature on the 'Odysseus' shipwreck:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/17/2400-year-old-odysseus-greek-vessel-discovered-intact-at-the-bottom-of-the-black-sea/
Feature on the Palace of Knossos:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/15/inside-cretes-minoan-palace-of-knossos/
Feature on things people get wrong about Greek mythology:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/15/10-things-most-people-get-wrong-about-greek-mythology/
A spintria token was sold on Pawn Stars:
https://www.looper.com/438417/the-ancient-roman-token-that-sold-for-a-small-fortune-on-pawn-stars/
Comparing Odysseus' bow to its modern counterparts:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/16/how-does-odysseus-bow-fare-against-modern-versions-of-the-weapon/
Feature on 'weird' ancient Greek customs:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/18/weirdest-ancient-greek-customs/
Feature on some ancient Greek philosophers:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/06/18/ancient-greek-philosophers-thinkers/
In case you were wondering about the Latin in Loki this week:
https://www.themarysue.com/loki-episode-two-latin-pompeii-scene/
https://metro.co.uk/2021/06/16/loki-episode-2-fans-obsess-over-tom-hiddlestons-latin-monologue-14785339/
... and in the Handmaid's Tale:
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a36739814/handmaids-tale-nolite-te-bastardes-carborundorum-meaning/
Feature on ancient Roman-style 'cancel culture':
https://www.spectator.com.au/2021/06/cancel-culture-roman-style/
Last week's link to this feature on the Alexander mosaic didn't paste properly:
https://smarthistory.org/alexander-mosaic-from-the-house-of-the-faun-pompeii/
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Roman Archaeology Blog:
http://romanarc.blogspot.com/
Rogueclassicism:
http://rogueclassicism.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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A study of the fingerprint(s) left on some Neolithic pottery from the Ness of Brodgar:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-57440206
https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/fingerprints-of-two-young-male-potters-found-on-5000-year-old-orkney-vessel-3271279
Neolithic finds from Pontrefact:
https://www.pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk/news/environment/archaeologists-uncover-neolithic-remains-in-pontefract-3277291
A study of Bronze Age copper trading networks in Scandinavia:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/au-bas061721.php
https://phys.org/news/2021-06-bronze-age-scandinavia-networks-copper.html
A 2000 years bp sandal/shoe from a German bog (next to an Iron Age plank path):
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9701737/2-000-year-old-leather-shoe-discovered-Northern-Germany-disappeared-bog.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61594
https://wcyb.com/news/offbeat/bronze-age-sandal-lost-2000-years-ago-in-a-bog-unearthed-by-archeologists
A 5th-7th century Burgundian necropolis from Boutae (France):
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61561
Restoring a defensive boundary that separated Swabians from Visigoths in the fifth century:
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-06-15/la-frontera-vigilada-que-dividia-a-suevos-de-visigodos-en-la-peninsula-iberica.html
Some scraps of 9th/10th century Viking textiles from a burial in Norway:
https://norwegianscitechnews.com/2021/05/unique-viking-textiles-found-in-womans-grave/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9785-210614-viking-fabric-clothing
Early medieval burials in Europe were apparently regularly reopened as part of a burial tradition, apparently:
https://www.livescience.com/medieval-graves-reopened.html
https://www.wral.com/medieval-europeans-regularly-reopened-graves-and-not-to-rob-them/19731793/
https://www.wlsam.com/news/medieval-europeans-regularly-reopened-graves-and-not-to-rob-them/
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/635/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/635/pub/635/page/29/article/185821
A study suggests that plague victims in mid-14th century Cambridge did receive individual burials:
https://phys.org/news/2021-06-evidence-medieval-plague-victims-considerable.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/uoc-fet061721.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210617133823.htm
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-57517627
https://www.sciencealert.com/first-dna-evidence-suggests-plague-victims-were-buried-on-their-own-with-great-care
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/06/plague-in-medieval-cambridge/139494
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9795-210618-england-plague-graves
cf:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-journal-of-archaeology/article/beyond-plague-pits-using-genetics-to-identify-responses-to-plague-in-medieval-cambridgeshire/9591FF85F1B5C45FB0CF2A9082240863
Suggestion a site on Stirling's Coxet Hill may have been the Bruce's headquarters for Bannockburn:
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/stirlings-coxet-hill-been-site-24325575
A metal detectorist came across some Edward III gold coins:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-57520248
Medieval finds from the site of an Inverness housing development:
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/inverness/3233404/medieval-ruins-found-on-the-grounds-of-new-inverness-housing-development/
Medieval finds from an ongoing dig in downtown Newcastle:
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/history/gallery/amazing-finds-medieval-newcastle-dig-20817925
Medieval (?) burials found under the Verona Arena archways:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61574
A roundup of finds made during A14 construction in Cambridgeshire:
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/a14-upgrade-traffic-woolly-mammoth-20848519
More on evidence of human habitation near the 'German Stonehenge':
https://www.livescience.com/german-stonehenge-residential-area.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9687907/Archaeologists-discover-130-dwellings-Germanys-Stonehenge.html
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/bronze-age-homes-discovered-german-stonehenge-pommelte-1980840
More on the burial-with-a-bird-in-her-mouth:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/17/skeleton-with-bird-skull-in-its-mouth-identified/
More on the evidence of the effects of pointy-toed shoes in medieval Britain:
https://www.livescience.com/pointy-shoes-harmed-medieval-feet.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/18/science/archaeology-hallux-valgus-bunions-poulaines.html
https://gizmodo.com/extremely-sexy-pointy-shoes-warped-the-feet-of-medieval-1847072767
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/14/fashion-for-pointy-shoes-unleashed-plague-of-bunions-in-medieval-britain/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/medieval-europeans-obsession-pointy-shoes-caused-painful-bunions-180977969/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9783-210614-medieval-skeletons-poulaines
More on that 18th century wooden road find from Poland:
https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C88046%2Cremnants-oldest-surviving-wooden-road-found-poland.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9784-210614-poland-wooden-road
More on veterans participating in work at Butser Ancient Farm:
https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/whats-on/things-to-do/operation-nightingale-veterans-take-part-in-butser-ancient-farm-bronze-age-home-reconstruction-3270982
Concerns for sites on the Dingle Peninsula:
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight/arid-40312037.html
Concerns for Liverpool's World Heritage Status:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-57538068
A 200 years bp church that was ravaged by fire five years ago is reopening:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-57500448
Feature on Viking longships:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-viking-longship-an-engineering-marvel-of-the-ancient-world
Feature on the Viking Russ' siege of Constantinople:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/06/the-viking-russ-siege-of-constantinople/139507
Feature on a 'lost' Viking settlement recently found during the melting of the Lendbreen ice patch:
https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-cultural-history-researchers-zone/the-amazing-discovery-of-a-lost-viking-settlement/1876219
The codices of the Cantigas of Alfonso X are going online:
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-06-13/patrimonio-libera-los-codices-de-las-cantigas-de-alfonso-x.html
Archiving Spanish anarchism:
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-06-14/la-memoria-historica-del-anarquismo-espanol-reposa-en-amsterdam.html
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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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Remains of an Ice Age cave bear from the Urals shows possible signs of human 'stabbing':
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/someone-stabbed-a-cave-bear-in-the-head-with-a-spear-35000-years-ago/
I think we mentioned this 4500 years bp 'cabin' and nearby rice paddy from Sanxindui:
https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3137007/archaeologists-unearth-evidence-4500-year-old-ancient-chinese
More on that Great Wall fort from Shaanxi:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/57471206
Feature on Silk Road finds made during the pandemic:
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-06/20/c_1310018316.htm
Feature on Ma Yu's work in 'relic restoration':
http://epaper.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202106/14/WS60c6b018a31099a23435735e.html
Feature on the Niya ruins:
https://english.cctv.com/2021/06/15/VIDECu9UTWvYECDXyJBCh5bk210615.shtml
Feature on the opening of the Sanxia Conservation Institute:
http://epaper.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202106/14/WS60c6af0da31099a234357354.html
A pair of 14th and 17th century shipwrecks off the coast of Singapore:
https://phys.org/news/2021-06-centuries-old-shipwrecks-singapore.html
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/shipwreck-finds-a-boost-to-maritime-archaeology-and-heritage-in-singapore
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/shipwreck-finds-keep-maritime-heritage-in-singapore-afloat
https://mothership.sg/2021/06/shipwrecks-singapore-archaeology/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9794-210617-singapore-historic-shipwrecks
... interesting backstory:
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/archaeologists-24-year-wait-to-survey-site-pays-off
Remains of a 2000 years bp wall from the Nagar Fort area:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/2000-year-old-wall-discovered-while-digging-pond-in-nagar-fort-area-of-tonk/articleshow/83525349.cms
Six sets of 16th century (or earlier) copper plates from Srisailam temple:
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/140621/six-sets-of-copper-plates-unearthed-at-srisailam-temple-in-a-rare-disc.html
Feature on India's 'most underrated' archaeological finds:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/desires-of-a-modern-indian/indias-10-most-underrated-archaeological-discoveries/
On controversy surrounding the Batle of Haldighati:
https://theprint.in/theprint-essential/why-battle-of-haldighati-between-maharana-pratap-and-akbar-is-controversial-445-years-later/677733/
Laser mapping of 125 monuments in India is complete:
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/3d-laser-mapping-of-125-monuments-in-8-districts-completed/article34855985.ece
The largest geoglyph in the world is possibly in the Thar Desert of India:
https://www.livescience.com/largest-geoglyphs-discovered-india.html
Feature on Taiwan's 'forgotten' WWII prisoner of war camps:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-57465359
Pondering the existence of FOng Sai-yuk and Hong Xiguan:
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3136945/jet-li-made-fong-sai-yuk-household-name-while-chen-kuan-tai
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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Studying theories made by 'Dark Emu' regarding Aboriginal agriculture:
https://phys.org/news/2021-06-archaeological-dark-emu-idea-aboriginal.html
https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-how-our-new-archaeological-research-investigates-dark-emus-idea-of-aboriginal-agriculture-and-villages-146754
cf:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/hidden-in-plain-sight-the-archaeological-landscape-of-mithaka-country-southwest-queensland/9661E7F90EB7ED535012484DC35FB01A
Dating some moa coprolites from Fiordland:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/science/300329352/ancient-moa-turds-lasted-6800-years
More on the Maori reaching Antarctica as early as the 7th century CE:
https://www.livescience.com/indigenous-people-discovered-antarctica.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/maori-reached-antarctica-1000-years-europeans-180977987/
Feature on the last Australian penal ship:
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/edwin-fox-ship-new-zealand-cmd/index.html
Feature on Eliza Hamilton Dunlop's poetry:
https://theconversation.com/hidden-women-of-history-eliza-hamilton-dunlop-the-irish-australian-poet-who-shone-a-light-on-colonial-violence-161592
Feature on 'lunar traditions' of the first Australians:
https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/astronomy/lunar-traditions-of-the-first-australians-2/
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NORTH AMERICA
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Using bacteria to track migrations of Siberians to the Americas some 12 000 years bp:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/uow-emo061021.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210614153947.htm
9000 years bp obsidian flakes from Lake Huron the originated in Oregon:
https://www.uta.edu/news/news-releases/2021/06/15/lemke-lake-huron
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/uota-aus061521.php
https://phys.org/news/2021-06-underwater-site-team-year-old-stone.html
http://www.lakecountyexam.com/ancient-lake-county-obsidian-found-in-michigan/article_209945c9-0d1f-5d17-bbc4-8df50273a8db.html
http://www.lakecountyexam.com/news/ancient-lake-county-obsidian-found-in-michigan/article_f2344024-ce18-11eb-8c52-e3e4cced4fee.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210616094106.htm
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/06/underwater-archaeology-team-finds-ancient-obsidian-flakes-2000-miles-from-quarry/139487
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/16/research-finds-9000-year-old-stone-artifacts-at-underwater-site/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9790-210616-obsidian-tool-trade
6000 years bp beaver castoreum detected on a 6000 years bp atlatl dart from the Yukon:
https://www.yukon-news.com/news/beaver-casotreum-residue-found-on-6000-year-old-atlatl-throwing-dart/
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/06/15/beaver-secretion-found-as-part-of-ancient-throwing-dart-in-yukon/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9789-210616-canada-beaver-castoreum
I think we mentioned the student excavations in Daniel Boone Forest:
https://www.kentucky.com/news/state/kentucky/article252238518.html
A search for remains of Fort Halifax:
https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/archaeology-artifacts-dig-up-halifax-township-colonial-militia/521-549017f5-163c-4f32-b98c-e6545ff24555
A dig on the North Idaho College campus in Coeur d'Alene is excavating sites associated with Fort Sherman:
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/jun/19/archaeological-dig-at-north-idaho-college-aims-to-/
https://www.kpvi.com/news/national_news/archaeological-dig-at-north-idaho-college-aims-to-unearth-invisible-histories-of-fort-sherman/article_7538ac08-91ab-5e8a-bae6-0d957674faee.html
A dig on the campus of the College of Charleston revealed a slave badge from 1853:
https://today.cofc.edu/2021/06/15/cofc-faculty-students-discover-slave-badge-on-campus/
They're still studying those 28 burials believed associated with the Tulsa Massacre:
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/examination-yet-to-confirm-bodies-are-tulsa-massacre-victims/
https://tulsaworld.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-mass-grave-search-opens-up-troubling-questions/article_78a22590-cec8-11eb-9494-5351f287573b.html
https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/oaklawn-exhumations-raise-some-new-questions/article_93c0dee2-cd1b-11eb-b645-e775ea13f8c4.html
... and they're expanding the search:
https://www.newson6.com/story/60cbd7843b335a0bda6bcb13/state-archaeologists-expanding-mass-grave-search-at-oaklawn-cemetery-
Hopes that Oracle will do some archaeology before building its new office campus in Nashville:
https://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/2021/06/17/oracle-excavate-native-american-remains-before-nashville-construction/7719148002/
Lost burials concerns in Tampa:
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/special-reports/tampa-old-catholic-cemetery-missing-graves/67-82e970aa-8248-4e7d-8b6e-2e84421bc77d
More on the evidence for a 16th/17th century Mocama settlement on Big Talbot Island:
https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/duval-county/unf-archaeology-students-unearth-artifacts-almost-500-year-old-native-american-village/AFR4LVGT75HHXA3NLJFH46G32E/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-may-have-rediscovered-long-lost-indigenous-settlement-florida-1-180977973/
Concerns for the Pockoy Island shell rings:
https://www.postandcourier.com/news/half-of-prehistoric-sc-site-may-be-claimed-by-the-sea-by-fall/article_17c57b50-cd33-11eb-a962-73643291160b.html
Feature on flint quarries in Ohio:
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/columns/2021/06/20/archaeology-flint-quarries-were-special-places-indigenous-people/7703319002/
Feature on the Great Serpent Mound:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/06/the-great-serpent-mound/139468
Feature on the John Brown Farm:
https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/stories/advancing-adirondack-inclusivity-at-john-brown-farm
Features on Juneteenth:
https://www.livescience.com/what-is-juneteenth.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/interactive/2021/juneteenth-history-texas-emancipation-photos/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/juneteenth-us-second-independence-day-now-federal-holiday-180978015/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/18/opinion/juneteenth-civil-rights.html
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Restoring a 500 years bp Inca 'woven bridge' in Peru:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/16/bridge-made-of-string-peruvians-weave-500-year-old-incan-crossing-back-into-place
Mexico's Maya train project might be delayed by archaeological finds:
https://www.bnamericas.com/en/news/major-archaeological-find-could-hold-up-maya-train
https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2021/06/archaeological-zone-discovered-on-the-maya-train-route-in-campeche-will-not-be-open-to-the-public/
Feature on rethinking the fall of the Aztec empire:
https://blog.britishmuseum.org/an-indigenous-reframing-of-the-fall-of-the-aztec-empire/
Feature on the Aztecs:
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/372/6548/1269
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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/
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Not sure where to put this bit of experimental archaeology trying to figure out how Paleolithic types illuminated their caves:
https://phys.org/news/2021-06-darkness-experimental-paleolithic-cave.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/p-li060921.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210616143034.htm
https://elpais.com/ciencia/2021-06-16/un-mundo-de-sombras-humos-y-gamas-de-rojos-las-pinturas-rupestres-como-las-vieron-sus-artistas.html
https://www.insidescience.org/news/scientists-recreate-stone-age-lamps-and-torches-see-how-ancient-artists-illuminated-caves
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/paleolithic-lighting-systems-09771.html
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/archaeologists-recreated-three-common-kinds-of-paleolithic-cave-lighting/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9796-210618-paleolithic-cave-lighting
Similarly, a piece on the damage bat guano does to petroglyphs in caves:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/17/science/bats-guano-cave-art.html
... and we might as well also put here this study of 30 000 years bp 'hand stencils' at Gargas cave suggesting they depict 'sign language':
http://www.insidescience.org/news/cave-paintings-may-depict-ice-age-sign-language
Feature on Jane Austen's family links to slavery:
https://www.timesunion.com/living/article/Jane-Austen-family-link-to-abolition-movement-16247278.php
Parts of a cut up 16th century panel were reunited:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/acquisitions-june-2021
Feature on the fate of Hideki Tojo's body after execution:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/world/asia/japan-tojo-remains.html
On Caravaggio's Ecce Homo:
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-06-14/el-eccehomo-atribuido-a-caravaggio-pertenecio-a-las-colecciones-reales.html
Latest 'hidden art' is a portrait by Modigliani:
https://hyperallergic.com/654555/oxia-palus-technology-reveals-hidden-modigliani-portrait/
Looking into a possible 'fetish' of Proust:
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/proust-and-the-sex-rats
Pondering whether Renaissance philosophy exists:
https://aeon.co/essays/there-was-no-such-thing-as-renaissance-philosophy
Feature on the rise of inequality:
https://aeon.co/essays/for-97-of-human-history-equality-was-the-norm-what-happened
Feature on the roots of rape culture:
https://aeon.co/essays/the-hypocrisies-of-rape-culture-have-medieval-roots
Feature on letterlocking:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210616-how-the-forgotten-tricks-of-letterlocking-shaped-history
Feature on Caravaggio's Supper at Emmaus:
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210617-the-supper-at-emmaus-a-coded-symbol-hidden-in-a-masterpiece
Feature on the impact of graphs on various things:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/06/21/when-graphs-are-a-matter-of-life-and-death
Challenging Darwin's theory of sexual selection:
https://theconversation.com/darwin-got-sexual-selection-backwards-research-suggests-162711
cf;
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/evo.14273
Pondering when the Anthropocene began:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/the-human-epoch-when-did-the-anthropocene-begin
Feature on some solstice sites that aren't Stonehenge:
https://www.sapiens.org/column/field-trips/solstice-sites/
Review of Rosemary Hill, *Time's Witness*:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/times-witness-by-rosemary-hill-review-b72pb2nhl
Review of Scott Borchert, *Republic of Detours*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/books/review/republic-of-detours-scott-borchert.html
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Add Chief Justice John Marshall to the list of folks revealed as major slaveowners:
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/06/chief-justice-john-marshall-slaves/619160/
Feature on David Drake's 'poetic jars':
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/17/arts/design/-enslaved-potter-david-drake-museum.html
OpEd on how history is taught:
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-fog-of-history-wars
On teaching race and history in the US:
http://www.wnyc.org/story/teaching-race-and-history-in-americas-schools/
... and scholarly reaction to current legislative efforts:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/arts/critical-race-theory-scholars.html
Assorted feature on China's cultural erasure of the Uyghurs:
https://www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v/2021/how-china-is-destroying-the-uyghur-mosques~v440216/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/06/12/hilton-hotel-built-xinjiang-china-bulldozes-mosque/
https://uhrp.org/bibliography/
Trying to preserve Mayan weaving traditions:
https://elpais.com/planeta-futuro/2021-06-12/las-tejedoras-mayas-que-defienden-sus-creaciones-como-memoria-historica-y-modelo-de-desarrollo.html
More on the University of Sheffield cut situation (various):
https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/people/sheffields-department-of-archaeology-receives-massive-support-from-greece-3278569
https://www.thestar.co.uk/education/sheffield-student-slams-process-to-shut-down-department-of-archaeology-as-unethical-3277758
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/education/university-of-sheffield-release-full-explanation-of-cuts-to-archaeology-department-and-reveal-record-low-student-numbers-but-commit-to-still-taking-part-in-local-digs-3276457
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS
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Three (possibly related) woolly mammoth skeletons found by gold miners in the Yukon:
https://www.livescience.com/yukon-miners-discover-woolly-mammoths.html
On the origins of brassica rapa:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/brassica-rapa-vegetable-domestication
More on the longevity of ancient chickens:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-murder-most-fowl-chickens-in-antiquity-lived-longer-1.9901105
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Nero:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/article-9696549/Nero-review-200-objects-exhibition-offers-fascinating-snapshot-imperial-Rome.html
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/06/14/how-nasty-was-nero-really
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathonkeats/2021/06/17/was-nero-a-hero-seeking-to-rehabilitate-the-reviled-roman-emperor-the-british-museum-exposes-the-politics-of-duplicity/
https://hyperallergic.com/654479/what-to-make-of-nero-man-behind-myth-british-museum/
Pompeii (Georgia):
https://agenda.ge/en/news/2021/1618
Assyrian art:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/reviews/anatolia-to-babylonia-assyrian-art-at-getty-villa
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1877216/middle-east
Mardi Gras Shipwreck:
https://www.raynetoday.com/lifestyle/%E2%80%98mardi-gras-shipwreck%E2%80%99-exhibit-open-thursday
Slavery:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/podcast/slavery-at-the-rijksmuseum-leonora-carrington-and-a-rubens-reunion
Documenta:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/18/arts/documenta-deutsches-historisches-museum.html
Hilma af Klint:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/jun/15/hilma-af-klints-miraculous-art-in-dialogue-with-spirits-she-found-her-own-voice
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/hilma-af-klint/
Keros:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/06/16/keron-settlement-that-began-4500/
European Masterpieces:
https://theconversation.com/european-masterpieces-from-the-met-demonstrates-arts-power-to-speak-to-the-human-condition-160462
Australian impressionists:
https://theconversation.com/she-oak-and-sunlight-the-best-feelgood-show-i-have-seen-since-covid-158311
https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/she-oak-and-sunlight/
Nowashe Village:
https://www.wtnh.com/on-air/nyberg/nowashe-village-immersive-outdoor-museum-gives-first-hand-look-at-indigenous-life/
Becket:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/thomas-becket-is-5th-ave-a-future-pilgrimage-site-11623595741
Napoleon:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/napoleon-review-the-generals-garden-11624028579
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/napoleon-s-stolen-masterpieces-the-plunder-that-formed-the-louvre-1.4589616
Weathervanes:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/preview/weathervanes-get-their-second-wind
Treasure of Chianti:
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/life/family/2021/06/16/ancient-coins-discovered-fsu-team-view-italy/7688885002/
Golden Coach:
https://www.dw.com/en/controversial-golden-coach-becomes-museum-exhibit/a-57936853
The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir was marking World Music Day:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/105092/Egyptian-Museum-in-Tahrir-exhibits-22-unique-artifacts-in-celebration
The Acropolis Museum is celebrating its 12th birthday:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/06/20/acropolis-museum-12-today/
Feature on the Charlestown Shipwreck Treasure Museum:
https://www.cornwalllive.com/whats-on/whats-on-news/death-defying-treasure-seeking-pioneers-5537193
Feature on the Hatay Archaeology Museum:
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/local-tourists-rush-to-hatay-archaeology-museum-165548
Feature on the soon-to-be-open Musee de Mariana at Lucciana:
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/patrimoine/archeologie/la-corse-sapprete-a-ouvrir-un-nouveau-musee-archeologique-a-lucciana_4661357.amp
Feature on how COVID has affected Italy's museums:
https://www.euronews.com/travel/2021/06/17/colosseum-pompeii-how-have-italy-museums-changed-post-covid
On decolonizing efforts by European museums:
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-06-13/los-museos-europeos-aspiran-a-descolonizarse.html
An apology from a Shanghai museum:
https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/gender-diversity/article/3137871/chinese-art-museum-shanghai-apologises-and
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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A 3000 years bp bronze Irish horn is coming to auction:
https://www.christies.com/features/a-remarkable-Bronze-Age-Irish-horn-11713-1.aspx
Assorted Scots history items too:
https://www.thenational.scot/news/19369804.rare-scots-history-collection-go-auction/
A Toulouse-Lautrec painting is coming to auction:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/105048/Rare-painting-by-Henri-de-Toulouse-Lautrec-to-be-auctioned
Big bucks for a gold medal cast to mark Henry VIII becoming head of the Church of England:
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/632/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/632/pub/632/page/43/article/183949
Ethiopia managed to get some items pulled from a UK auction:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ethiopian-artifacts-pulled-british-auction-1234596039/
https://www.art-insider.com/uk-auction-removes-looted-objects-after-objections-from-ethiopian-embassy/2381
Sotheby's has delayed an auction of Bronte-related manuscripts:
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-57525932
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jun/17/uk-libraries-and-museums-unite-to-save-astonishing-lost-library-from-private-buyers
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/17/arts/design/bronte-sothebys-fundraiser.html
We mentioned this Van Gogh-friend painting purchased very cheaply in an antique shop:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/blog/discovered-a-picture-by-van-gogh-s-colleague
Feature on how to buy art:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/06/14/t-magazine/how-to-buy-art.html
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ON THE DNA FRONT
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Reflecting on a decade of human genome analysis:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/sjcu-tyo061521.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210616113824.htm
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/18/ten-years-of-ancient-genome-analysis-shows-what-it-means-to-be-human/
A new method might reveal what genes we inherited from Neanderthals:
https://phys.org/news/2021-06-method-reveal-genes-inherited-neanderthals.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/uoc--nmc061721.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210617115536.htm
Using DNA to postulate a population turnover in East Asia during the last Ice Age:
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/05/last-ice-age-wiped-out-people-east-asia-well-europe
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9724-210528-asia-ancient-genomes
More on DNA connecting a couple of Viking burials 900 km apart:
https://www.icenews.is/2021/06/15/two-viking-era-skeletons-reunited-in-denmark-after-a-millennium/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/ancient-dna-finds-family-ties-between-viking-age-warriors/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/14/new-light-on-the-movement-of-the-vikings/
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THE TECHY SIDE
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More on machine learning and pot sherd sorting:
https://www.wvxu.org/post/archaeologists-beginning-leave-tedious-work-sorting-computers
More on using bacteria to clean heritage monuments:
https://www.dw.com/en/could-bacteria-help-save-historic-buildings-from-environmental-damage/a-57767479
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TOURISTY THINGS
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The Taj Mahal has reopened:
https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-digest-taj-mahal-reopens-as-india-cases-slow/a-57914558
German castle road:
https://www.dw.com/en/german-castle-road-a-scenic-route-to-the-past/g-57775372
Uros Islands:
https://matadornetwork.com/read/visiting-lake-titicacas-uros-islands-experience-peruvian-indigenous-traditions/
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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Atalanta Forever:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57427065
Feature on Josquin:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/06/21/the-musical-mysteries-of-josquin
Feature on Aeschylia 2021:
https://www.athina984.gr/en/2021/06/17/me-22-ekdiloseis-erchontai-ta-aischyleia-2021/
The Regensburger Domspatzen boy's church choir is opening to girls:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57510809
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CRIME BEAT
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Something about money laundering and art sales:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/19/arts/design/money-laundering-art-market.html
I suspect this is the category for a pair of 17th century European paintings found at a roadside dumpster in Germany:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/19/europe/german-police-paintings-dumpster-scli-grm-intl/index.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57536940
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/german-police-say-17th-century-paintings-found-highway-dumpster-n1271371
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
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A list of the 1127 Benin Bronzes held by German museums:
https://www.cp3c.org/benin-bronzes/
... and pondering whether the Queen will return hers:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/double-loot-of-queen-s-bronze
The Met returned two Benin bronzes:
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/benin-bronzes-metropolitan-museum-barnaby-phillips/
Feature on some artifacts 'stolen' from Nepal:
https://kathmandutribune.com/nepals-stolen-artifacts/
https://english.onlinekhabar.com/some-historic-idols-stolen-from-nepal-have-returned-home-challenges-galore-have-stopped-others.html
Some German citizens returned some items to Mexico:
https://www.dw.com/en/mexico-recovers-archaeological-pieces-from-germany/a-57930126
The Smithsonian returned a pre-Inca gold item to Peru:
https://hyperallergic.com/654025/smithsonian-repatriates-pre-incan-gold-ornament-to-peru/
More on US returns to Cambodia:
https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/cambodia-artifacts-new-york/index.html
https://www.occrp.org/en/27-ccwatch/cc-watch-briefs/14619-u-s-returns-3-8-million-worth-of-looted-artifacts-to-cambodia
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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n24.html
... and the one which should appear later today:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n25.html
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Coin Week:
http://www.coinweek.com/
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OBITUARIES
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Elizabeth French:
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/it-immense-sadness-faculty-reports-elizabeth-lisa-french-passed-away-yesterday-cambridge-10
Xu Yuanchong:
https://en.appledaily.com/prominent-translator-of-chinese-literary-classics-dies/AVEJELKLZ5GCRJ4UGFU54BG5JU
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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:
https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3079-audio-news-from-archaeologica-june-6-through-june-12-2021
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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS
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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/
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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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