explorator 24.18

[david meadows]

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explorator 24.18 August 22, 2021
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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, Andy Szegedy-Maszak,
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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Feature on homo longi:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/homo-longi-extinct-human-species-that-may-replace-neanderthals-as-our
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AFRICA
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The DAI is helping with the restoration of pyramids in Sudan:

https://www.altaghyeer.info/en/2021/08/21/german-archaeological-institute-aids-in-sudanese-pyramids-restoration-efforts-with-lab-donation/

Feature on 17th-19th century petroglyphs made by fugitive enslaved folk in South Africa:

https://phys.org/news/2021-08-south-africa-bandit-slaves-art.html

More on that 80 000 years bp child burial from Kenya found a few months ago:

https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1477146/archaeology-news-african-human-burial-site-kenya-mtoto-child-ancient-history-latest-spt
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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More on the recently-found 6th century Christian settlement at Marea:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/08/archaeologists-surprised-discovery-6th-century-christian-town-egypt#ixzz73cQo1XCn
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-egypt/ancient-christian-settlement-discovered-in-egypt/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-christian-settlement-egypt-shows-evidence-advanced-urban-planning-180978486/

Feature on the Book of the Dead:

https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/book-of-the-dead-ancient-egypt-universal-message

Feature on the Karnak Temple and 'Road of Rams':

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2021/08/21/history-of-karnak-temple-and-road-of-rams/

Feature on cats in ancient Egypt:

https://www.history.com/news/cats-ancient-egypt

Photo feature on modern papyrus production in Egypt:

https://elpais.com/elpais/2021/08/11/album/1628681229_568615.html

Interesting drone photos of the pyramids at Giza:

https://mymodernmet.com/alexander-ladanivskyy-drone-giza-pyramid-photo/

Feature on the events of the eastern Mediterranean ca 1200 BCE:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2021/08/world-end-1200-bce

5th century (earlier?) reliefs from Daskyleion depicting Persian conflict of some sort with the Greeks:

https://m.yenisafak.com/en/news/ancient-relief-depicting-greek-persian-war-unearthed-in-nw-turkey-3578495
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-relief-discovered-in-balikesir-excavations-167143
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/reliefs-from-5th-century-bc-found-in-western-turkeys-daskyleion/news
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/08/17/turkey-discovery-of-ancient-relief-depicting-greco-persian-wars/
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/ancient-relief-discovered-in-northwestern-turkey/2336764
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9945-210818-turkey-daskyleion-relief

... archaeologists are also studying the 'culinary culture' of the Lydians at the same site:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/archaeologists-explore-culinary-culture-of-lydians-with-dentist-tools/news

Finding evidence of fluctuations in the earth's magnetic field from Neolithic tools from Jordan:

https://phys.org/news/2021-08-magnetic-field-years-today.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210816161332.htm
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-breakthrough-technique-detects-magnetic-field-in-prehistoric-stone-tools-1.10125401
https://www.sciencealert.com/flint-neolithic-artefacts-offer-a-new-way-to-probe-the-history-of-earth-s-magnetic-field

cf: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/34/e2100995118

Feature on Gobekli Tepe:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210815-an-immense-mystery-older-than-stonehenge

Evidence that the Kingdom of Judah was involved in olive oil production in the 7th century:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/even-after-assyria-won-judeans-produced-olive-oil-in-biblical-shephelah-677217

A 1500 years bp agricultural-industrial site featuring (inter alia) a winepress, structural foundations and a gold coin from Ramat Hasharon:

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/cookware-gold-coin-shed-light-on-life-in-ramat-hasharon-1500-years-ago-677057
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/seek-and-ye-shall-find-byzantine-activity-in-tel-aviv-suburb-1-500-years-ago-1.10128902
https://www.timesofisrael.com/building-project-unearths-ancient-history-in-tel-aviv-suburb/
https://hamodia.com/2021/08/18/evidence-found-ancient-agricultural-activity-ramat-ha-sharon/
http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_yVsixR22.html
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202108/1231937.shtml
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/1629281259-byzantine-era-wine-press-discovered-near-tel-aviv
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9949-210820-israel-byzantine-industry

More on that 'lump' of 4th century coins found on a beach in Israel:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9904963/1-700-year-old-coins-ancient-ship-sailing-Mediterranean-Israel.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/ancient-1700-year-old-coins-found-on-israeli-beach-676687
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/camping-trip-leads-discovery-1700-year-old-coins-israel-180978464/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9942-210817-israel-shipwreck-coins

Feature on the digging going on at night in Jerusalem's Old City:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/excavations-by-night-677165

Another piece arguing about the 'real' site of Bethsaida:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/17/searching-lost-biblical-city-bethsaida/

Paywalled review of a book on the Herods:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/new-book-plumbs-the-role-of-the-herods-in-forming-early-jewish-christian-views/2021/08/17/3a245234-ffab-11eb-87e0-7e07bd9ce270_story.html

More on Babylonian trigonometry:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/was-geometry-invented-by-bureaucrats-and-not-a-greek-genius

More on hyenas and Saudi Arabian caves:

https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/archaeologists-find-1-5-km-long-bed-of-bones-in-saudi-arabian-cave-4091975.html

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This Week in the Ancient Near East Podcast:

https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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The big news this week was the find at Pompeii of a 'nearly intact' burial of freedman who funded Greek and Latin entertainment:

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2021/08/17/unique-tomb-with-semi-mummified-body-found-at-pompeii_b615f418-3a87-4a7a-ba8f-efcebed64580.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/17/human-remains-in-tomb-are-best-preserved-ever-found-in-pompeii
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/21/levelling-up-pompeii-grave-at-site-shows-how-a-former-slave-went-far
https://www.livescience.com/pompeii-mummy-slave-porta-sarno.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-9901007/Archaeologists-skeleton-evidence-Greek-Pompeii.html
https://www.livescience.com/pompeii-mummy-slave-porta-sarno.html
https://phys.org/news/2021-08-archaeologists-skeleton-evidence-greek-pompeii.html
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/europe/well-preserved-skeleton-sheds-light-on-culture-in-ancient-pompeii-20210818-p58jmx.html
https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/well-preserved-skeleton-sheds-light-on-culture-in-ancient-pompeii-20210818-p58jmx.html
https://apnews.com/article/europe-science-arts-and-entertainment-2ef592e3a5fb152aa50549d193aae0c2
https://www.reuters.com/article/italy-pompeii/well-preserved-skeleton-sheds-light-on-culture-in-ancient-pompeii-idUSL1N2PO0N8
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/newly-unearthed-skeleton-gives-insight-into-ancient-pompeii/news
https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2021/08/18/skeleton-pompeii-orig-jk.cnn
https://elpais.com/revista-de-verano/2021-08-17/marcus-venerius-el-nuevo-mecenas-que-emerge-de-entre-las-ruinas-de-pompeya.html
https://www.euronews.com/video/2021/08/17/pompeii-discovery-first-evidence-greek-was-also-used-in-ancient-rome
https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/18/pompeii-skeleton-proves-greek-culture-thriving-ancient-rome/
https://neoskosmos.com/en/207625/freed-slaves-tomb-provides-evidence-that-greek-was-part-of-ancient-pompeiis-cultural-life/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/skeleton-of-freed-slave-in-pompeii-offers-1st-proof-greek-spoken-there/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/discovery-partially-mummified-skeleton-proves-greek-theater-thriving-roman-pompeii-1999822
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/archaeologists-find-best-preserved-human-remains-in-pompeii/
http://www.therepublic.com/2021/08/17/eu-italy-pompeii-discovery-2/
https://www.livescience.com/pompeii-mummy-slave-porta-sarno.html
https://georgykantorblog.wordpress.com/2021/08/17/a-new-find-from-pompeii/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccahughes/2021/08/17/extraordinary-tomb-discovery-provides-first-evidence-of-greek-culture-at-pompeii/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-most-well-preserved-human-remains-pompeii-date-180978455/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9944-210818-pompeii-human-remains

... and one of the urns has remains of three infants, apparently:

https://www.madeinpompei.it/2021/08/21/pompei-anche-i-resti-di-tre-infanti-nellurna-ritrovata-nella-tomba-di-marco-venerio-secondo/

A statue of Hygieia from Aizanoi:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/statue-of-greek-health-goddess-hygieia-unearthed-in-turkey/2340226
https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/19/statue-of-greek-goddess-hygieia-unearthed-in-turkey/

Roman pottery (and earlier finds) from a quarry project in the Arreton Valley:

https://www.iwradio.co.uk/news/isle-of-wight-news/roman-pottery-among-artefacts-unearthed-in-very-exciting-arreton-valley-project/

Remains of four 'aligned columns' from the Salar Roman Villa dig:

https://www.granadahoy.com/vivir/hallazgo-arqueologico-Villa-Romana-Salar-base-columnas_0_1601840363.html

Bus station construction in Exeter revealed remains of a Roman fort:

https://news.exeter.gov.uk/report-into-roman-fort-discovery-highlights-important-and-fascinating-find/

A Roman fort site was also confirmed on National Trust land in Devon:

https://www.theexeterdaily.co.uk/news/local-news/national-trust-confirms-its-first-devon-roman-fort

Overviewish thing on recent finds from Despotiko:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/multimedia/images/1166400/uninhabited-aegean-island-yields-yet-more-surprises/

Week three of the Interactive Dig at Zominthos:

https://www.archaeological.org/zominthos-2021-week-3/

... and weeks 4-5:

https://www.archaeological.org/zominthos-2021-weeks-4-5/

... and a feature on the palace of Zominthos:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1166415/the-inexhaustible-palace-of-zominthos/

A 5th/4th century workshop complex is the focus of the Kouklia dig this year:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/08/21/kouklia-dig-focuses-on-workshop-complex/

The Palaepaphos Urban Landscape Project is about to start digging:

https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/archaeological-research-unit-conducts-excavations-for-palaepaphos-urban-landscape-project/

Plans to restore 2300 years bp columns at the Temple of Apollo at Didim:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/2300-year-old-columns-in-turkeys-temple-of-apollo-to-be-restored/news

More on recent finds from Peperikon:

https://www.novinite.com/articles/210796/New+Archeological+Findings+at+Bulgaria%E2%80%99s+Perperikon
https://bnt.bg/news/new-archaeological-finds-at-the-ancient-site-of-perperikon-297822news.html

Feature on the underwater archaeological park at Baiae:

https://phys.org/news/2021-08-ancient-romans-party.html
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210821-diving-among-ancient-ruins-where-romans-used-to-party

Next installment of that series on Roman Portugal:

https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2021-08-16/a-misty-history-of-roman-portugal-part-6-the-economy/61761

Feature on the Late Roman fort of Caer Gybi:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/caer-gybi-angleseys-roman-fort/139903

The Theatre at Ephesus reopened to tourists:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/2300-year-old-iconic-ephesus-theatre-reopens-for-visitors

Zeugma's House of the Muses is also now open to the public:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/roman-house-of-muses-to-welcome-visitors-in-turkeys-zeugma/news
https://m.yenisafak.com/en/news/roman-era-house-of-muses-to-open-to-visitors-in-turkey-3578565
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62026

I think we mentioned the concerns arising from construction near a Punic/Roman tower on Malta:

https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/protected-punic-roman-tower-becomes-a-construction-site.893518

Daniel Mendelsohn on the Odyssey:

https://octavian.substack.com/p/daniel-mendelsohn-on-the-odyssey?

Review of Pat Barker, *The Women of Troy*:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/aug/20/the-women-of-troy-by-pat-barker-review-bleak-and-impressive
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-women-of-troy-by-pat-barker-review-rewriting-homer-for-the-metoo-age-633qrbm87

Elliot Ackerman on the Anabasis:

https://octavian.substack.com/p/elliot-ackerman-on-the-anabasis

Feature on how to 'read' a broken Roman statue:

https://www.artandobject.com/video/how-read-broken-roman-statue-head-nero

Feature on Roman emperors being aware of the 'camera lie':

https://www.spearswms.com/how-the-roman-emperors-made-the-ancient-equivalent-of-the-camera-lie/

Feature on 'happiness' in Pompeii:

https://theconversation.com/what-a-baker-from-ancient-pompeii-can-teach-us-about-happiness-166010

Feature on Colchester and its loss of capital status to London:

https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/way-colchester-lost-status-englands-5780321

Feature on the Pax Romana:

https://www.history.com/news/pax-romana-roman-empire-peace-augustus

Feature on what ancient Greeks ate every day:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/08/14/what-did-the-ancient-greeks-eat/

Feature on the Minoan diet:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/19/minoans-sophisticated-diet-included-imported-spices-from-asia/

cf: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-021-01375-4

Feature on Herodotus:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/16/the-greek-historian-herodotus-known-as-the-father-of-history/

Feature on Plato's best and worst ideas:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/18/plato-best-worst-ideas/

Another feature on the Antikythera Mechanism:

https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/genius-at-the-bottom-of-the-sea-11629392600599.html

More on concerns about how the British Museum is treating the Parthenon Marbles;

https://news.gtp.gr/2021/08/16/greece-slams-british-museum-for-lack-of-care-calls-for-return-of-parthenon-marbles/

More on that feeding-to-the-lions key handle:

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/dig-discovery-hints-leicester-people-5761965

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Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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A project to date the petroglyphs (mostly Mesolithic, it seems) in a cave in the Fontainebleau forest:

https://www.ouest-france.fr/sciences/archeologie/archeologie-dans-la-foret-de-fontainebleau-un-art-rupestre-unique-et-fragile-f1b23924-f9f3-11eb-8856-ae31b3de7322

A possible Neolithic 'cursus monument' on Arran:

https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/possible-neolithic-ritual-site-on-arran-may-be-a-monument-to-shared-human-endeavour-scotsman-comment-3351604
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/archaeologists-search-for-enormous-ancient-ritual-site-on-scottish-island-3351332

3000 years bp vases full of jewellery and weapons from a site in Auvergne Rhone-Alpes:

https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/patrimoine/archeologie/des-vases-des-bijoux-et-des-armes-decouverte-exceptionnelle-d-objets-de-l-age-du-bronze-dans-l-allier_4743353.html

A pair of Wielbark culture burial mounds from Poland provide evidence of the profession of the occupants:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/burial-mounds-containing-grave-goods-indicate-profession-of-those-interred/139896

An ongoing excavation in Salamanca:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-08-19/una-diosa-egipcia-en-salamanca.html

An 8 foot tall, 1600 years bp wooden 'idol' find from a bog in Co Roscommon:

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40358522.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/08/20/ireland-pagan-deity-bog-idil/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gortnacrannagh-idol-ireland-1234601873/
https://www.art-insider.com/ancient-pagan-wood-idol-discovered-in-roscommon-bog-ireland/2688
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1600-year-old-wooden-idol-found-ireland-180978453/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9941-210816-ireland-wooden-idol

Remains of a 'lost' 8th century monastery associated with Queen Cynethryth was unearthed near a church in Berkshire:

https://www.reading.ac.uk/news-and-events/releases/PR858751.aspx
https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/university-reading-archaeologists-make-breakthrough-21340550
https://phys.org/news/2021-08-archaeologists-lost-monastery-queen-mercia.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-58258647
https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2021-08-19/archaeologists-discover-8th-century-monastery-on-the-banks-of-the-river-thames
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/an-anglo-saxon-queen-s-monastery-rediscovered
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/698/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/698/pub/698/page/21/article/209420
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lost-monastery-run-anglo-saxon-queen-discovered-180978485/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9948-210820-england-queen-cynethryth

I think we mentioned this Viking hoard from the Isle of Man:

https://museumcrush.org/another-viking-hoard-offers-itself-up-on-the-isle-of-man/

A langsax long knife with possible Viking connections from Poland:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/rare-langsax-fighting-blade-discovery/139946

A change in papal law in the 14th century allowing monks more meat apparently caused digestive issues for some at Muchelney Abbey:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/aug/19/meat-rich-diet-of-13th-century-monks-caused-digestive-issues-research-finds
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/meat-diet-monks-digestive-issues-b1905139.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9905615/Muchelney-Abbey-build-toilet-block-14th-century-meat-gave-monks-diarrhoea.html

Remains of a medieval St Mary's Abbey from a Museum Gardens dig in York:

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/archaeological-dig-at-museum-gardens-in-york-reveals-lost-buildings-that-were-once-part-of-medieval-st-marys-abbey-3345871
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9943-210817-york-medieval-abbey

Two medieval jewellery hoards from Russia:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61998

Remains of a medieval structure from the heart of Genoa:

https://www.finestresullarte.info/archeologia/genova-importante-scoperta-archeologica-complesso-medievale-loggia-banchi

A dig in Dover's Market Square prior to a 'major revamp' is under way:

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/digging-for-the-past-252398/

A dig at Alderney's 'Nunnery' is under way again, hoping to determine if it was, in fact, a Nunnery:

https://gsy.bailiwickexpress.com/gsy/news/we-do-not-know-if-nunnery-was-ever-fact-nunnery/#.YSJRs9NyphF

Hopes for Spanish Armada evidence from plans to dredge up a Galician port/estuary:

https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2021/08/15/dredging-up-history-galicia-clean-up-project-could-shed-light-on-mysteries-of-spanish-armada/

A study of lead content of bones from Italy dating from 12 000 BCE to the 17th century mirrors evidence of increased lead production:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/12000-year-old-cemetery-reveals-effect-of-metal-pollution-on-humans-676805
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-bones-in-12-000-year-old-cemetery-mirror-history-of-deadly-lead-production-1.10119592
https://www.sciencealert.com/human-burials-for-12-000-years-reveal-the-steady-rise-of-lead-pollution
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lead-has-been-getting-humans-bones-5000-years-180978444/

cf: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c00614

18th century (or earlier) graffiti found at the Kibworth Harcourt mill:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-58259268

A mass grave associated with a Nazi massacre from Poland's 'Death Valley':

https://www.livescience.com/wwii-nazi-mass-grave-found-poland.html
https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-discover-mass-world-war-ii-grave-uncover-nazi-massacre-1620718
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/08/archaeologists-unearth-nazi-era-massacre-poland-s-death-valley
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/nazi-war-crimes-revealed-in-death-valley/139918

cf: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/an-archaeology-of-death-valley-poland/297404A3A2C060EA27B9E9CC176DBC75

Detectorist finds declared treasure this week include some coins stashed during the time of Charles I:

https://www.gentside.co.uk/history/coins-stashed-during-reign-of-charles-i-declared-treasure_art7974.html

Overviewish thing on the dig season at Anchor Church Field:

https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/archaeologists-on-cliff-hanger-possible-5813186
https://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/saxon-poo-among-exciting-finds-uncovered-at-dig-9212108/

Concerns for Stonehenge-associated sites in Pembrokeshire:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-58247235

... arising from:

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-wales-58250138
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/697/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/697/pub/697/page/39/article/209168

A catalog of underwater sites in Andalucia has been produced:

https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/08/16/presenting-andalucias-underwater-archaeological-chart/

Feature on Viking-era (S)Nottingham:

https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/history/history-nottingham-known-snotingeham-held-5801153

Not sure about this: protestors 'seized' Ediburgh Castle citing Magna Carta:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/aug/17/protesters-claim-to-seize-edinburgh-castle-citing-magna-carta

More on the 5000 years bp wooden stakes from the Ness of Brodgar:

https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/history/orkney-ness-brodgar-wooden-stakes-scotland

More on the origins of the so-called 'Arthur's Stone':

https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/19518527.archaeologists-reveal-herefordshire-stone-age-monuments-origins/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9897977/Origins-Arthurs-Stone-revealed-archaeologists.html

More on that medieval 'sword pyramid' from Norfolk:

https://www.livescience.com/mysterious-sword-pyramid.html

On the ongoing threat to archaeology programs in the UK:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/700/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/700/pub/700/page/30/article/208309

... and the department in Worcester is closing now:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/worcester-university-to-close-its-archaeology-department-in-another-blow-to-heritage-sector

Larry Landtrain isn't going over well at Lindisfarne:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/aug/18/row-larry-landtrain-visitors-lindisfarne

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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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A pair of Jin dynasty brick tombs from Shaanxi:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-08-15/Brick-tombs-from-the-Jin-Dynasty-discovered-in-Shanxi-Province-12KHecRxo3u/index.html

Latest 'embracing lovers' burial is a 1600 years bp tomb from Datong:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2021-08/16/content_77695826.htm
http://en.people.cn/n3/2021/0818/c90000-9885190.html
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-08-16/Over-1600-year-old-tomb-of-embracing-lovers-unearthed-in-Datong-12LLCTHDswU/index.html
https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/270728877/over-1600-yr-old-tomb-of-embracing-lovers-unearthed-in-north-china

On the love for archaeology (and paleontology) in China:

https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/social-welfare/article/3145438/why-china-love-archaeology-and-palaeontology

Feature on sites being revealed from melting ice in Mongolia:

https://scroll.in/article/1002794/in-mongolia-melting-ice-is-revealing-hidden-archaeological-treasures

30 Late Bronze Age burials from the Okinsk region of Buryatia:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/106980/30-tombs-dating-back-to-the-Late-Bronze-Age-discovered

Neolithic sites from Eastern Ghats (Tamil Nadu):

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/aug/17/neolithic-period-sites-found-in-eastern-ghats-2345700.html

Remains of an ancient temple from a Bhargavi riverbed in Odisha:

https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/ruins-of-ancient-temple-found-in-bhargavi-riverbed-in-odisha-1021312.html
https://pragativadi.com/survey-group-rediscovering-lost-heritage-stumbles-upon-remains-of-ancient-temple-in-bhargavi-river-bed/

Feature on that punch-marked 36d century coin from the Keeladi site:

https://www.dtnext.in/News/TamilNadu/2021/08/22022317/1313393/Silver-coin-shows-economic-activities-in-3rd-century-.vpf

Feature on Madras before the British:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2021/aug/17/building-a-city-before-the-british-came-calling-2345584.html

Feature on the Ramappa temple just added to the Heritage List:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-58255574

Study suggests Indus Valley folk spoke a Dravidian language:

https://science.thewire.in/the-sciences/nature-study-ancestral-dravidian-language-indus-valley-elephant-pilu/
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NORTH AMERICA
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Using remote sensing and machine learning to reveal 3000-5000 years bp shell rings and mounds in the American Southeast:

https://news.psu.edu/story/666605/2021/08/19/research/remote-sensing-and-machine-learning-reveal-archaic-shell-rings
https://phys.org/news/2021-08-remote-machine-reveal-archaic-shell.html

Clay roof tiles from the Powder Magazine site at Colonial Williamsburg:

https://www.dailypress.com/virginiagazette/va-vg-powder-magazine-dig-0816-20210819-uwnepcvqxbdodfpof4nj5c32yu-story.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9947-210820-williamsburg-powder-magazine

A skull found in Flathead Lake (Montana) is believed to be a Native American of uncertain date:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/skull-discovered-flathead-lake-deemed-021700282.html

A 'secret' Tennessee site of some sort has been preserved:

https://foxchattanooga.com/news/local/secret-tennessee-archeological-site-preserved

A dig in Brantford has been halted until First Nations reps can monitor the dig:

https://tworowtimes.com/news/local/brantford-archaeological-dig-halted-until-indigenous-reps-on-site/

Feature on what the CZU Lightning Complex Fire in California last year revealed:

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/17/1028368032/kitchen-sisters-voices-of-survivors-of-the-czu-lightning-complex-fire
http://www.kitchensisters.org/present/what-fire-reveals/

Feature/study of shellfish management in the Pacific Northwest:

https://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2021/08/humans-managed-shellfish-and-their-predators-for-millennia--stud.html
https://phys.org/news/2021-08-humans-shellfish-predators-millennia.html
https://www.uvic.ca/news/topics/2021+traditional-foodways-need-protection+news

cf: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10021-021-00671-3

Feature on former Connecticut state archaeologist Nick Bellantoni:

https://www.nhregister.com/lifestyle/article/Meet-Connecticut-s-real-life-Indiana-Jones-16397930.php

Feature on local historian (Potrero) Peter Linenthal:

https://www.potreroview.net/local-historian-keeps-past-alive/

Colonial Williamsburg has acquired a Paul Revere tankard:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62035

A map detailing Florida's disappearing Native American sites:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/map-details-florida-disappearing-landscape-180978364/
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Another study casting doubt on claims of cannibalism among the Caribs:

https://phys.org/news/2021-08-dispelling-false-cannibalistic-caribsagain.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/926065

The Coba Archaeological Zone has reopened after negotiations over how many tourists can visit:

https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2021/08/after-both-sides-reach-an-agreement-coba-archaeological-zone-reopens-under-inah/

Feature on the Palpa geoglyphs:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/the-mysterious-palpa-geoglyphs/139923

Feature on the Maya 'Star Wars':

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/the-star-wars/139929

Feature on Spanish colonial officials fearing 'powerful clothing':

https://psyche.co/ideas/why-spanish-colonial-officials-feared-the-power-of-clothing?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=HTLGI21

Feature on Cuicuilco:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/cuicuilco-the-mesoamerican-city-destroyed-by-a-volcano/139951

Folks don't think much of Mexico's replica Aztec pyramid, apparently:

https://www.archpaper.com/2021/08/mexico-builds-templo-mayor-replica-light-up/
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Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:

http://goo.gl/1VdeA

Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas lecture channels on Youtube:

https://mikeruggerisyoutube.tumblr.com/

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Not sure where to put this one: British archaeologists are battling with Turkey over seeds found at various sites:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/seeds-conflict-british-archaeologists-battling-turkish-government-seeds-180978357/

... nor this one on connections between genetics and language families in northeast Asia:

https://phys.org/news/2021-08-history-written-grammar.html

cf: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/34/eabd9223

Feature on Lady Wroth and her secret codes:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/secret-codes-lady-wroth-first-female-english-novelist-180978365/

Some middle schoolers are trying to clear the name of a Salem Witch Trial victim:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/20/us/elizabeth-johnson-jr-salem-witch-trials.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/19/salem-witch-trials-pardon-woman-elizabeth-johnson

Feature on the Boleyn family:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rise-and-fall-tudor-englands-scandalous-boleyn-family-180978480/

On the French and Lafayette:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/23/why-dont-the-french-celebrate-lafayette

Feature on the Swastika:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210816-the-ancient-symbol-that-was-hijacked-by-evil

Feature on the monks who came up with the idea of the index:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/699/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/699/pub/699/page/168/article/208193

Feature on some Islamic philosophers:

https://dailytimes.com.pk/805003/contemplating-the-philosophers-of-the-golden-age-of-islam/

Feature on humans living 'underground:

https://www.livescience.com/humans-living-underground.html

On recreating a certain type of medieval mead:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-to-make-medieval-mead-bochet

On fading Portuguese influence in Goa:

https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3144659/goa-portuguese-influence-fading-after-60-years-indian-rule

On memes reviving Indian history:

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3145003/facebook-and-instagram-memes-bringing-indian-history-and

A mermaid dispute in Denmark:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/arts/design/little-mermaid-denmark-dispute.html

Feature on Roesia de Verdun, Ireland's only female castle builder:

https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-40361537.html

Feature on Caravaggio:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-08-16/caravaggio-el-pintor-de-los-cuadros-desaparecidos.html

Feature on some Neoclassical works:

https://www.artandobject.com/slideshows/9-essential-neoclassical-works-art
https://www.artandobject.com/slideshows/8-essential-neoclassical-works-art

It might be the end times for the Monte dei Paschi di Siena bank:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/business/days-may-be-numbered-for-the-worlds-oldest-bank.html

On oral traditions of sunken lands:

https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-how-ancient-beliefs-in-underwater-worlds-can-shed-light-in-a-time-of-rising-sea-levels-164154

Latest round of NEH grants:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/arts/national-endowment-for-the-humanities-grants.html

More frozen lion cub remains from Siberia:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62007

Review of Laurent Binet, *Civilizations*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/18/books/laurent-binet-civilizations.html

Review of a couple of books on 'time':

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/books/review/a-brief-history-of-motion-tom-standage-about-time-david-rooney.html

Review of a biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/books/review/two-way-mirror-fiona-sampson-elizabeth-barrett-browning.html

Reviewish of a book on assorted mythical beasties:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-loch-ness-monster-may-not-exist-but-such-mythical-beasts-fascinate-for-good-reason/2021/08/18/a679dfea-fea6-11eb-85f2-b871803f65e4_story.html
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Feature on some British country houses with ties to the slave trade:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/23/britains-idyllic-country-houses-reveal-a-darker-history

UNESCO has called for protection for Afghanistan's cultural heritage:

https://www.voanews.com/us-afghanistan-troop-withdrawal/unesco-appeals-protection-afghanistans-cultural-heritage

... related:

https://www.artforum.com/news/afghan-museums-imperiled-as-taliban-assumes-control-of-government-86346
https://www.thenational.scot/news/19517490.afghanistan-another-crossroads-taliban-take-control/

On the history of earthquakes in Haiti:

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/16/1027990749/haiti-earthquake-why-deadly-explainer

Arguing about the colonial overtones of 'curry':

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3145236/hot-debate-india-curry-racist-hangover-british

Arguing over German street names:

https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/german-street-names
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Return to Palmyra:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/exhibits-events/return-to-palmyra/

Parmigianino Madonna:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/08/13/arts/design/parmigianino-madonna-of-the-long-neck.html

Silk and Swan Feathers:

http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/an-18th-century-arm-chair-in-focus/

Gypsy Girl:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/replicas-of-turkeys-gypsy-girl-mosaic-sent-to-us-for-display-167256

Epic Iran:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210818-epic-iran-ancient-objects-that-reveal-writings-roots
https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/epic-iran

Kew Gardens:

https://theconversation.com/if-i-could-go-anywhere-a-world-through-the-eyes-of-botanical-artist-marianne-north-at-kew-gardens-165663
https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/marianne-north-botanical-artist

Transcending Time:

http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/transcending-time-at-the-getty-museum/

Tara: The Sri Lankan Deity:

https://roar.media/english/life/history/tara-statue-local-deity-british-museum

Ramses the Great:

https://www.houstoniamag.com/arts-and-culture/2021/08/ancient-egyptian-artifacts-coming-to-houston-fall

Dali:

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/symbolism-of-salvador-dali-displayed-in-new-exhibition-in-herzliya-677136

Great Tapestry of Scotland:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/aug/18/great-tapestry-of-scotland-to-go-on-show-at-its-own-gallery-for-first-time

A bust of Agrippina the younger is on display at Alba Fucens:

https://www.terremarsicane.it/lantico-busto-in-bronzo-di-agrippina-torna-ad-alba-fucens/

There's a new museum at the site of Piazza Amerina:

https://www.finestresullarte.info/musei/inaugurato-museo-palazzo-trigona-piazza-armerina

The British Museum has closed its gallery housing the Benin Bronzes:

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/british-museum-closes-gallery-in-response-to-protesters

... and they're getting criticism over the leaky roof in the gallery with the Parthenon Marbles:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/08/16/who-will-rescue-the-parthenon-sculptures-from-its-british-saviours/
https://neoskosmos.com/en/207457/british-museum-finally-the-truth-leaks-out/

The BM is also collaborating with Sketchfab with one of their touring exhibitions:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/uk-regional/article/Museum-and-Sketchfab-Collaborate-For-The-First-Time-On-A-Touring-Exhibition-20210817
https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2021/08/3d-scans-to-accompany-british-museum-spotlight-tour/

The pandemic has forced the closure of the National Gallery's Genoa exhibition:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/national-gallery-genoa-exhibit-canceled/2021/08/20/72ffde4c-01be-11ec-85f2-b871803f65e4_story.html

Feature on ANU's Classics Museum:

https://canberraweekly.com.au/anu-classics-museum-brings-the-distant-past-closer-to-us/
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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A cave full of Native American petroglyphs in Missouri is coming to auction (!):

https://www.thestate.com/news/nation-world/national/article253527859.html
https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/missouri/article253527859.html

High expectations for an upcoming auction of Picassos:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58185744

A major Greek coin collection is coming to auction:

https://greekherald.com.au/news/australia/sydney-mans-large-collection-rare-greek-coins-be-sold-online-auction/

... as is a 1905 photo of Susan B Anthony:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Susan-B-Anthony-photo-found-in-attic-now-going-16392605.php
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-17/susan-b-anthony-photo-found-in-attic-now-going-to-auction
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ON THE DNA FRONT
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An indigenous group in the Philippines apparently has the 'highest Denisovan ancestry':

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-indigenous-group-in-philippines-has-highest-denisovan-ancestry-1.10119164

Genetic ties to Australasian/Melanesian populations found in South America:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/03/earliest-south-american-migrants-had-australian-melanesian-ancestry

Using DNA to figure out social structures in Neolithic and Bronze Age Croatia:

https://phys.org/news/2021-08-genetic-histories-social-organisation-neolithic.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210818083959.htm
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/925562
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CLIMATE MATTERS
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Studying climate fluctuations on the Yucatan peninsula:

https://phys.org/news/2021-08-yucatan-climate-global.html

cf: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020GL092091
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Hatay's Koz Castle is opening to tourists:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/turkey-to-open-hatays-koz-castle-to-tourism/news

Baelo Claudia:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/baelo-claudia

Slovenian caves:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/travel/cave-hunter-in-search-of-slovenias-underground-labyrinths

Sagalassos:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/enchanting-sagalassos-lures-visitors-167249

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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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Antigone:

http://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue1513/Antigone-a-resounding-Greek-tragedy-transposed-to-modern-day-Canada.html

Canyon del Muerto:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/land-ancient-ones-ann-axtell-morris-cinematic-treatment-180978344/

Beethovenfest 2021:

https://www.dw.com/en/beethovenfest-2021-takes-off/a-58915172

Interesting chemical treatment of 17th and 18th century violins:

https://www.sciencealert.com/classic-violins-get-their-amazing-sounds-from-chemical-treatments-study-shows

Pondering who can write operas:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/20/opinion/black-english-blues-opera.html

A map of female composers:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/aug/19/they-deserve-a-place-in-history-music-teacher-makes-map-of-female-composers
https://svmusicology.com/mapa/

Reviews of some documentaries about the Salvator Mundi:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210819-where-is-the-worlds-most-expensive-painting
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3144885/film-lost-leonardo-gives-mysteries-salvator-mundi

Review of *The Six*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/21/world/chinese-titanic-survivors-the-six.html
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CRIME BEAT
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An attempt to smuggle 34 'antique' Egyptian coins was thwarted at Cairo airport:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/photos-authorities-prevent-smuggling-of-34-antique-egyptian-coins/
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/419345/Egypt/Politics-/In-Photos--archaeological-coins-seized-at-Cairo-ai.aspx
http://egypttoday.com/Article/4/107009/34-antique-coins-seized-at-Cairo-International-Airport
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/6/107021/Photos-of-Antique-Coins-Confiscated-in-Failed-Smuggling-Attempt
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2021/08/19/egypt-thwarts-smuggling-of-34-antique-coins-at-cairo-airport/
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2021/08/18/egypt-seizes-dozens-of-rare-coins-at-cairo-airport/

Assorted Roman era (maybe) items in a bust in Turkey:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/159-historical-artifacts-recovered-in-southern-turkey-167247

Two men in the UK were charged regarding a hoard of Viking coins:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-58268540

Someone stole copper plates from the roof of Berlin's Victory Column:

https://www.dw.com/en/berlin-part-of-victory-columns-copper-plated-roof-stolen/a-58940502

A Monet theft was prevented near Amsterdam:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/monet-robbery-zaans-museum/index.html
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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 IAA recovered an illegally-excavated Roman sarcophagus:

https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/08/17/hand-over-that-sarcophagus-citizen/

UNESCO figures Inda lost 50 000+ artifacts prior to 1989:

https://newsin.asia/unesco-has-estimated-that-india-had-lost-some-50000-artefacts-until-1989/

A new law in Poland is making recovering Nazi-looted items more difficult:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-58218750

... and a dispute about what constitutes a 'forced art sale':

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/arts/design/duress-bellotto-painting.html

Some stolen Buddhist artifacts were returned to Thailand:

https://vnexplorer.net/stolen-buddhist-artefacts-return-to-thailand-er2021600082.html
https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/arts-and-entertainment/2167723/stolen-buddhist-artefacts-return-to-thailand

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https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19517171.glasgows-collection-looted-benin-bronzes-repatriated-nigeria/

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[Melchizedek King of Salem]

fuck gods, they are boring. does the devil satan exist?
https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/337759357
https://archived.moe/pol/thread/337759357

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Anonymous (ID: fN6/4AM4) 09/05/21(Sun)08:18:44 No.337759357▶>>337759891 >>337760209 >>337760302 >>337760835 >>337761142 >>337761784 >>337762913 >>337762949 >>337763192 >>337763389 >>337764563
fuck gods, they are boring. does the devil satan exist?
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Anonymous (ID: QWdsn28j) 09/05/21(Sun)08:19:43 No.337759441▶
Yus your living it
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Anonymous (ID: LYr1V9Xy) 09/05/21(Sun)08:23:00 No.337759729▶>>337762664 >>337764040
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This is what Stonehenge originally looked like.
It had a roof.
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Anonymous (ID: 0SQePzY/) 09/05/21(Sun)08:24:43 No.337759891▶
>>337759357 (OP)
I have seen the physical manifestation of Satan first-hand
His eyes.. you can never forget those eyes..
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Anonymous (ID: QGy7/zgi) 09/05/21(Sun)08:27:42 No.337760209▶>>337765626
>>337759357 (OP)
Satan is the prince of this world
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Anonymous (ID: mu5Vw+IQ) 09/05/21(Sun)08:28:48 No.337760302▶
>>337759357 (OP)
I think you're looking for reddit.com
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Anonymous (ID: 9Ravd+36) 09/05/21(Sun)08:34:28 No.337760835▶
>>337759357 (OP)
Who do you think engineered your life and the internet to make you hate god in the first place? Its hard to avoid hate when you have no help from others and the second smartest being in existence doing his best to trick you.
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Anonymous (ID: ZDhtUs9j) 09/05/21(Sun)08:37:59 No.337761142▶>>337763122 >>337764449
>>337759357 (OP)
How butt-fuck retarded do you have to be to believe that THE all-powerful creator of all matter would create his own enemy knowingly
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Anonymous (ID: nywJIczH) 09/05/21(Sun)08:45:17 No.337761784▶>>337765626
>>337759357 (OP)
Devil is boring. Imagine just fucking and fucking and fucking and fucking and fucking and fucking and fucking and fucking and fucking and fucking and fucking and fucking and fucking and fucking. and fucking.
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Anonymous (ID: uNSN3w9Q) 09/05/21(Sun)08:54:39 No.337762664▶
>>337759729
looks retarded, but kinda comfy
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Anonymous (ID: fN6/4AM4) 09/05/21(Sun)08:56:22 No.337762823▶>>337765626
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excuse me. what?
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Anonymous (ID: B/onCQM+) 09/05/21(Sun)08:57:22 No.337762913▶
>>337759357 (OP)
God is the all powerful creator, you were built in his image and given the power and birthright to create. You can either repent and align yourself to His will or you can be a retard and go into the dustbin. The choice is yours.
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Sage (ID: 2G7nWg7I) 09/05/21(Sun)08:57:45 No.337762949▶
>>337759357 (OP)
>Stone henge
>Tabernacle
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Anonymous (ID: B/onCQM+) 09/05/21(Sun)08:59:28 No.337763122▶
>>337761142
Good doesn't exist without evil. He granted us free will, if He just went "Oh, you aren't behaving the right way, time to reset everything or mind control you" then it would not be free will. For the love of God, your retarded two second illiterate thoughts have already been answered thoroughly for 2000 years. Read a book.
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Anonymous (ID: YVQu2Cww) 09/05/21(Sun)09:00:04 No.337763192▶
>>337759357 (OP)
Anon renounce that shit. I’m telling you out of genuine concern. You want no part of the devil. Embrace God and Jesus Christ. We are all currently stuck in purgatory. Where do you wanna go when it’s all said and done? As bad as this plane sucks hell is immeasurably worse
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Anonymous (ID: AlcsCeFR) 09/05/21(Sun)09:01:56 No.337763389▶
>>337759357 (OP)
>Tabernacle Mishkan
hmmmmm....
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Anonymous (ID: uqj1ziVL) 09/05/21(Sun)09:08:36 No.337764040▶
>>337759729
It's too bad we'll never see all the wooden buildings of ancient times. We barely even know about the wooden forts of the middle ages.
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Anonymous (ID: NbILRJeF) 09/05/21(Sun)09:12:35 No.337764449▶
>>337761142
Satan isn't God's enemy, he is humanity's enemy.
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Anonymous (ID: RkG/umzm) 09/05/21(Sun)09:13:40 No.337764563▶>>337765626
>>337759357 (OP)

this belongs on /x/
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Anonymous (ID: fN6/4AM4) 09/05/21(Sun)09:24:21 No.337765626▶
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>>337760209
>Satan is the prince of this world
>>337762823 this was for
>>337761784 sorry
>this belongs on >>>/x/
>>337764563
off to /his/ religion
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fuck gods, they are boring. does the devil satan exist?
https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/337759357
https://archived.moe/pol/thread/337759357
fuck gods, they are boring. does the devil satan exist?
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fuck gods, they are boring. does the devil satan exist?
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Melchizedek
King of Salem

[George Black]

On 6/09/21 7:55 am, Melchizedek King of Salem wrote:
> fuck gods, they are boring. does the devil satan exist?

Looks like you have a fan David.
Digging his own