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explorator 25.49 March 26, 2023
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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,
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 modelling Neanderthal migration:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-european-neanderthal-migration-hints-hidden.html

The most recent version of the human 'family tree':

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-2-million-year-old-human-family-tree

More on bow-and-arrow use in Europe some 54 000 years bp:

https://theconversation.com/the-earliest-modern-humans-in-europe-mastered-bow-and-arrow-technology-54-000-years-ago-200609

More on Neanderthals dining on elephants:

https://the-past.com/news/analysis-of-elephant-bones-shines-light-on-neanderthal-diets/

More on Neanderthals collecting animal skulls as 'trophies':

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/neanderthals-collect-animal-skulls-spain
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AFRICA
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7000 years bp tools used for bleeding cattle from an excavation in northern Sudan:

https://arkeonews.net/bone-tools-for-bleeding-cows-discovered-in-a-7000-year-old-cemetery-in-sudan/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/tools-for-bleeding-cows-uncovered-in-7000-year-old-cemetery/146643

Using copper artifacts to study cutlural connections to South Africa between the 5th and 20th centuries CE:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-copper-artifacts-reveal-cultural-southern.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230322190854.htm

cf: https://phys.org/news/2023-03-copper-artifacts-reveal-cultural-southern.html

Searching for evidence of Jewish heritage in Morocco:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-search-for-signs-of-jewish-past-in-moroccos-southern-oases/
https://thearabweekly.com/archaeologists-search-vestiges-jewish-heritage-moroccos-southern-oases
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230319-in-search-of-jewish-heritage-in-morocco-s-southern-oases

Feature on Mauretania's Chinguetti manuscripts:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-capsules-mauritania-precious-chinguetti-manuscripts.html
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Broken statuary, including fragments of depictions of Ramesses II, Ramesses IX, Psamtik II, and Horemheb from a sun temple at Heliopolis:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egyptian-pharaoh-sphinx-statues-unearthed-at-sun-temple
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11898261/Archaeologists-uncover-broken-statue-Egypts-POWERFUL-pharaoh-sun-temple-Heliopolis.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/new-discoveries-at-the-matriya-sun-temple/146592
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11305-230324-egypt-heliopolis-temple

Plenty of mummified animal remains, including 2000+ Ptolemaic rams' heads (and more) from the Ramesses II temple site in Abydos:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/9/492386/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt%E2%80%99s-Ramses-II-temple-reveals-animal-mu.aspx
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-735413
https://www.bna.bh/en/news?cms=q8FmFJgiscL2fwIzON1%2bDhgReS%2bJeOBv8snteGm5mrE%3d
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/ancient-egypt-excavation-uncovers-2000-mummified-ram-heads-abydos-2023-03-25/

Restoration at Luxor's Temple of Esna have revealed a (probably Ptolemaic) depiction of the Zodiac:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-zodiac-paintings-on-egyptian-temple-see-the-light-of-day-after-2200-years
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/491999/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/Egypt%E2%80%99s-first-complete-Zodiac-uncovered-in-Temple-.aspx
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/491999/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/In-Photos-Egypt%E2%80%99s-first-complete-Zodiac-uncovered-.aspx
https://english.news.cn/20230320/cccaddbbaf9343f3803445997bbfbdec/c.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-735147
https://www.sciencealert.com/complete-depiction-of-the-zodiac-found-in-ancient-egyptian-temple
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66825
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/celestial-reliefs-depicting-the-heavens-uncovered-in-the-temple-of-esna/146614
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11301-230322-esna-temple-ceiling

More on the 'hidden corridor' revealed a few weeks ago in the Pyramid of Khufu:

https://arkeonews.net/scientists-reveal-new-discovery-inside-the-pyramid-of-khufu/

Feature on Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt and her efforts to save monuments when the Aswan High Dam was built:

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2023/03/meet-the-woman-who-helped-save-egypts-temples-from-certain-doom

Feature on five things about Tutankhamun:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11890169/Tutankhamun-5-unanswered-questions-Egypts-Boy-King-died-whats-tomb.html

Feature on Nazis and Egyptology:

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-03-18/gods-tombs-and-nazis-the-third-reichs-bad-relationship-with-egyptology.html

Feature on the Unfinished Obelisk in Aswan:

https://www.iflscience.com/3500-year-old-unfinished-obelisk-would-dwarf-other-egyptian-monuments-if-it-were-finished-68069

Feature on the new approach to studying Egyptian mummified persons:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230320-the-great-debate-about-mummies-should-we-unwrap-them

Feature on the 'oldest song in the world' (found at Ugarit back in the 1950s):

https://www.openculture.com/2023/03/hear-the-oldest-song-in-the-world-a-sumerian-hymn-written-3400-years-ago.html

A study of trade networks in West Asia in the third millennium BCE:

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2023/03/how-did-trade-networks-arise-in-the-third-millennium-bc

Feature on five ways ancient Persia contributed to the modern world:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/persian-empire-contributions/

Interview with Andrew Koh about his archaeochemistry investigations:

https://news.yale.edu/2023/03/21/studying-ancient-residues-scholar-finds-clues-humanitys-past

Feature on Susanne Kenner's work with 4000 years bp pottery from Jordan's Hujayrat Al Ghuzlan:

https://jordantimes.com/news/local/danish-archaeologist-examines-pottery-jordans-hujayrat-al-ghuzlan

Historic structures in Istanbul are being 'strengthened':

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/historical-buildings-strengthened-with-ancient-method-181718

More on the Roman-era mosaic at Shoham which was 're-exposed' last week:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/ancient-rest-stop-with-flowery-mosaic-to-host-tired-travelers-once-again/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-734789
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/ancient-mosaic-floor-with-colorful-floral-designs-re-uncovered-after-40-years/2023/03/19/
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/s1kysieeh
https://www.jns.org/byzantine-era-church-mosaic-floor-in-shoham-to-open-to-the-public/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2023/03/19/aincient-floral-mosaic-floor-along-israel-national-trail-re-uncovered-after-40-years/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/byzantine-mosaic-excavated-in-israel/146586

More reaction to the Darius ostrakon 'mix up':

https://www.timesofisrael.com/too-good-to-be-true-darius-ostracon-mix-up-teaches-a-public-lesson-etched-in-pottery/

Feature on Yodfat and the burials of rebels there:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-03-21/ty-article/yodfat-the-jewish-town-attacked-by-60-000-roman-soldiers/00000187-03d4-dbfb-adf7-73d506330000

Feature on the context of ancient covenants:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/covenants-in-context/

A late 6th century 'pearling town' site on Siniyah island in the UAE:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-world-oyster-oldest-pearl-town.html
https://apnews.com/article/archaeology-uae-oldest-pearling-town-e22516065e1a596eabaa5dad27e2b28f
https://www.timesofisrael.com/deep-dive-archaeologists-uncover-oldest-gulf-pearling-town-in-uae/
https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/2023/03/23/a-closer-look-uncovering-the-gulfs-oldest-pearling-town-in-umm-al-quwain/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11880435/Their-world-oyster-Oldest-pearl-town-UAE.html
https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/03/20/archaeologists-discover-oldest-pearl-city-in-the-gulf-in-the-uae/
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/pearling-town-discovery-uae-scn/index.html
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/world-oyster-oldest-pearl-town-found-uae-97980506
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-735076
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/ancient-oyster-hunters-oldest-pearl-town-discovered-in-uae
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archaeologists-discover-oldest-pearl-fishing-city-arabian-gulf-1234661954/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pearling-towns-once-dominated-the-persian-gulf-archaeologists-think-theyve-found-the-regions-first-180981850/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11302-230323-siniyah-island-pearling

Restoration of 310 sites in Oman is ongoing:

https://timesofoman.com/article/128422-310-historical-and-archaeological-sites-in-oman-under-maintenance
https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1134510/oman/tourism/restoration-works-progressing-at-310-historical-and-archaeological-sites

... and thousands more are on the list for restoration:

https://cdn.timesofoman.com/article/128524-3423-archaeological-sites-identified-for-restoration-in-oman

More on mustatil excavations in Saudi Arabia:

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/982186
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11293-230320-saudi-arabia-neolithic

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Remains of a 3rd millennium BCE boat from Ferrara (Italian):

https://www.ferrara24ore.it/notizie/cronaca/2023/03/20/a-copparo-rinvenuta-una-piroga-databile-tra-leta-del-rame-e-del-bronzo/
https://mediterraneoantico.it/articoli/egitto-vicino-oriente/storia-e-archeologia/antichissima-piroga-gigante-rinvenuta-nel-ferrarese/

Some 'abandoned' mosaic flooring from Pompeii dating to the earthquake of 62 CE:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/abandoned-mosaic-flooring-found-at-roman-pompeii/146607

A 1st/2nd century CE Venus figurine from a rubbish dump site in Rennes:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/statuette-of-venus-uncovered-in-roman-rubbish-dump/146631

Evidence of a Roman-era settlement from Cordovado (Italian):

https://sabapfvg.cultura.gov.it/cordovado-rinvenuto-insediamento-di-epoca-romana/

Evidence of a Roman military camp at Villneuve-sur-Lot:

https://quidam-hebdo.com/2023/03/21/lexceptionnelle-decouverte-dun-camp-romain-a-villeneuve-sur-lot/

A collection of pottery placed upside down along the walls of enslaved persons' quarters from Pompeii/Civita Giuliana:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/new-finds-in-pompeii-archaeology-2274344
https://www.stilearte.it/scoperta-ora-una-cucina-pompeiana-del-79-d-c-con-le-stoviglie-lasciate-ad-asciugare-le-foto/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/daily-life-frozen-in-time-at-roman-villa-after-the-vesuvian-eruption-of-ad-79/146625
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11306-230324-italy-pompeii-pottery

A Roman mosaic revealed at a shopping centre construction site in Colchester:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-65027662
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/23399155.colchester-roman-mosaic-revealed-lion-walk-shopping-centre/
https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2023-03-21/glories-of-roman-mosaic-outside-vape-shop-to-be-uncovered
https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/hidden-history-found-beneath-essex-8275964

A 'mysterious' cist-burial-like structure from near Torreano (date?):

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66853
https://arkeonews.net/an-ancient-structure-of-unknown-purpose-discovered-in-northeastern-italy/

Hopes for Bronze Age/Roman finds as a pre-M5 construction project begins in Gloucestershire:

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/a417-missing-link-work-could-8276793
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/roman-treasures-could-unearthed-near-26543030

More on the Roman mosaic revealed at Olney:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-64918113
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/aldi-supermarket-dig-unearths-fantastic-roman-mosaic-s3lp0g6pj
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/roman-mosaic-aldi-buckinghamshire-archeology-b2304881.html
https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/people/developers-unearth-intricate-roman-mosaic-at-proposed-aldi-site-in-milton-keynes-4076565
https://www.jpost.com/science/article-734995
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ancient-roman-mosaic-discovered-under-supermarket-construction-site/ar-AA18VbCo?li=BBnb7Kz
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/roman-mosaic-supermarket-gbr-scli-intl-scn/index.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/archaeologists-unearth-roman-mosaic-in-olney/146566
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11296-230320-england-roman-mosaic

More on the Roman-era tomb from Sagalassos 'sealed' with nails and bricks:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/25/science/archaeology-ancient-rome-tomb.html

More on the contest to help reveal the text on charred scrolls from Herculaneum:

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/vesusius-scroll-decipher-challenge-1.6785894
https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/22/alexander-the-great-burned-papyrus-ai/
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-rome/read-the-herculaneum-scrolls/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/over-1m-up-for-grabs-if-you-can-unlock-the-secrets-of-these-roman-scrolls-from-pompeii-180981867/

More on 'self-healing' Roman concrete:

https://the-past.com/news/new-study-uncovers-the-secrets-of-roman-concrete/
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/chemists-long-lasting-roman-concrete?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email_share
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-rome/secret-of-roman-concrete/?mqsc=E4150805&dk=ZE3130ZF0

More on the Bronze Age importance of copper deposits near Hala Sultan Tekke:

https://arkeonews.net/copious-copper-supplies-made-cyprus-a-trading-center-in-the-bronze-age/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/22/cypruss-copper-deposits-created-one-of-the-most-important-trade-hubs/

More on the 1800 years bp Roman spa/mansion in Reims:

https://news.yahoo.com/public-spa-elite-mansion-1-213056933.html

Review of Davie and Mount, *Et Tu Brute?*:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/et-tu-brute-review-latin-lovers-de569494

Feature on the Locus Ludi project:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-games-glimpses-life-death-ancient.html

Feature on some ancient ideas about AI:

https://www.history.com/news/artificial-intelligence-fiction

Feature on an Indian Buddhist monk buried in the Kerameikos in the 1st centery CE:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/20/ancient-indian-buddhist-monk-athens/

Feature on ancient Greek helmets:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/26/ancient-greek-helmets/

Feature on the giant statue of Dionysus of Apollonas on Naxos:

https://arkeonews.net/the-11-meter-giant-statue-of-the-island-of-naxos-dionysus-of-apollonas/

Feature on Roman enslaved persons:

https://retrospectjournal.com/2023/03/19/the-people-of-the-gaps-rescuing-roman-slaves-from-obscurity/

Feature on the Colossus of Rhodes:

https://www.thecollector.com/colossus-of-rhodes-ancient-wonder/

Feature on Alma-Tadema's *Roses of Heliogabalus*:

https://niagaranow.com/arts.phtml/eye-for-art-sir-lawrence-alma-tadema-the-roses-of-heliogabalus/

Feature on Pompey's Pillar in Alexandria:

https://www.thetravel.com/what-is-the-significance-of-pompeys-pillar-egypt/

Feature on Hypsipyle:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/19/hypsipyle-murderous-greek-women-lemnos/

Feature on Socrates' trial:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/real-reason-socrates-death-sentence/

Feature on a 3rd century CE portable sundial in a museum in Kavala:

https://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2023/03/20/sundial-protable-philippi-museum-kavala-greece/

Feature on the Greek antecedents to Yellowjackets:

https://daily.jstor.org/girls-gone-greek/

Pondering why Hollywood has abandoned ancient Greece:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/24/hits-and-myths-why-has-hollywood-abandoned-ancient-greece

The Vatican officially returned its Parthenon Sculptures to Greece:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/mar/24/pope-francis-returns-three-fragments-of-parthenon-to-greece
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65071987
https://apnews.com/article/greece-parthenon-vatican-elgin-acropolis-british-museum-3e5cff29ab2f8f45defd5dd7dcae25a1
https://www.euronews.com/2023/03/25/greece-welcomes-vaticans-return-of-parthenon-fragments-to-acropolis
https://www.dw.com/en/vatican-returns-parthenon-pieces-to-greece-acropolis/a-65119260
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11900315/Greece-welcomes-return-ancient-artefacts-Acropolis-kept-Vatican-centuries.html
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/eye-british-museum-greece-welcomes-back-ancient-art-98104733

... and an opEd on why Britain shouldn't 'apologize' for the sculptures:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11879385/Britain-apologise-Elgin-Marbles-think-tank-says.html

... and that Greece couldn't be trusted to return them in a 'loan' situation:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/greece-cant-be-trusted-to-return-elgin-marbles-says-historian-f93v53cc9
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1280/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1280/pub/1280/page/39/article/NaN
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/brits-greece-would-return-elgin-marbles/

... and so the Sculptures in the British Museum should stay:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/20/george-osbornes-elgin-marbles-plan-has-fundamental-flaw/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1280/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1280/pub/1280/page/40/article/NaN

Another anti-Osborne-plan opEd:

https://unherd.com/2023/03/george-osbornes-sordid-elgin-plan/

More on the attack on an archaeologist on Mykonos:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/26/violence-hits-mykonos-over-efforts-to-preserve-ancient-heritage
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/03/21/greek-archaeologist-manolis-psarros-mafia-hit-ordered-by-property-developers-from-mykonos/

... and Greek government reaction:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/22/greece-mykonos-mafia-archaeologist-beaten/

Latest Pasts Imperfect newsletter:

https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-32323
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Prehistoric (date?) petroglyphs from the Cova de la Vila in Spain:

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-03-17/over-100-prehistoric-engravings-found-in-a-cave-in-northeastern-spain.html
https://arkeonews.net/unique-and-very-well-preserved-prehistoric-engravings-found-in-southwestern-catalonia/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11297-230321-spain-rock-art

A prehistoric (maybe) ring ditch from Derbyshire:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/archaeologists-uncover-ancient-ring-ditch/146558

A 3200 years bp 'golden tomb' of a couple found in Armenia:

https://tvpworld.com/68739655/polisharmenian-team-discovers-golden-tomb-dating-back-3200-years

Study rethinking the 'Stonehenge calendar' as a modern construct:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-stonehenge-calendar-shown-modern.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/983750
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/the-stonehenge-calendar-shown-to-be-a-modern-construct/146657

cf: http://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/keeping-time-at-stonehenge/792A5E8E091C8B7CB9C26B4A35A6B399

... and the argument continues:

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/abs/archaeoastronomy-and-the-alleged-stonehenge-calendar/9C48576CAF5B1DBCEED2A0F5F868F34E

Remains of a Viking-era 'hall' of some sort near Hune (Denmark):

https://the-past.com/news/viking-age-hall-found-in-denmark/

More on the medieval gold and silver hoard found in the Netherlands:

https://www.livescience.com/very-very-rare-gold-and-silver-medieval-treasure-unearthed-in-the-netherlands
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11290-230316-netherlands-buried-treasure

More on 400 years bp wall painting found during renovations of a York kitchen:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/19/kitchen-renovation-reveals-400-year-old-friezes-in-york-flat?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-renovating-home-finds-historic-29495972
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/kitchen-murals-york-scli-gbr-intl-scn/index.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/400-year-old-murals-found-during-kitchen-renovation-1234661907/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66813

More on the Greek-Revolution-era shipwreck off Halkidiki:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/03/20/shipwreck-in-halkidiki-linked-to-the-1821-revolution/

More on Notre Dame's iron support features:

https://www.livescience.com/notre-dame-is-held-together-by-a-first-of-its-kind-iron-skeleton-catastrophic-fire-revealed
https://www.sciencealert.com/notre-dames-fire-reveals-a-major-surprise-hidden-in-its-architecture
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11298-230321-notre-dame-iron

... and hopes to reopen in late 2024:

https://the-past.com/news/bog-bodies-exploring-complex-human-connections-with-wetlands-death-and-burial/

More on the burials found in Notre dame a few months ago:

https://the-past.com/news/burials-in-notre-dame-undergo-analysis/

Conservationists have purchased the Hembury Hillfort site:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-64994597

Hyping an upcoming dig with hopes for Norman conquest finds at Lowther Castle:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-64782891

... and an upcoming dig in Ashton prior to housing construction:

https://www.lep.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/experts-go-digging-for-history-before-900-years-of-prestons-past-is-damaged-by-flats-plan-4072527

... and a project to survey/map underwater sites in the North Sea and Adriatic:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/adriatic-archaeologists-croatia-university-of-st-andrews-british-b2307809.html
https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/science/croatia-university-of-st-andrews-british-belgium-b1069898.html

Bronze Age finds are returning to Lewis for exhibition:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd1rlyz5dk4o

Feature on the Red Lady of Paviland:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/red-lady-paviland-skeleton-wales

Feature on the 'hand of Preles':

https://www.iflscience.com/ancient-3500-year-old-bronze-hand-is-a-mystery-to-archaeologists-68129

Feature on who built Stonehenge:

https://www.livescience.com/stonehenge-england-ancient-history

Feature on bog bodies:

https://the-past.com/news/bog-bodies-exploring-complex-human-connections-with-wetlands-death-and-burial/
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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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Remains of a pair of 5500 years bp domestic structures from Shanxi:

http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0321/c90000-10225045.html
http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_pAHK81lq.html

Tang Dynasty burials from Shanxi:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/cemetery-from-the-tang-dynasty-uncovered-in-china/146415

Western Han Dynasty bamboo and wooden strips from Yunnan:

http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_pF9yU0zU.html
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-03/21/content_85180874.htm
http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0320/c90000-10224894.html
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202303/1287700.shtml

A cluster of buildings dating to the Song Dynasty is shedding light on military defenses in Chongqing:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202303/1287794.shtml
https://english.news.cn/20230325/76c2c09fe8f74f1a9ef4c74faffeb49a/c.html

An ornate brick chamber tomb dating to the Jin Dynasty from Shanxi:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/ornate-brick-chambered-tomb-from-the-jin-dynasty-discovered-in-china/146650

A Scythian-Saka era temple/mound (5th century BCE) has been restored by archaeologists in Kazakhstan:

https://astanatimes.com/2023/03/archaeologists-restore-baikara-temple-in-north-kazakhstan-region/

More on the 2000 years bp antler-instrument from Viet Nam:

https://www.iflscience.com/a-2-000-year-old-antler-in-vietnam-may-be-oldest-music-instrument-of-its-kind-67618
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11248-230222-vietnam-music-instrument

Folks were watching the equinox sunrise at Angkor Wat:

https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/almost-9k-tourists-see-equinox-sunrise-angkor-wat

Concerns for a 1000 years bp Shiva temple in Chilkur:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/1000-year-old-shiva-temple-lost-in-concrete-squeeze/articleshow/98790000.cms

Questioning the claims of a 31 000 years bp amputation in Indonesia (in the news a few months ago):

https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/very-sceptical-31000-yearold-skeleton-theory-debunked/news-story/1bc51be15df965bd7f3507521d4f90eb
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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Report suggests Australia needs to make a greater effort to protect its underwater heritage:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/20/australia-must-do-more-to-prevent-looting-and-destruction-of-underwater-heritage-report-says
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NORTH AMERICA
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Overview of a dig at a potential NHL arena site in LeBreton Flats:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ncc-lebreton-flats-archaeology-nhl-senators-arena-1.6781362

More on evidence of the spirituality of enslaved persons found near Harriet Tubman's birthplace a while ago:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/spiritual-artifacts-harriet-tubman-birthplace

More on the wreck of the Ironton in Lake Huron:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ironton-shipwreck-lake-huron-180981741/

Feature on Tlingit petroglyphs at the Petroglyph Beach State Historic site in Alaska:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/the-mystery-of-this-petroglyph-covered-alaskan-beach-180981858/

Feature on Canada's first 'settlers' in the Yukon:

https://www.yukon-news.com/columns/history-hunter-canadas-first-settlers-were-in-the-yukon/

Feature on Yellowstone's Obsidian Cliff:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/20/science/yellowstone-indigenous-people-obsidian.html

Feature on the history of copper mining in Vermont:

https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2023-03-23/the-lucrative-largely-forgotten-history-of-copper-mining-in-vermont

Feature on all the bones found beneath Benjamin Franklin's London home back in the 1990s:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-1-200-buried-bones-in-the-benjamin-franklin-house
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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A Maya burial chamber from Palenque:

https://mexicodailypost.com/2023/03/21/inah-archaeologists-discovered-a-burial-chamber-in-palenque-with-a-human-skeleton/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66844
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/maya-burial-chamber-containing-green-figurines-found-at-palenque/146600
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11303-230323-mexico-palenque-burial

A study of the skeletal remains of Lady SAS from Palenque:

https://www.inah.gob.mx/boletines/osamenta-hallada-recientemente-en-palenque-habria-sido-de-una-mujer-foranea-revela-analisis
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/archaeologists-reveal-new-details-ancient-skeleton-palenque/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11295-230320-palenque-lady-sas

More on the 1400 years bp Moche wall paintings from Panamarca (Peru):

https://arkeonews.net/ancient-murals-of-two-faced-figures-found-in-peru/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66800

Feature on the Cast War of Yucatan:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/the-caste-war-of-yucatan/146638
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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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A study of a portrait of Henry VIII shows that it was updated as he aged:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1289/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1289/pub/1289/page/13/article/NaN

Feature on archaeoastronomy:

https://weekly.tvp.pl/68549797/archaeoastronomy-is-not-looking-for-an-ancient-ufo

Feature on Margaret Bryan and her astronomy research:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-uncovers-mysterious-author-early-astronomy.html
https://www.techexplorist.com/research-reveals-details-mysterious-author-early-astronomy-textbooks/57955/

cf: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsnr.2022.0052

The National Portrait Gallery has digitized a silhouette portrait album:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66820

Feature on reassembling/reuniting a De Vos painting :

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/22/1165011263/painting-history-cornelis-de-vos-mystery-rkd-netherlands

Pondering claims Vermeer's daughter painted some of his portraits:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/vermeer-daughter-binstock-theory-2273118

Feature on what we learned from Beethoven's DNA:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230322140929.htm
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-65037387
https://www.livescience.com/1st-ever-analysis-of-beethovens-dna-sheds-light-on-the-mystery-of-his-death
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/mar/22/beethoven-liver-disease-alcohol-related-hepatitis-b
https://apnews.com/article/beethoven-dna-hair-deaf-liver-d2d8c50fdd951eb5f5b9fdae00f795a3
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/03/22/beethoven-genome-hair/
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/03/22/1165308267/scientists-sequence-beethovens-genome-for-clues-into-his-painful-past
https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/scientists-decode-beethovens-genome/
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00181-1
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dna-from-beethovens-hair-reveals-clues-about-his-death-180981870/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11304-230323-beethoven-genome-liver

cf: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10354-021-00833-x

Feature on the use of psychedelics in various ancient societies:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/psychedelic-origins-mystical-rites-religion/

Feature on Lord Byron's visits to Turkiye:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/portrait/famous-travelers-to-turkiye-lord-byron-an-admirer-of-turks

Feature on Titanic survivor Gretchen Longley:

https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/culture/article/gretchen-longley-titanic-survivor-hudson-17851991.php

Feature on the Caravaggio in the Villa Aurora:

https://theconversation.com/in-a-roman-villa-at-the-center-of-a-nasty-inheritance-dispute-a-caravaggio-masterpiece-is-hidden-from-the-public-199756

Feature on matrilineal societies:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-opinion-matrilineal-societies-worldit-patriarchy.html

Feature on Richard Henry Greene:

https://yalealumnimagazine.org/articles/5622-history-found

Feature on Samuel Seabury:

https://yalealumnimagazine.org/articles/5633-the-first-american-bishop

Feature on a 15th century map of the Mediterranean:

https://yalealumnimagazine.org/articles/5600-the-sailor-s-guide

Interesting copy of Othello:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/26/rare-copy-of-othello-cast-list-real-life-drama

On the uses of AI in archaeology:

https://www.verdict.co.uk/ai-archaeology-italy/

Plans for Oscar Wilde's Reading gaol:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/25/fight-turn-reading-gaol-prison-site-arts-hub-oscar-wilde

A pair of American teens have 'new' proof of the Pythagorean theorem:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/24/new-orleans-pythagoras-theorem-trigonometry-prove

More on DaVinci's mother:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-734727
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/leonardo-da-vinci-mother-slave-caucasus-italy-new-research-book-rcna74670

Pondering why we should study 'what if' history:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/20/the-big-idea-why-we-should-study-the-history-that-never-happened
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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A Vienna Museum has a different sort of climate protest in mind:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-vienna-museum-tilts-climate-threat.html

Protests in France contributed to a fire at Bordeaux's town hall:

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-65058331

Major funding for a memorial to the enslaved at Montpelier:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/03/21/madison-montpelier-history-enslaved-mellon/
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS
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On the origins of grape domestication:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230320143756.htm
https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/03/22/grapes-were-probably-the-first-fruit-domesticated-by-humans/

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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL
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Feature on Epicureanism:

https://psyche.co/guides/how-to-seek-out-and-savour-lifes-joys-like-an-epicurean
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Pocklington Shield:

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/iron-age-shield-found-with-yorkshire-chariot-burial-and-called-the-most-important-british-celtic-object-of-the-millennium-to-go-on-display-at-malton-museum-4071141

Anglo-Saxon Suffolk:

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23402185.sutton-hoo-shows-off-suffolks-anglo-saxon-palace-treasures/
https://www.suffolklive.com/whats-on/whats-on-news/new-sutton-hoo-exhibition-set-8273435

Madonna of Kyiv:

https://www.dw.com/en/madonna-of-kyiv-celebrated-in-berlin-exhibition/a-65084642

Coronation Treasures:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-65028447

Notre Dame:

https://the-past.com/news/new-exhibition-at-notre-dame-tells-the-story-of-its-reconstruction/

Antikythera Mechanism:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/03/24/exhibition-reconstructing-the-antikythera-mechanism-in-perthwestern-australia/

After Impressionism:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-24/is-london-national-gallery-after-impressionism-show-worth-seeing-art-review

Plans for a new museum at Chichen Itza:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/20/museum-planned-at-ancient-mayan-complex-chichen-itza-mexicos-most-visited-archeological-site
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-museum-coming-to-chichen-itza-in-mexico-180981864/

A 'green museum' is planned for the site of Plato's Academy:

https://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/news/archaeological-museum-of-athens-design

Plenty of attention for a study which suggests that more than a thousand items at the Met are linked to art smugglers:

https://www.icij.org/investigations/hidden-treasures/more-than-1000-artifacts-in-metropolitan-museum-of-art-catalog-linked-to-alleged-looting-and-trafficking-figures/
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/mar/20/new-york-metropolitan-museum-collection-artifacts-theft
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/met-antiquities-icij-looting-tan/index.html
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/art-news-met-antiquities-provenance-report/
https://observer.com/2023/03/met-museum-accused-of-holding-more-than-1000-antiquities-linked-to-traffickers/
https://hyperallergic.com/809089/1000-objects-at-the-met-linked-to-antiquities-smugglers/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-industry-news-march-20-2023-2272587

... and items at the Art Institute of Chicago were also linked to trafficking:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-nepal-looted-antiquities-aic-20230322-4y4vueyjxrebrk5v7f5lanyelu-story.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/asian-antiquities-at-art-institute-of-chicago-linked-to-trafficking-1234661577/

On 'Imperial Loot' at the British Museum:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/british-museum-stolen-artifacts-elgin-marbles-tabots-benin-bronzes-6fe8ad47

More on museums changing their use of the word 'mummy':

https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/dont-use-the-word-mummy-why-museums-are-rebranding-ancient-egyptian-remains/
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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Questions about a Nepalese sculpture coming to auction at Christies:

https://observer.com/2023/03/upcoming-christies-sale-includes-a-nepalese-sculpture-tied-to-antiquity-looters/

Big bucks for a Guarneri violin:

https://news.artnet.com/market/violin-baltic-guarneri-auction-record-2271581

... and for a print of Hokusai's 'Great Wave':

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/hokusai-great-wave-auction-christies/index.html

More on the upcoming auction of the Codex Sassoon (1100 years bp Hebrew Bible manuscript):

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-sotheby-sale-ancient-hebrew-bible.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-65043875
https://www.timesofisrael.com/oldest-and-most-complete-hebrew-bible-manuscript-on-display-in-israel-for-1st-time/
https://apnews.com/article/israel-sassoon-codex-sothebys-bible-auction-dca8dc9d9bd5a79903ce693bdc26e0f5
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ON THE DNA FRONT
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A study of the genome of early inhabitants of Tibet:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-genomic-ancient-humans-human-evolution.html
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2023-03-21/China-DNA-study-reveals-Tibetan-ancestry-and-evolution-of-5-100-years-1ilERadHL7q/index.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00742-6
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11299-230321-tibet-human-genomes

A study of DNA and disease among Europe's first farmers:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-735363

A study of inhabitants of a 5000 years BCE collective burial from Mentesh Tepe in Azerbaijan:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-04681-w

A study of the DNA of the Sandomierz chessmen:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66860

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Famous clocks of Europe:

https://www.dw.com/en/europes-most-beautiful-clocks/g-45211089

Lake District stone monuments:

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/mar/25/rites-of-spring-the-lake-districts-ancient-stones-marking-the-passage-of-the-seasons
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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Feature on castrati:

https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/what-is-a-castrato/

Great Expectations:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/25/tv-shows/great-expectations-review/index.html

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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS
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The Lost King:

https://apnews.com/article/lost-king-movie-review-richard-iii-864e05e360842fcdcde4a6989ba4994f
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2023-03-22/the-lost-king-highlights-the-buried-history-of-the-woman-who-found-the-remains-of-richard-iii
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CRIME BEAT
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Thousands of items looted from Iraq two decades ago are still on the black market:

https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20230320-iraq-s-looted-artefacts-thousands-of-antiquities-still-on-black-market

Afghanistan has intercepted 50+ antiquities smuggling attempts in the past year and a half:

https://www.ariananews.af/over-50-instances-of-artifact-smuggling-prevented-in-last-18-months-officials/

More on the fraudulent sale of an Ides of March denarius a week or so ago:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dealer-accused-of-brutus-coin-fraud-0qjftqlgw
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/british-auctioneer-coin-sale-fraud-new-york-richard-beale/
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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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Italy returned four items to Egypt:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-recovers-four-rare-artifacts-from-italy/

The US returned 29 items to Greece:

https://www.manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-returns-29-antiquities-to-greece/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/22/us-returns-29-antiquities-greece/
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1207201/us-returns-29-antiquities-to-greece/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/03/22/usa-repatriates-29-antiquities-to-greece/
https://news.gtp.gr/2023/03/23/greece-welcomes-the-return-of-29-illegally-removed-antiquities/
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/48640-priceless-antiquities-returned-to-the-people-of-greece-at-new-york-consulate.html
https://www.thenationalherald.com/priceless-antiquities-returned-to-the-people-of-greece-at-consulate-general-in-ny/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/22/manhattan-district-attorney-bragg-returns-29-antiquities-to-greece/

... including that Ides of March coin that was auctioned a couple weeks ago:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/arts/design/rare-coin-returned-greece-eid-mar.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gold-coin-minted-by-brutus-to-honor-caesars-murder-returned-to-greece-1234662098/

A dozen antiquities were also returned by the US to Turkiye:

https://www.manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-returns-12-antiquities-to-the-republic-of-turkiye/
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230322-turkiye-announces-repatriation-of-12-antiquities-from-the-us/
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/turkiye-announces-repatriation-of-12-antiquities-from-us/2853087
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/12-antiquities-returned-to-homeland-after-being-smuggled-from-turkiye-to-us/2855081

... including three from the Met:

https://hyperallergic.com/810062/three-looted-antiquities-at-the-met-repatriated-to-turkey/
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/art-culture/several-antiquities-looted-displayed-at-the-met-repatriated

Australia returned a Hanuman idol to India:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2023/mar/24/stolen-hanuman-idol-of-ariyalur-temple-retrieved-from-australia-2558944.html

Nepal wants a necklace back that's in the possession of the Art Institute of Chicago:

https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/03/21/nepal-wants-a-sacred-necklace-returned-but-the-art-institute-of-chicago-still-keeps-it-on-display/
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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n12.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n13.html
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Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Jane Gardner (pdf):

https://cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2023/03/Jane-F.-Gardner-1934-2023.pdf

George Huxley:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/professor-george-huxley-90-professor-of-classics-who-excavated-a-minoan-site-rltkfq6l3

John Bramble:

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/mar/14/john-bramble-obituary

Joan Oates:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/03/25/joan-oates-archaeologist-whose-excavations-syria-revolutionised/

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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3266-audio-news-from-archaeologica-march-12th-through-the-18th-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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