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explorator 25.51 April 9, 2023
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You can read explorator online at:

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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,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay,
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 study of the Navalmaillo Rock shelter suggests Neanderthals had 'uneven' occupation routines:

https://www.cenieh.es/en/press/news/new-clues-behavioral-variability-neanderthal-hunting-parties
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/05/new-clues-to-the-behavioral-variability-of-neanderthal-hunting-parties/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11322-230403-spain-neanderthal-hunting

Evidence that homo sapiens was eating very large land snails some 170 000 years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-humans-giant-snails-apex-predator.html
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/homo-sapiens-supersized-snails

Feature on a Neanderthal site in Jersey:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-jersey-65174574
https://news.yahoo.com/archaeologists-revisit-jerseys-neanderthal-082144058.html

Feature on human evolution:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/how-did-humans-evolve
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AFRICA
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Not sure where to put this one: it appears that some Benin Bronzes were made with brass from Germany:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-benin-bronzes-german-brass.html
https://www.livescience.com/benin-bronzes-were-crafted-of-metal-from-a-completely-unexpected-place
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/benin-bronzes-sculpted-from-metal-mined-in-germany-kf00fjdpp
https://www.dw.com/en/benin-bronzes-made-of-german-brass/a-65232329
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/05/benin-bronzes-made-from-brass-mined-in-west-germany-study-finds
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2368057-famous-benin-bronzes-from-west-africa-used-metal-sourced-in-germany/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/shipwrecks-reveal-origins-of-metal-used-to-cast-the-benin-bronzes/146777
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-shipwrecks-reveal-about-the-origins-of-the-benin-bronzes-180981925/

cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0283415

Christian (and other) wall paintings from Funj period dwellings in Old Dongola:

https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-discovered-an-enigmatic-complex-of-rooms-interiors-of-which-covered-with-figural-scenes-unique-to-christian-art/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/07/new-discoveries-in-old-dongola-protection-for-tungul/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/archaeologists-uncover-ornate-christian-frescos-in-old-dongola/146809

Feature on the search for the 'legendary lost city' of Zerzura (Libya):

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/the-search-for-the-lost-city-of-zerzura/146743

Feature on the ancient city of Mapungubwe:

https://theconversation.com/archaeology-shows-how-hunter-gatherers-fitted-into-southern-africas-first-city-800-years-ago-202774
https://phys.org/news/2023-04-archaeology-hunter-gatherers-southern-africa-city.html
https://news.yahoo.com/archaeology-shows-hunter-gatherers-fitted-130220642.html

More on the copper trade from South to Central Africa:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/03/copper-artifacts-unearth-new-cultural-connections-in-southern-africa/
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Using mummy labels to reconstruct the climate of Roman Egypt:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-mummies-key-reconstruct-climate-ancient.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/ancient-mummy-labels-help-to-reconstruct-climate-of-roman-egypt/146786
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/06/mummies-provide-key-to-reconstruct-the-ancient-mediterranean-climate/

More on the study of a cache of severed hands found at Tell el-Dab'a:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-palace-pits-severed-ancient-egyptian.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-736155
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-04-06/severed-hands-for-the-pharaoh-archaeologists-find-first-physical-evidence-of-enemy-mutilation-in-ancient-egypt.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11942033/Archaeologists-discover-12-severed-HANDS-Egyptian-palace.html
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2023/04/06/severed-hands-found-in-northern-egypt-are-proof-of-gruesome-war-practice-study-says/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/04/gruesome-cache-of-severed-hands-is-evidence-of-trophy-taking-in-ancient-egypt/
https://www.science.org/content/article/severed-hands-unearthed-ancient-egyptian-site-may-have-been-battle-trophies
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-pit-of-severed-hands-could-be-the-remains-of-a-grisly-ancient-egyptian-ceremony
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66907
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/04/severed-hands-from-avaris-medically-documented/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11331-230407-egypt-severed-hands

More on studying and recording 2000 years of ancient graffiti in Egypt:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230330172143.htm
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/03/recording-2000-years-of-ancient-graffiti-in-egypt/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11329-230406-egypt-phillae-graffiti

More on the 2000 mummified rams' heads found at the Ramses II temple in Abydos:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discovered-2000-ram-skulls-temple-pharaoh-ramses-ii-180981911/

More on the murals depicting a Ptolemaic-era zodiac from the Temple of Esna:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-egyptian-zodiac-murals-uncovered-temple-esna-luxor-1234663012/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/temple-of-esna-egypt-zodiac-ceiling-reliefs-2275064
https://hypebeast.com/2023/4/ancient-egypt-zodiac-discovery-temple-of-esna
https://hyperallergic.com/812841/rare-zodiac-reliefs-discovered-in-ancient-egyptian-temple/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-zodiac-paintings-on-egyptian-temple-see-the-light-of-day-after-2200-years-180981927/

More on the amulets revealed in a scan of the mummified remains of 'The Golden Boy':

https://the-past.com/news/golden-mummies-share-their-secrets/

More on the finds a while ago at the Dra Abu el-Naga necropolis in Luxor:

https://the-past.com/news/burial-complex-unearthed-at-dra-abu-el-naga-necropolis/

Feature on 'swimming girl spoons' from the New Kingdom:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/04/swimming-girl-spoons-egypt

Feature on the death of Lord Carnarvon:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/death-of-lord-carnarvon-9dqvcb0gw

Feature on the Biblical plagues of Egypt:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-04-09/ty-article/how-many-plagues-were-there-in-egypt-not-what-you-thought/00000187-46f1-df9b-a9d7-c7fdf1b00000

Feature on when the mummified remains of Ramses were taken to Paris in 1976:

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230406-1976-when-ramses-came-to-paris-for-a-mummy-makeover

... and reflecting on France's role in Egyptology:

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20230407-as-ramses-comes-to-paris-france-s-role-in-egyptology-examined

78 Iron Age burials from Tepe Sagz Abad:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/483351/Archaeologist-elaborates-on-Iron-Age-burial-chambers

Feature on Cecile Michel's work publishing Mesopotamian texts:

https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/news/2023-03-13-mesopotamian-bulletins.html

Assertions that American looting of Syrian sites is still happening:

https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/04/03/700906/US-occupation-forces,-allied-SDF-militants-intensify-theft-of-Syrian-antiquities
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/art-culture/if-not-oil-then-antiquities-us-looting-of-syrian-wealth-cont

... and wondering where a number of Iraq's antiquities are twenty years after the US invasion:

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/4/7/20-years-after-the-us-invasion-where-are-iraqs-antiquities

Latest 'decipherment' is on a Sabaean inscription on a jar found in 2012 near Temple Mount and dating to the time of Solomon:

https://en.huji.ac.il/news/sabaean-inscription-large-clay-jar-deciphered-and-discovered-less-300-meters-site
https://www.timesofisrael.com/newly-deciphered-inscription-gives-clue-to-biblical-queen-of-shebas-jerusalem-visit/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-04-03/ty-article/inscription-in-ancient-arabian-script-found-on-sherd-from-solomon-era-jerusalem/00000187-46e0-d9dd-a7a7-5ee749560000
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-736266
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-deciphered-the-sabaean-inscription-on-a-clay-jar-finds-link-between-king-solomon-and-the-queen-of-sheba/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/clay-jar-points-to-connection-between-israel-under-the-reign-of-king-solomon-and-the-kingdom-of-sheba/146751
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/04/sabaean-inscription-on-a-large-clay-jar-deciphered/

1800 years bp apotropaic gold jewellery from a sarcophagus on Mount Scopus fond back in 1971 has been studied and is now on display:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/begone-evil-eye-ancient-jerusalem-childs-amulet-on-show-50-years-after-discovery/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-04-03/ty-article/spectacular-gold-jewels-worn-against-evil-eye-in-roman-jerusalem-go-on-exhibit-finally/00000187-4619-df9b-a9d7-c79d7bb30000
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/369575
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-736230
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/b1enuf00wh
https://www.jns.org/jerusalem-burial-cave-yields-1800-year-old-gold-against-evil-eye/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/evil-eye-jewelry-protect-girl-roman-jerusalem-unveiled-rcna77857
https://www.iflscience.com/goddess-symbol-adorns-1800-year-old-gold-jewelry-from-jerusalem-cave-68286

More on that 6000 years bp copper fish hook from Ashkelon:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/05/6000-year-old-fishhook-shark/
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/archeology/1680080709-israeli-archeologists-discover-6-000-year-old-copper-fishing-hook-in-ashkelon
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11315-230330-israel-copper-fishhook

Interview with Yonatan Adler on the origins of Judaism:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-matters-now-to-archaeologist-prof-yonatan-adler-the-origins-of-judaism/

Feature on keeping kosher while serving in the Roman army:

https://www.jns.org/jews-could-have-kept-kosher-passover-in-ancient-roman-army-per-new-paper/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2023/04/05/were-jews-allowed-to-keep-kosher-passover-in-ancient-roman-army/

Feature on the walls of Jericho:

https://www.iflscience.com/the-walls-of-jericho-may-be-a-biblical-and-deeply-fascinating-lie-68325

Feature on the history of pilgrimage to the Holy Land:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-04-02/ty-article-magazine/the-true-history-of-early-christian-pilgrimage-to-the-holy-land/00000187-410a-db91-adcf-5f1f2dd30000
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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A 6th century BCE intact Etruscan tomb from Vulci:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66946
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/etruscan-tomb-discovered-in-ruins-of-ancient-vulci/146815

A Hellenistic 'hidden chamber' from a necropolis in Naples:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-32626-0

A submerged opus sectile floor at baia:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66954

A 1st century CE Roman statue find from a site in Istanbul:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/1-900-year-old-statue-discovered-in-istanbul-182066
https://famagusta-gazette.com/2023/04/05/ancient-roman-statue-unearthed-in-excavations-in-central-istanbul/
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-04/04/content_85209980.htm
http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_027PdKNN.html
https://english.news.cn/20230405/163ed3ebeaea4eecb493edb0eccdff4b/c.html
https://arkeonews.net/a-roman-statue-unearthed-on-the-site-of-st-polyeuctus-church-which-once-constantinoples-largest-church/

A 2nd century Roman ring depicting Apollo found by a metal detectorist near Chelmsford:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-65202077

Medusa mosaics excavated at the 2nd century Villa of the Antonines near Rome:

https://www.livescience.com/mysterious-mosaics-depicting-medusa-uncovered-at-2nd-century-roman-villa
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-mosaics-of-medusa-discovered-in-roman-villa-1234663310/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-738757
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/04/09/mosaics-of-greek-medusa-found-in-ancient-greco-roman-villa/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11333-230407-italy-medusa-mosaics

A 4th century CE (or so) sanctuary of Mars and other structures from La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz:

https://www.inrap.fr/sanctuaire-de-la-chapelle-des-fougeretz-de-la-fouille-au-laboratoire-ille-et-17156
https://www.stilearte.it/scoperto-santuario-di-marte-terme-e-necropoli-recuperati-755-oggetti-tra-gioielli-e-armi-e-un-paio-di-scarpe/
https://news.yahoo.com/2-000-old-roman-sanctuary-183513382.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66926
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/new-discoveries-from-roman-site-in-north-western-france/146769

Possible illegal excavations are going on at Eraclea Minoa:

https://www.agrigentonotizie.it/cronaca/eraclea-minoa-scavi-clandestini-tombaroli-furti.html
https://www.agrigentooggi.it/i-tombaroli-sono-tornati-in-azione-rinvenuti-trenta-scavi-abusivi/
https://siciliatv.org/2023/04/08/rinvenuti-scavi-abusivi-nellarea-archeologica-avviate-le-indagini/

More on the Roman remains found at Exeter Cathedral:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-736182
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/archaeologists-unearth-exciting-exeter-roman-8309919

More on the find of the text of Ptolemy's *Meteoroscope* in a medieval manuscript:

https://www.livescience.com/hidden-ptolemy-text-printed-beneath-a-latin-manuscript-deciphered-after-200-years

More on the Venus figurine excavated from a Roman trash pit in Rennes:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/venus-statue-garbage-dump-brittany-france-inrap-2278066
https://hypebeast.com/2023/4/1800-year-old-venus-statuettes-discovered-roman-era-trash-france

More on using AI to recover the text from Herculaneum scrolls:

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/204-challenges/16196-can-ml-unlock-the-secrets-of-the-herculaneum-scrolls.html

More on the Roman mosaic found at a future Aldi site in Olney:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/roman-villa-england-aldi-supermarket-2272588

More on the copper trade and Hala Sultan Tekke:

https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/news/local/cypriot-village-was-major-copper-trading-hub-in-antiquity-study-reveals/

More on the 'drop spindle' from Vindolanda:

https://the-past.com/news/unusual-artefact-from-vindolanda-re-investigated/

In case you missed it: that gold Ides of March coin auctioned a while ago was returned to Greece:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-coin-marking-julius-caesers-death-repatriated-to-greece-180981917/

Pondering the location of Alexander's tomb:

https://www.livescience.com/where-is-alexander-the-greats-tomb

Feature on the 'modern' view of religion dating to 303 CE:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-classicist-modern-view-religion-dates.html
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/04/classicist-modern-view-religion-dates-303-ad

Feature on a project on Roman gardening at Union College:

https://www.union.edu/news/stories/202303/ancient-rome-modern-times-union-garden-state-mind

Feature on Greco-Roman myth in John Wick:

https://hyperallergic.com/812479/john-wick-gives-a-bone-cracking-lesson-in-greco-roman-mythology/

Feature on updating Homer:

https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2023/04/updating-homer-for-sensitive-modern-readers-a-tongue-in-cheek-proposal/

Feature on Roman river transport:

https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/all-rivers-lead-to-rome

Brief feature on a study of ancient Greek textiles:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/multimedia/images/1208262/ancient-textiles-draw-archaeologists-interest/

Feature on Pliny the Elder's *Natural History*:

https://knowablemagazine.org/article/society/2023/pliny-elder-first-encyclopedia

Feature on how the treasures of Troy ended up in Russia:

https://www.rbth.com/arts/336030-gold-troy-ussr-war-booty

Feature on Roman marriage:

https://www.getty.edu/news/ancient-roman-wedding-traditions/

Feature on plaster casts of victims of Vesuvius:

https://mymodernmet.com/pompeii-casts/

Feature on the remains of bread found at Pompeii:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230406-arculata-the-bread-that-survived-pompeii

Feature on the oldest photo of the Acropolis:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/05/oldest-photograph-acropolis-athens-greece/

Feature on Classics and education of Black persons:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/05/black-educators-endorse-classics/

Feature on the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus:

https://www.thecollector.com/temple-of-artemis-ephesus/

Feature on Constantine and Christianity:

https://www.thecollector.com/constantine-great-conversion-christianity/

Feature on Boudicca and feminism:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/02/boudicca-returns-as-a-21st-century-feminist-2000-years-after-her-death

Feature on the Antikythera Mechanism:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/04/03/antikythera-ancient-greek/

Feature on the resurgence in popularity of Greek myth:

https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/greek-invasion-ancient-myths-stages-books-tiktok-b1071837.html

Feature on 'special forces' in various ancient Greek armies:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/05/special-forces-ancient-greece/

OpEd on why the Parthenon Sculptures should be returned:

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/elgin-marbles-sarah-baxter-athens-british-museum

... and a study on why they shouldn't:

https://www.modernghana.com/news/1223245/new-study-advises-british-government-and-british.html

Feature on the sculptures:

https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/are-the-parthenon-marbles-coming-home-to-greece/

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https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-4623

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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A mesolithic stone mace head found during excavations near Buckingham:

https://arkeonews.net/mesolithic-stone-mace-head-found-during-excavation-of-a-site-near-buckingham/

Study suggests Neolithic farmers in Poland were processing cow, goat, and sheep milk:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/neolithic-farmers-processed-cow-goat-and-sheep-milk/146792
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/07/neolithic-farmers-processed-cow-goat-and-sheep-milk/

Analysis of some 3000 years bp hair suggests some folks in Menorca were consuming 'drugs' in some form:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-evidence-drug-bronze-age-ceremonies.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/985003
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65211722
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/06/science/psychedelics-bronze-age.html
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/apr/07/bronze-age-people-hallucinogenic-drugs-menorca-study
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1299/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1299/pub/1299/page/23/article/NaN
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/psychedelic-drugs-ancient-europe-evidence-menorca
https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-hair-reveals-traces-of-hallucinogenic-drugs-taken-3600-years-ago
https://scitechdaily.com/archaeologists-discover-first-direct-evidence-of-drug-use-in-ancient-europe/
https://arkeonews.net/first-direct-evidence-of-drug-use-as-part-of-bronze-age-ritual-ceremonies-in-europe/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/direct-evidence-of-ancient-bronze-age-drug-use-found-in-menorca/146802
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11332-230407-menorca-hallucinogenic-drugs

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-31064-2

A metal detectorist came across a hoard of some Bronze Age jewellery and an axe head in Poland:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66902

Remains of a trio of Bronze Age roundhouses and later finds from a housing development site in Newquay:

https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news/environment-culture-and-planning/series-of-ancient-dwellings-discovered-in-newquay/
https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/23434522.bronze-age-dwellings-discovered-newquay-housing-deveopment/

Study suggests that Viking shields found in 1880 on the Gokstad ship may have actually been used in combat:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-viking-age-ceremonial-burial-shields.html
https://www.livescience.com/1100-year-old-ceremonial-viking-shields-were-actually-used-in-battle-study-suggests
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66936
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11326-230405-norway-combat-shields

A fake/imitation gold Arabic dinar found in Norfolk a couple years ago may have Viking origins:

https://arkeonews.net/an-imitation-arabic-dinar-discovered-in-norfolk-may-have-been-made-by-vikings/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66914

A residue analysis of a medieval stone cresset suggests it was used as a light source:

https://the-past.com/news/first-residue-analysis-of-a-medieval-stone-cresset/

A 12th century Irish brooch from a Galway beach (find was made back in 2016):

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/american-student-12th-century-brooch-galway-beach

Foundations of a medieval church from Trnava:

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/23155112/archaeologists-unearth-unique-renaissance-parking-space-and-funeral-church.html

Study suggests one of the crew people on the sunken Vasa was a woman:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-sunken-warship-vasa-crewmen-woman.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/04/230404114034.htm
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/08/world/europe/sweden-vasa-warship-woman.html
https://apnews.com/article/sweden-vasa-warship-woman-8e5d15c5acf623e0115368be61084152
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/06/one-of-vasas-crewmen-was-a-woman/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11327-230405-sweden-vasa-woman

Excavations at Westminster revealed a 19th century 'fish token':

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-65203790
https://www.londonworld.com/news/good-friday-westminster-excavators-find-antique-carved-fish-4095865

More on the suggestion that Stonehenge wasn't originally a calendar sort of thing:

https://www.livescience.com/was-stonehenge-an-ancient-calendar-a-new-study-says-no
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11321-230403-stonehenge-winter-solstice

More on the 'golden tomb' being excavated in Armenia:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-in-armenia-discover-ancient-golden-tomb-2278370

Funding for three archaeological projects in Co Wexford:

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/news/three-co-wexford-archaeological-projects-receive-100000-each-in-funding-42422600.html

Some Bronze Age and medieval finds from Wales have been declared treasure:

https://the-past.com/news/bronze-age-and-medieval-finds-from-wales-declared-treasure/

Wales plans to conserve/take over care of Llys Rhosyr:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-65197383
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/08/wales-to-conserve-ruins-of-medieval-court-llys-rhosyr-for-public-visits

Feature on the early years of Queen Victoria:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0ffbyb9/line-of-succession-the-early-years-of-queen-victoria

The source of some 'mystery carvings' in an Edinburgh workshop have been traced to a dismantled medieval church:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-65163553
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Archaeology in Europe News:

http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/

Medievalists.net:

https://www.medievalists.net/category/news/

Viking Archaeology Blog:

http://viking-archaeology-blog.blogspot.com/

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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Possible evidence of 6000 years bp python consumption from a site in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region:

https://english.news.cn/20230403/e89b607faaa64cd791c3d660d035f86e/c.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11323-230404-china-python-hunting

A 4500 years bp tiger-patterned ritual axe (maybe) from a site in Wuxi City:

http://www.china.org.cn/photos/2023-04/04/content_85210022.htm
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66918
https://arkeonews.net/4500-year-old-tiger-patterned-ritual-weapon-uncover-in-east-china/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/archaeologists-uncover-4500-year-old-ritual-weapon-engraved-with-tigers/146757

A 3000 years bp cave tomb site from China's Tibet Autonomous Region:

https://pakobserver.net/chinas-tibet-discovers-3000-years-old-cave-tomb/

Slideshow sort of thing of a number of sites from various periods in China:

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202304/04/WS642b6d6aa31057c47ebb82e9_1.html

I think we mentioned the Southern Song Dynasty kiln sites from Suzhou:

https://ukranews.com/en/news/922726-ancient-kiln-sites-discovered-in-china-s-jiangsu

A Jin Dynasty tomb with a 'skylight' (seems to be a recent find?):

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/stunning-tomb-with-skylight-in-carved-chamber-uncovered-from-jin-dynasty/

More on the study of yak milk consumption among Mongol Empire elites:

https://news.umich.edu/yak-milk-consumption-among-mongol-empire-elites/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230331144517.htm
https://www.iflscience.com/frozen-mummies-of-the-mongol-empire-are-rising-from-melted-permafrost-68341
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/03/yak-milk-consumption-among-mongol-empire-elites/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11330-230406-mongolia-yak-milk

Ongoing excavations at Pattanam suggest there was no 'institutionalized religion' there:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/at-the-heart-of-pattanams-excavations-lies-a-secular-plural-life/article66688099.ece

Myanmar is restoring pagodas in Bagan:

https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/273717494/myanmar-to-restore-murals-at-pagodas-of-world-heritage-site

Filipino bishops are digitizing centuries of church records:

https://aleteia.org/2023/04/05/filipino-bishops-digitize-donate-4-centuries-of-records-for-preservation/
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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On the cause of 'fairy circles' and Aboriginal knowledge of same:

https://theconversation.com/first-peoples-knowledge-of-mysterious-fairy-circles-in-australian-deserts-has-upended-a-long-standing-science-debate-202956

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-01994-1
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NORTH AMERICA
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A bridge project in Newark (I think) has revealed a 2000 years bp Hopewell site:

https://www.newarkadvocate.com/story/news/local/2023/04/06/cherry-valley-road-bridge-project-reveals-2000-year-old-dwelling-site/70076812007/

Details are emerging about the burials associated with the First Baptist Church in Williamsburg (VA):

https://apnews.com/article/black-church-graves-colonial-williamsburg-2066a8491c4cb761ce75c4e9c9e514b2
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/04/06/graves-bones-african-american-church-williamburg/
https://www.wtkr.com/news/archeologists-uncover-63-unmarked-graves-of-african-americans-in-williamsburg

Munitions artifacts suggest the site of the Battle of Medina has been found:

https://sanantonioreport.org/munitions-artifacts-point-to-location-of-1813-medina-battlefield/

More on Don Blakeslee's word on Etzanoa:

http://www.derbyinformer.com/news/area_news/wichita-state-professor-uncovers-forgotten-native-nation/article_b6bfcd3e-d310-11ed-be39-cbe87e81d837.html

More on the earlier arrival of horses in North American plains cultures:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230330172129.htm
https://www.aaas.org/news/indigenous-cultures-adopted-spanish-horses-european-arrival-american-west
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/native-americans-spread-horses-through-the-west-earlier-than-thought-180981912/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11328-230405-native-american-horses

More on the Kenwood Academy fire in Albany:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/reward-offered-kenwood-fire-albany-17874758.php
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/kenwood-academy-insurance-policy-dispute-focus-17878201.php

More on the sabertoothed cat skull find from Iowa:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/first-evidence-of-sabertoothed-cat-inhabiting-the-state-of-iowa/146797

There's an ongoing dispute over plans for a luxury hotel on an ancestral site in Miami:

https://news.yahoo.com/photo-story-see-archaeologists-digging-203552258.html
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/04/07/miami-officials-approve-luxury-high-rise-despite-native-american-site
https://hyperallergic.com/813098/contested-miami-ancestral-site-to-be-considered-for-landmark-designation/
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Study suggests less predictable rainfall may have contributed to the decline of Classic Maya societies 1100 years bp:

http://news.unm.edu/news/less-predictable-rainfall-may-have-caused-disintegration-of-early-maya-societies
https://phys.org/news/2023-04-rainfall-disintegration-early-maya-societies.html
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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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An Old Syriac translation of the New Testament was identified in a palimpsest:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-fragment-year-old-testament.html
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/news/new-testament-fragment-of-1750-year-old-translation-discovered
https://arkeonews.net/a-fragment-with-the-oldest-syriac-translation-of-the-new-testament-discovered/

cf: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/new-testament-studies/article/new-double-palimpsest-witness-to-the-old-syriac-gospels-vat-iber-4-ff-1-5/0DBE3923810C204EB39118267EB41614

Examination of a replica of the 'Stone of Scone' has revealed some hitherto unseen Roman numerals:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/historic-environment-scotland-roman-edinburgh-castle-westminster-abbey-charles-b2314749.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11939657/Roman-numerals-Stone-Destiny-ahead-Kings-coronation.html
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/roman-numerals-found-on-stone-of-destiny-ahead-of-king-charles-iii-coronation-4094201
https://arkeonews.net/roman-numerals-discovered-on-stone-of-destiny-ahead-of-king-charles-iii-coronation/

A possible unattributed Vermeer at the Philadelphia MoA:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/vermeer-copy-philadelphia-museum-of-art-attribution-1234663109/

Pondering Picasso:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/04/05/arts/design/picasso-death.html

On what medieval monks reveal about volcanology:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-unexpected-contribution-medieval-monks-volcanology.html
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/06/world/medieval-moon-observations-volcanic-eruptions-scn/index.html
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/04/how-pink-floyd-inspired-research-into-medieval-monks-and-volcanology/

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05751-z

On the search for the heart of Otto the Great:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25734331-600-the-hunt-for-the-missing-heart-of-holy-roman-emperor-otto-the-great/

Feature on how archaeology deals with 'sex toys':

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/03/ancient-rome-sex-toy-history-archaeology-research/673548/

Feature on William Harvey:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-man-who-demystified-the-human-heart-44d827ec

Feature on oral history:

https://aeon.co/essays/the-stories-of-oral-societies-arent-myths-theyre-records

Feature on connections between math and literature:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/opinion/the-wondrous-connections-between-mathematics-and-literature.html

On the history of wedding rings:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-ancient-history-of-wedding-rings

Charles II supports a look into the Royal Family's links to slavery:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65200570
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/07/king-charles-urged-take-some-responsibility-royal-slavery-links

Feature on the Green Man:

https://unherd.com/thepost/the-truth-about-king-charless-green-man/

More on Beethoven's genome:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/06/beethovens-genome/

Review of Annie Cohen-Solal, *Picasso the Foreigner*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/01/books/picasso-the-foreigner-annie-cohen-solal.html

Review of Chad Williams, *The Wounded World*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/04/books/review/chad-williams-the-wounded-world.html
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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The Oriental Institute has changed its name:

https://oihistory.blogspot.com/2023/04/we-have-changed-our-name-to-institute.html
https://news.wttw.com/2023/04/03/oi-gets-rebranded-drops-oriental-name

Pondering the route of the Exodus:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-736454

Feature on the origins of Passover:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-04-07/ty-article/the-surprising-ancient-origins-of-passover/0000017f-e155-d38f-a57f-e757d8510000

Feature on crucifixion:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/04/08/jesus-crucifixion-easter-good-friday/

On the origins of the Easter Bunny:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230403-the-easter-bunny-evolution-of-a-symbol

Looting of antiquities in Ukraine by Russia is apparently happening on a massive scale:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-stealing-art-ukraine-nazi-level-world-war-2-rcna77879
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS
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On the origins of saffron:

https://www.mashed.com/1248666/origin-story-saffron-ancient-times/
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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL
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On Aristotle's theories about human (and other) reproduction:

https://aeon.co/essays/blame-it-on-aristotle-how-science-got-into-bed-with-sexism
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Ramses II:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/sarcophagus-of-ramses-ii-possible-pharaoh-of-exodus-unveiled-in-paris/
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/sarcophagus-pharaoh-ramses-ii-unveiled-092732361.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/encore/20230407-ramses-the-great-returns-to-france-in-blockbuster-exhibition

World of the Gladiator:

https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2023-04-08/gladiators-and-charioteers-new-exhibition-explores-roman-sports
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/history/world-roman-gladiator-recalled-new-26634557

Picasso:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/06/arts/design/picasso-museums-nyc-paris-madrid.html

Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece:

https://www.tatler.com/gallery/british-museum-announces-launch-of-new-exhibition

Coyolxauhqui:

https://apnews.com/article/mexico-lunar-goddess-coyolxauhqui-mexica-museum-exhibit-bf1136a0d8c89c2541ad6ac67412e515

Rossettis:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/apr/02/ophelia-resurfaces-pre-raphaelite-muse-is-recognised-as-a-skilled-artist
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/apr/04/rossettis-review-tate-dante-gabriel-christina

cf: https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/the-rossettis

Juan de Pareja:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/juan-de-pareja-met-museum-untold-art-history/index.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/arts/design/juan-de-pareja-met-museum-velasquez-painter.html
cf: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/juan-de-pareja

Pirates:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/apr/04/woke-plank-pirate-ships-diversity-democracy-cornwall-exhibition

cf: https://nmmc.co.uk/2023/01/pirates/

In case you missed the headless statue of a Roman emperor at the Met being seized:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/30/arts/met-museum-statue-seized.html
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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A copy of the Declaration of Breda is coming to auction:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1298/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1298/pub/1298/page/35/article/NaN

15th century gold coins found down the road from Bosworth Field are coming to auction:

https://news.yahoo.com/gold-coins-15th-century-found-214720706.html

Some Shakespeare folios are coming up for sale at a New York book fair:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/lifestyle/rare-collection-of-shakespeare-s-work-worth-millions-up-for-sale-1.6340638

That Brueghel found 'behind a door' brought a fair price:

https://www.simplemost.com/old-painting-found-in-familys-tv-room-sells-for-845k/

Big bucks for an 18th century imperial bowl in Hong Kong:

https://en.thevalue.com/articles/sothebys-hong-kong-50th-anniversary-sales-alice-cheng-qianlong-falangcai-bowl-2023

An Eid Mar denarius (not gold) is coming to auction:

https://coinweek.com/auction-news/eid-mar-denarius-commemorating-julius-caesars-assassination-leads-heritage-world-ancient-coins-auction/
https://www.coinnews.net/2023/04/06/historic-roman-coin-among-rarities-in-heritages-world-ancient-coins-auction/

Canada and Peru cooperated to prevent the auction of some Peruvian artifacts:

https://www.trtworld.com/art-culture/canada-peru-jointly-move-to-halt-auction-of-peruvian-artefacts-66919
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ON THE DNA FRONT
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More on DNA and Swahili culture's origins:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-ancient-dna-story-swahili-people.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230330102338.htm
https://www.livescience.com/medieval-swahilis-and-persians-paired-up-1000-years-ago-in-east-africa-ancient-dna-reveals
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/29/science/ancient-swahili-dna.html
https://arkeonews.net/an-anthropologists-life-work-uncovers-the-first-ancient-dna-from-the-swahili-civilization/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/04/genomic-study-reveals-signs-of-tuberculosis-adaptation-in-ancient-andeans/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11320-230403-africa-swahili-genome

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00941-1
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THE TECHY SIDE
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Latest facial reconstruction is a 30 000 years bp Egyptian man:

https://www.livescience.com/see-the-oldest-human-ever-found-in-egypt-in-stunning-new-facial-approximation
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/egyptian-man-digital-image-scn/index.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11324-230404-egyptian-digital-image
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Great Wall of China:

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/china-beautiful-great-wall-sections-cmd/index.html

Eltz Castle:

https://www.dw.com/en/eltz-castle-living-in-a-fairy-tale-dream/video-65197083
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CRIME BEAT
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An arrest for antiquities smuggling in Thessaloniki:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1208497/man-arrested-over-antiquities-smuggling-in-thessaloniki/

Study suggests the art market is a target for organized crime:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/04/07/art-market-organised-crime-target-report
https://menafn.com/1105964335/Report-Identifies-Art-Market-As-A-Target-For-Organised-Crime
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2023/04/08/art-market-attracts-organized-crime-terrorists-report-finds/2371680987061/
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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
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The Orpheus and the Sirens group is returning to Taranto:

https://www.beniculturali.it/comunicato/24424
https://www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it/news/taranto/1392031/la-scultura-orfeo-e-le-sirene-consegnata-al-marta-di-taranto.html
https://lecce.corriere.it/notizie/cultura-e-tempo-libero/23_aprile_05/il-ritorno-a-casa-di-orfeo-e-le-sirene-il-ministro-sangiuliano-questo-gruppo-rappresenta-la-bellezza-a7c56113-cb62-4b64-a1fd-3ee69923cxlk.shtml

The Met is returning looted items to Greece and Turkey:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-met-returns-more-looted-art-to-greece-and-turkey-2278882
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/33-million-of-antiquities-including-rare-bronze-statue-returned-to-turkey-180981931/

The Manhattan DA has seized 11 items from Princeton's Art Museum:

https://paw.princeton.edu/article/manhattan-da-seizes-11-allegedly-stolen-artifacts-princeton-art-museum-collection

Colgate University (?) returned a major Olmec sculpture to Mexico:

https://www.inah.gob.mx/boletines/autoridades-de-mexico-repatriaran-el-monumento-9-de-chalcatzingo?fbclid=IwAR1Nfiq3OlG9dRanKskZwUZai83TWgnnbEPOy4HDcN-OA-Xe3J-9_Jpw2Yc
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/us-university-returns-long-sought-olmec-artifact-to-mexico/
https://hyperallergic.com/813084/mexico-most-sought-after-olmec-artifact-heads-home/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/04/03/olmec-earth-monster-statue-repatriated-mexico
https://www.sciencealert.com/gigantic-earth-monster-finally-heads-home-after-mysterious-us-seizure
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11325-230404-mexico-repatriation-olmec

A followup to the seizure of an Iranian relief in the UK and its impending repatriation:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/01/smuggled-iranian-carving-worth-30m-seized-at-airport-by-uk-border-patrol
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-iranian-carving-british-museum-2279467
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2023/04/01/restored-iranian-carving-seized-by-uk-border-patrol-to-go-on-display-at-british-museum/

Germany is now hesitating on returning Benin Bronzes, apparently:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/04/05/germans-falter-on-benin-bronzes-return-to-nigeria

A Rutland village will be returning a Somme crucifix:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-65201597

An overview of recent returns from the US:

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-cultural-property-art-and-antiquities-program-repatriates-over-135-artifacts-2nd

More on the Met returning 15 items to India:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/trichy/new-york-museum-to-return-15-antiquities-to-india/articleshow/99181490.cms
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/new-york-museum-to-return-15-smuggled-sculptures-to-india-101680401340513.html
https://www.aninews.in/news/world/us/us-metropolitan-museum-of-art-to-return-15-smuggled-sculptures-to-india20230402055141/

... related:

https://indianexpress.com/article/express-exclusive/indian-express-icij-investigation-govt-welcomes-met-offer-to-return-antiques-works-on-next-steps-8532836/

More on the return of an 11th century lintel to Cambodia:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/manhattan-district-attorney-office-returns-11th-century-antiquity-cambodia-1234662978/
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/art-culture/manhattan-repatriates-11th-century-looted-artifact-to-cambod
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/05/d-a-bragg-returns-11th-century-antiquity-to-cambodia/

More on the return of that Eid Mar aureus to Greece:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-coin-marking-julius-caesers-death-repatriated-to-greece-180981917/
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on aluminum coins:

https://coinweek.com/coins/patterns/aluminum-coins-rarer-than-gold/

Feature on assorted 'wee deities' on ancient coins:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/wee-deities-on-ancient-coins/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n14.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n15.html
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Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Hugh Mason:

https://www.cac-scec.ca/2023/04/in-memoriam-hugh-mason/

Joel T Fry:

https://www.inquirer.com/obituaries/joel-fry-obituary-bartrams-garden-philadelphia-botany-20230404.html

Lois Ann Bower:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/lois-bower-obituary?id=51587022

James Aitken:

https://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk/news/professor-james-jim-aitken

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3268-audio-news-from-archaeologica-march-26th-through-april-1st-2023
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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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