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 jawbone from Spain may be evidence of the earliest homo sapiens in Europe:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221206204814.htm
On evidence of Neanderthals in northwestern Greece:
More on the possibility of homo naledi using fire:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2350008-homo-naledi-may-have-used-fire-to-cook-and-navigate-230000-years-ago/
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/homo-naledi-fire-hominid-cave-human-evolution
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11047-221207-homo-naledi-fire
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AFRICA
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Excavation of a pair of churches (6th/7th CE) from Eritrea:
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-early-churches-ancient-african-kingdom.html
https://www.modbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article269817977.html
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-have-unearthed-two-early-aksumite-churches-in-africa/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/archaeologists-excavate-ancient-churches-from-african-kingdom/145447
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11066-221209-ethiopia-aksum-christianity
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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More on the funerary complex and mummy portraits revealed at the Garza site:
https://www.livescience.com/fayum-mummy-portraits-discovered-ancient-egypt
https://menafn.com/1105288162/Archaeologists-Have-Unearthed-The-First-Full-Color-Portraits-Of-Egyptian-Mummies-In-More-Than-A-Century
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-724311
https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/2022/12/05/egypt-discovers-greco-roman-funerary-complex-south-of-cairo/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/04/greek-mummy-portrait-funerary-building-discovered-fayoum-egypt/
https://sports.yahoo.com/archaeologists-discovered-full-color-portraits-150412073.html
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/fayoum-mummy-portraits-gerza-egypt-philadelphia-2225766
https://www.iflscience.com/ancient-portraits-of-egyptian-mummies-found-for-first-time-in-century-66549
https://arkeonews.net/huge-funerary-building-and-fayoum-portraits-discovered-in-egypt-fayoum/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11020-221206-egypt-fayoum-garza
More on the 3800 years bp tomb at Qubbet el-Hawa oriented to the winter solstice:
More on the golden tongued mummy finds from the Quewaisna necropolis south of Cairo:
https://sports.yahoo.com/ancient-egyptian-mummies-were-found-102735428.html
Feature on the ‘dark side’ of ancient Egyptian society:
https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-egypt/the-dark-side-of-ancient-egypt/
Feature on things we have learned about Tutankhamun’s mummy:
What Tutankhamun’s artifacts reveal about daily life in ancient Egypt:
https://aeon.co/essays/what-king-tuts-treasures-reveal-about-daily-life-in-ancient-egypt
Feature on reading Egyptian hieroglyphs:
https://www.openculture.com/2022/12/how-to-read-ancient-egyptian-hieroglyphs.html
More on the petition to return the Rosetta Stone to Egypt:
OpEd on why the Rosetta Stone should stay in the British Museum:
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-the-rosetta-stone-shouldnt-be-returned-to-egypt/
There are 17 000 museum objects stored in the Sassanid-era fortress of Qale Falak-ol-Aflak:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/479326/17-000-relics-kept-in-Sassanid-fort-s-treasure-trove
A Sassanid-era burial ground in the Oltan fortress:
A ‘significant’ 8th century BCE palace door sill find from Nimrud:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/12/07/first-major-dig-in-ancient-iraqi-city-since-isis-destruction-unearths-significant-palace-door-sill
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archaeologists-palace-door-ancient-iraq-city-nimrud-university-pennsylvania-1234649708/
An 11 000 years bp ‘narrative relief’ from Turkey’s Urfa region:
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-year-old-earliest-narrative-scene.html
https://www.livescience.com/oldest-narrative-scene-neolithic-turkey
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-12-08/ty-article-magazine/narrative-relief-from-11-000-years-ago-found-in-turkey/00000184-ec7a-d9f1-a9e6-edfa8d0a0000
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-724369
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11518495/Man-holding-penis-10-000-year-old-carving-worlds-oldest-narrative.html
https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-rock-art-turkey-narrative-scene-1765874
https://hyperallergic.com/786375/man-holding-his-penis-is-early-example-of-ancient-narrative-art/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-have-discovered-one-of-the-worlds-oldest-pieces-of-narrative-art-and-its-nsfw-2225995
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/11000-year-old-carving-of-man-holding-his-penis-is-oldest-known-depiction-of-a-narrative-scene-turkey-1234649681/
https://www.iflscience.com/man-waggling-his-willy-at-leopards-found-on-world-s-earliest-narrative-art-66554
https://gizmodo.com/11-000-year-old-narrative-art-sayburc-turkey-1849868575
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/12/08/oldest-known-depiction-of-narrative-scene-found-in-turkey
https://www.science.org/content/article/prehistoric-carvings-depict-showdowns-between-humans-and-beasts
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04338-4
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65878
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/archaeologists-discover-oldest-known-narrative-scene-dating-from-11000-years-ago/145452
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11064-221209-turkey-neolithic-carvings
Damage to Hagia Sophia’s Imperial Gate:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1199513/turkish-media-reports-point-to-more-damage-at-hagia-sophia/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/12/05/turkey-new-damage-hagia-sophia/
They’re looking for the tomb of Saint BlaiseVlas/Blazey in Sivas (Turkiye):
https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/search-is-on-for-tomb-of-famed-christian-saint-in-turkey/news
More on the study of the origins of the contents of the Uluburun shipwreck:
https://source.wustl.edu/2022/11/findings-from-2000-year-old-uluburun-shipwreck-reveal-complex-trade-network/
https://the-past.com/news/isotope-analysis-reveals-origins-of-uluburun-shipwreck-cargo/
https://arkeonews.net/new-findings-from-3000-year-old-uluburun-shipwreck-uzbekistan-nomads-supplied-a-third-of-the-bronze-used-across-ancient-mediterranean/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11038-221207-turkey-uluburun-tin
More on the 3000 years bp scarab find by Israeli students on a field trip:
Excavation of a Roman burial ground in Gaza is underway:
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221208-gaza-excavations-begin-at-roman-cemetery/
https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/lifestyle/roman-cemetery-palestine-archaeology-gaza-b2241660.html
https://uk.style.yahoo.com/archaeologists-excavate-2000-old-roman-171655290.html
A possible Hellenistic-era (maybe) Greek sling bullet from Yavne:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/2200-year-old-greek-sling-bullet-may-have-been-used-as-threat-to-jewish-soldiers/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-12-08/ty-article/greek-bullet-found-in-yavne-reveals-case-of-ancient-psychological-warfare/00000184-f173-d085-afc4-f3f321810000
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-724343
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364102
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/2200-year-old-greek-sling-lead-bullet-with-magical-inscription-discovered-in-yavne/2022/12/08/
https://www.jns.org/israeli-archaeologists-link-2200-year-old-sling-bullet-to-hanukkah-story/
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/syy6r6jui
https://english.news.cn/20221208/23e63088a20c490e9051f0f35dfc89c7/c.html
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/12/10/news/world/greek-sling-bullet-from-hellenistic-period-discovered-in-israel/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/12/10/2200-year-old-greek-sling-bullet-discovered-in-israel/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/08/2200-year-old-greek-victory-sling-bullet-discovered-israel/
https://arkeonews.net/2200-year-old-greek-sling-bullet-may-have-been-used-against-jews/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/12/09/discovery-of-a-rare-lead-sling-bullet-bearing-a-magic-inscription-for-victory/
Interesting project studying fingerprints on pottery shards from Tel Moza:
More on the section of 1800 years bp Roman road revealed near Tiberias:
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/new-section-of-imperial-roman-highway-from-acre-to-tiberias-uncovered/2022/12/04/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/archeologists-uncover-new-section-of-1800-year-old-roman-road-in-galilee/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11063-221208-israel-roman-road
More on magnetic fields and dating Biblical events:
https://bigthink.com/the-past/earth-magnetic-field-biblical-stories-ancient-cities-destruction/
Feature on ‘death wishes’ in the Hebrew Bible:
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/12/death-wishes-hebrew-bible
Israel is accused of ‘obliterating’ Islamic antiquities in Jerusalem:
… while it accuses the PA of doing damage to sites:
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-724527
Saudi Arabia has officially identified 67 new sites:
https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/2022/12/05/saudi-arabia-registers-67-new-archaeological-and-historical-sites/
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/saudi-arabia/2022/12/05/Saudi-Arabia-s-Heritage-Commission-registers-67-new-archaeological-sites
More on the function of prehistoric ‘desert kites’:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-12-04/ty-article-magazine/archaeologists-solve-century-old-mystery-of-prehistoric-desert-kites/00000184-dc90-d208-a784-dfdc041f0000
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-724495
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/scientists-have-cracked-the-origins-of-desert-kites-massive-prehistoric-patterns-that-were-carved-into-the-middle-eastern-desert-2225003
Feature on Harry St John Philby’s find of evidence of a meteor strike in the Empty Quarter:
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2214206/saudi-arabia
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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 ‘metallic signature’ of the 19th Legion has been found at Kalkriese:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65834
https://arkeonews.net/metal-signature-of-roman-19th-legion-identified-at-teutoburg-battle-site-that-shook-rome-in-ad9/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/metallurgical-fingerprint-points-to-lost-roman-legion/145436
Finds from the excavation of a Gallo-Roman burial ground near Saint-Just-en-Chausee include armour and both human and animal remains:
https://www.inrap.fr/le-sanctuaire-gaulois-de-saint-just-en-chaussee-oise-16948
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65865
Evidence of a Roman settlement from Deal:
https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/roman-settlement-uncovered-during-archaeological-dig-in-deal/
The folks who are excavating the Rutland Roman Villa wrote something for the Conversation:
A possible Roman temple in Lancaster (?):
A pair of Demeter figurines from the resort town of Anapa (Russia) … a couple years ago:
https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/roman-settlement-uncovered-during-archaeological-dig-in-deal/
More on the origin of gold from Troy, Poliochni, and Ur:
https://arkeonews.net/gold-from-the-ancient-cities-of-troy-poliochni-and-ur-had-the-same-origin/
More on the two dozen bronzes found at Casciano dei Bagni:
https://the-past.com/news/trove-of-bronzes-found-at-ancient-italian-sanctuary/
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/03/1138904735/italy-ancient-bronze-statues-discovery-tuscany
More on finds from the Colosseum’s drainage system:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/12/05/investigation-of-drainage-system-under-the-colosseum/
More on Hipparchus’ star catalog:
More on questioning the Sponsian coins:
https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/are-the-sponsian-coins-real-further-considerations/
Review of Jane Draycott, *Cleopatra’s Daughter*:
https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/cleopatras-daughter-too-good-to-be-forgotten/
Interview with Laetitia La Follette:
https://www.archaeological.org/member-spotlight-laetitia-la-follette/
Interview with Francine Prose about her *Cleopatra* book:
Feature on the Venus de Milo’s arms:
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/missing-pieces/armless-fun
Pondering the disappearance of Roman baths:
https://hyperallergic.com/785529/why-did-roman-baths-disappear/
Feature on the Topos Text app:
Feature on Brown University’s Latin Carol Celebration:
https://www.brown.edu/news/2022-12-06/latincarols
Feature on the poena cullei:
Feature on the Parthenon being built by slaves:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/03/acropolis-parthenon-built-slaves/
Feature on priestesses in ancient Greece:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/05/ancient-greece-women-priestesses/
Feature on daily life in Athens:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/07/everyday-life-ancient-athens/
Feature on Socrates:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/04/socrates-founder-of-western-philosophy/
… and Aspasia:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/202212/the-hidden-woman-behind-socrates
Feature on Agathoclea Theotropos:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/08/ancient-greek-queen-agathoklea-theotropos-india/
The Gladiators/Centurions bugging tourists at the Colosseum is getting more press attention:
Excitement that there were ‘secret talks’ going on about the Parthenon sculptures:
https://www.livescience.com/elgin-marble-negotiations-uk-greece
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/12/04/news/greece/head-of-british-museum-held-secret-talks-with-greek-pm-officials-to-agree-deal-for-parthenon-marbles-return/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/12/05/after-spending-200-years-in-the-british-museum-the-elgin-marbles-may-be-about-to-return-to-greece
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/british-museum-and-greece-secretly-discuss-return-of-parthenon-marbles-1234649187/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11499415/George-Osborne-secret-discussions-returning-Elgin-Marbles.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/12/03/george-osborne-advanced-talks-greek-pm-return-parthenon-marbles/
https://greekherald.com.au/news/greece-in-preliminary-talks-with-british-museum-about-return-of-parthenon-marbles/
https://www.thenational.scot/news/23168252.george-osborne-holding-secret-talks-greece-elgin-marbles/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/04/secret-talk-british-museum-greek-pm-return-parthenon-sculptures/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-04/british-museum-greece-parthenon-sculptures/101731648
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/dec/3/british-museum-reportedly-in-talks-on-parthenon-sc/
https://www.zmescience.com/science/legendary-parthenon-marbles-could-be-returned-by-british-museum-after-more-than-200-years/
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/greece-seeks-win-win-deal-parthenon-sculptures-uk-94603662
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1199667/greece-seeks-win-win-deal-on-parthenon-sculptures-in-uk/
https://www.wral.com/greece-seeks-win-win-deal-on-parthenon-sculptures-in-uk/20616563/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/greece-seeks-win-win-deal-on-parthenon-sculptures-in-uk/2022/12/06/e95bbd5a-75a7-11ed-a199-927b334b939f_story.html
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/british-museum-parthenon-marbles-warning-2222924
… and there was speculation what a deal might look like:
https://www.thenationalherald.com/parthenon-marbles-return-british-museum-greek-annex-loan/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/12/04/the-parthenon-sculptures-and-the-art-of-secret-diplomacy/
… but then it was revealed that a deal was not close:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1199483/greece-britain-discussing-parthenon-marbles-return-but-deal-not-close/
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/greece-britain-discussing-parthenon-sculptures-return-deal-not-close-athens-says-2022-12-05/
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/48005-greece-and-britain-discussing-parthenon-marbles-return-but-deal-not-close.html
https://www.dw.com/en/parthenon-marbles-no-return-despite-reported-secret-talks/a-60146803
https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/12/05/greece-britain-discussing-elgin-marbles-return-but-deal-not-close/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/07/uk-again-rejects-return-parthenon-marbles-greece/
… and assorted politicians were saying they weren’t going to change the law to allow for the sculptures’ return:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/dec/05/no-10-rules-out-changing-law-return-parthenon-marbles-greece
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/george-osborne-parthenon-sculptures-wellcome-collection-kyriakos-mitsotakis-nigeria-b2239128.html
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/12/06/uk-prime-minister-rishi-sunak-stages-intervention-to-stop-the-parthenon-marbles-from-being-repatriated-to-greece
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11504435/PM-rules-changing-law-prevent-British-Museum-handing-Elgin-Marbles-Greece.html
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221205-uk-warns-british-museum-over-parthenon-marbles
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/elguin-marbles-greece-downing-street-british-museum-b1045032.html
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/12/05/uk-warns-british-museum-of-legal-requirements-regarding-elgin-marbles/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/12/06/return-elgin-marbles-greece-would-dangerous-slippery-road-warns/
https://www.thenationalherald.com/uk-tells-british-museum-parthenon-marbles-cant-go-back-to-greece/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/07/uk-again-rejects-return-parthenon-marbles-greece/
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/12/07/news/world/uk-warns-british-museum-over-parthenon-marbles/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/12/09/british-culture-secretary-warns-returning-the-parthenon-sculptures-to-greece-a-very-dangerous-and-slippy-road/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1179/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1179/pub/1179/page/25/article/NaN
… but the British Museum was saying it wouldn’t ‘dismantle’ the sculptures:
… and then there was the suggestion the sculptures would be returned in 2023:
https://www.thenationalherald.com/report-says-parthenon-marbles-will-return-to-greece-in-2023/
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/48019-media-report-secret-talks-for-parthenon-marbles-to-return-to-greece-in-2023.html
… and Mary Beard gave her opinion:
—–
Roman Archaeology Blog:
Rogueclassicism:
http://rogueclassicism.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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A 4500 years bp ‘ax-grinding’ site from near Stirling:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2vqzvyj88yo
https://sports.yahoo.com/neolithic-axe-grinding-uncovered-230913830.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11065-221209-scotland-neolithic-polissoir
Hospital construction in Slovakia revealed an ‘Early Stone Age’ settlement site:
https://spectator.sme.sk/c/23080356/hospital-dig-unearths-stone-age-settlement.html
A ‘bog body’ find from west of Copenhagen (date?):
https://cphpost.dk/?p=141070
https://nord.news/2022/12/07/bones-and-all-archaeologists-find-a-body-from-ancient-times-in-a-bog-just-west-of-copenhagen/
Examination of some burials from a medieval graveyard excavated in 2003 in Ballyhanna revealed a couple examples of osteochondromas:
https://www.sciencealert.com/incredible-coincidence-discovered-in-long-lost-medieval-graveyard
https://www.newsweek.com/medieval-graveyard-bodies-reveals-mutation-mystery-bypass-1764994
A 1300 years bp burial from Northamptonshire features a jewelled necklace, among other things:
https://www.livescience.com/gold-garnet-necklace-medieval-burial-uk
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/dec/06/medieval-female-burial-site-found-near-harpole-is-most-significant-ever-discovered-in-uk
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/08/world/europe/medieval-necklace-burial-harpole-treasure.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-63860132
https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/once-in-a-lifetime-1300-year-old-necklace-found-by-archaeologists-excavating-village-land-near-northampton-3944197
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/necklace-housing-development-northamptonshire-burial-archaeology-saxon-royalty-b1045331.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11511721/Gold-necklace-dating-1-300-years-grave-Northamptonshire.html
https://apnews.com/article/europe-religion-london-england-cbd18136f0e78dc190edabff2ae56e98
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/07/necklace-medieval-burial-harpole-treasure/
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/1-300-year-old-gold-and-gemstone-necklace-uncovered-on-construction-site-156476485733
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/dig-uk-housing-site-yields-major-7th-century-treasures-rcna60496
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harpole-treasure-7th-century-artifacts-unearthed-uk/
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/dig-uk-housing-site-yields-major-7th-century-94593160
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/gold-necklace-harpole-treasure-female-burial-scn/index.html
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300758770/dig-at-uk-housing-site-yields-major-7th-century-treasures
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-724331
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/a-1300-year-old-gold-necklace-found-in-an-early-christian-burial-in-england-is-a-once-in-a-lifetime-discovery-says-archaeologist-2224871
https://arkeonews.net/a-1300-year-old-necklace-is-the-richest-of-its-type-ever-uncovered-in-britain/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65854
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/archaeologists-uncover-once-in-a-lifetime-1300-year-old-gold-and-gemstone-necklace/145442
https://the-past.com/news/elite-early-medieval-burial-uncovered-in-northamptonshire/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/12/07/stunning-necklace-found-in-7th-c-anglo-saxon-burial/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/once-in-a-lifetime-medieval-necklace-discovered-in-early-female-church-leaders-grave-180981256/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11021-221207-england-gold-necklace
The occupant of a medieval burial in Poland reveals he had two types of dwarfism:
https://www.livescience.com/medieval-man-poland-dwarfism
https://www.iflscience.com/medieval-skeleton-reveals-man-who-lived-with-two-kinds-of-dwarfism-66526
A medieval brooch found by a metal detectorist in Shropshire a few years ago has been declared treasure:
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/north-shropshire/market-drayton/2022/12/08/medieval-brooch-found-in-a-shropshire-field-declared-treasure-at-inquest/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-shropshire-63918901
A survey of a bridge-to-be site in Olde Lyme has revealed assorted 19th century finds:
https://www.theday.com/local-news/20221204/putting-together-the-pieces-archeologists-survey-site-prior-to-bridge-work-in-old-lyme/
https://news.yahoo.com/putting-together-pieces-archaeologists-survey-013400250.html
Overview of the finds from the burials beneath that Wales department store revealed a month or so ago:
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/hundreds-bodies-found-beneath-old-25720892
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/found-bodies-300-people-buried-25692029
More on the find of the Dunscore coin hoard:
https://www.livescience.com/scotland-medieval-coin-hoard-field
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11016-221205-scotland-coin-hoard
A study of a site associated with St Erasmus:
Feature on restoration work at l’Abbaye de Lagrasse:
Plans for Henry VIII’s fortress in Hull to become a tourist attraction:
Expectations of more finds to be revealed by coastal erosion:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-63807847
A section of medieval wall in Rochester collapsed:
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/medieval-wall-collapses-onto-car-278393/
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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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An analysis of stone tools from southern China suggests rice harvesting was going on as early as 10 000 years bp:
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-ancient-stone-tools-china-earliest.html
https://arkeonews.net/a-new-study-provides-the-earliest-evidence-of-rice-harvesting-dating-to-as-early-as-10000-years-ago/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/12/09/ancient-tools-provide-earliest-evidence-of-rice-harvesting/
cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0278200
Yangshao culture ‘grain barns’ from Henan:
https://english.news.cn/20221209/bd85e05d2b514795bf7a15e8fdbff74e/c.html
A study of Neolithic pottery residues from Qujialing is shedding light on early diets in the region:
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-unveil-evolution-paleodiet-neolithic-qujialing.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/12/06/researchers-unveil-evolution-of-paleodiet-at-neolithic-site-of-qujialing/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11017-221205-china-neolithic-crops
Remains of a 5000 years bp dwelling from the Yangshao Village site:
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202212/03/WS638ab45aa31057c47eba2748.html
https://arkeonews.net/a-5000-year-old-large-house-has-been-discovered-in-chinas-yangshao-village/
20 Han Dynasty burials from Hunan:
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-12/05/content_78550948.htm
35 Tang Dynasty burials from Liaocheng City:
http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_oGAWV97I.html
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-12/09/content_85003709.htm
Feature on assorted finds from China over the years:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202212/09/WS63925d7ea31057c47eba3736_1.html
A Kofun Period ‘haniwa statue’ (3.5 metres tall) from the Mozu-Furuichi burial mounds:
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/12/09/national/habikino-osaka-largest-haniwa-statue-japan/
https://arkeonews.net/archeologists-unearth-largest-rare-wooden-haniwa-statue-in-japan/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65890
An Edo Period bathing site in Hitoyoshi Castle might be a mikveh (!):
Japan plans to restore a 16th century castle but doesn’t know what it originally looked like:
Feature on an 8th century engraved Silla Dynasty gold leaf item:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65843
Feature on Gandharan scrolls:
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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The remains of the last known Tasmanian Tiger have been found in an Australian Museum’s cupboard:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-63855426
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NORTH AMERICA
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Not sure if we mentioned this (re)revealed shipwreck remains from a Little Talbot Island beach:
More on the recently-revealed shipwreck (probably) at Daytona Beach:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/05/us/mysterious-object-florida-beach.html
https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2022/12/06/florida-beach-debris-ship-wreck-daytona-volusia-contd-orig-zt.cnn
https://apnews.com/article/hurricanes-daytona-beach-florida-st-augustine-climate-and-environment-c54bc08695618c1e8d28ead1d218a0dc
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mysterious-structure-florida-beach-volusia-county-hurricane-erosion/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/buried-19th-century-shipwreck-uncovered-hurricanes-florida-beach/story?id=94692666
https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/lifestyle/florida-beach-erosion-wooden-ship-b2240741.html
https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Florida-beach-erosion-uncovers-wooden-ship-from-17635763.php
https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/state-archaeologists-returning-to-site-of-mysterious-debris-on-florida-beach/
https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/st-johns-county/st-augustine-archaeologist-says-mystery-object-unearthed-by-hurricanes-could-be-1800s-cargo-ship/6GSBE53ZCZCBXAPLHO2OUTWJ5I/
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/12/06/mystery-debris-on-florida-beach-solved-heres-what-archaeologists-think-it-is/
https://news.yahoo.com/archaeologist-study-mystery-debris-unearthed-111353000.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11504893/Mysterious-80-foot-object-wood-emerges-low-tide-Daytona-Beach-Florida.html
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/us-canada/300759272/florida-beach-erosion-uncovers-wooden-ship-from-1800s
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2022/12/06/archaeologist-study-mystery-debris-found-florida-beach/10843265002/
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-724581
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/florida-archaeologists-mysterious-wooden-structure-hurricanes-2226720
New evidence that pirate Henry Every hid in New England:
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-1600s-pirate-hid-colonies-impunity.html
https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/an-archeological-dig-in-michigan-turns-up-some-surprising-artifacts/
https://apnews.com/article/technology-ireland-167509416ba1bd1d88cb39f4add5f45b
The Wintu people are looking for evidence of ancestral remains at a California construction site:
https://kmph.com/news/local/tribe-searches-for-remains-at-california-construction-site
A study of 400 years bp Native American ‘cultural burning’:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221207142213.htm
Feature on the search for the remains of a 16th century shipwreck off the coast of South Carolina:
https://coastalobserver.com/21st-century-technology-expands-search-for-16th-century-shipwreck/
Feature on Clovis finds from Michigan:
Feature on the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks:
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20221204-the-us-2000-year-old-mystery-mounds
Feature on prehistoric microblades:
https://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/community/dig-it-microblade-was-a-prehistoric-toolbox-6214382
Feature on the Halifax Explosion:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/the-halifax-explosion/145461
More on the resumption of digging at the Alamo:
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2022/12/10/archaeologists-digging-into-alamos-past-to-find-what-lies-below-the-surface-of-a-vital-part-of-mission/
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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A headless life-sized Maya statue from the Oxkintok site:
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/headless-statue-ancient-maya-oxkintok/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/excavations-uncover-headless-life-size-maya-statue/145499
Japanese researchers have identified 168 more Nazca geoglyphs:
https://www.laprensalatina.com/japanese-researchers-discover-168-new-nazca-lines/
https://elpais.com/videos/2022-12-09/video-estas-son-las-nuevas-168-geoglifos-de-gran-tamano-descubiertos-en-nazca.html
More on the recently (re)found pre-Hispanic mural from Peru:
More on 1300 years bp stucco Maya masks from the Tonina site:
Feature on Monte Alban:
https://yucatanmagazine.com/monte-alban-lofty-stronghold-of-the-mighty-zapotec/
Feature on what technology is revealing at Calakmul:
Ongoing concerns for sites along the Maya Train route:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2022/mexico-tren-maya-destruction-archeology/
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Mike Ruggeri’s Ancient Americas Breaking News:
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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First top ten list of finds of 2022:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/top-10-archaeological-discoveries-of-2022/145468
… and one specific to Scotland:
On the tombs revealed during the restoration of Notre Dame:
… and progress in general:
Feature on Ada Lovelace:
Feature on Alfred Oscar Coffin:
Feature on Margaret Sanger:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct38td
Feature on T.S. Eliot’s *The Waste Land*:
Feature on ‘truth’ in Viking sagas:
https://psyche.co/ideas/in-viking-sagas-the-truth-is-a-tangle-of-history-and-fiction
Feature on the Mona Lisa’s smile:
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0dm69tw/what-s-behind-mona-lisa-s-indescribable-smile-
Feature on the history of beer:
Feature on medical use of maggots in history:
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0dm7mrn/why-maggots-are-a-medical-marvel
Feature on disagreements over the date of Passover:
Not sure if this is a repatriation thing or not .. the recovery of a manuscript signed by Hernan Cortes:
Interesting feature on curse words around the world:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/06/science/swear-words-sounds.html
An opposing opinion on plans to ‘resurrect’ the wolly mammoth:
https://bigthink.com/the-future/deextinction-as-gods/
Review of Carlos G. Wagner *The Sacred Drugs of Antiquity*:
https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2022-12-07/the-sacred-drugs-of-antiquity-fact-and-fiction.html
https://elpais.com/babelia/2022-12-07/las-drogas-sagradas-en-la-antiguedad-la-ciencia-de-llevar-un-dios-dentro.html
More on a woman’s name hidden in scratches on a medieval manuscript:
https://www.livescience.com/literate-medieval-woman-scribbles-manuscript
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/womans-name-and-doodles-found-in-1200-year-old-religious-manuscript-180981240/
More on Charles V’s secret code:
https://www.livescience.com/charles-v-code-cracked
https://www.dnaindia.com/viral/report-emperor-charles-v-five-century-olf-secret-letter-charles-v-secret-code-5-century-old-roman-secrets-mysteri-3008628
More on the sale of a copy of the Salvator Mundi:
More on the papyrus fragment of the Gospel of John at UT Austin:
https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/from-ebay-to-ut-a-priceless-ancient-gospel-of-john-papyrus-fragment-ends-up-in-austin-harry-ransom-center-at-the-university-of-texas-at-austin-greek-circa-ad-250-350-harold-r-willoughby-institute-for-the-study-of-antiquity-and-christian-origin
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Feature on Russian looting of Ukraine’s cultural sites:
… and how museum works are tracking cultural destruction:
https://www.fastcompany.com/90813290/cultural-destruction-war-ukraine
Feature on the veracity of St Nicholas:
https://aleteia.org/2022/12/05/was-st-nicholas-a-real-person/
… and how December 25 was chosen for Christmas:
https://www.livescience.com/why-christmas-celebrated-december-25
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/new-testament/december-25th-and-christmas/
… and the origins of the greeting ‘Merry Christmas’:
… and our first item on the Star of Bethlehem:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/08/astronomy-biblical-star-bethlehem/
Feature on Dickens’ *A Christmas Carol*:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/08/charles-dickens-a-christmas-carol-joy/
Suggestion that Hanukah was the first culture war:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/dec/10/hanukkah-was-historys-first-culture-war/
More on St Edward’s Crown being prepared for the coronation:
https://britishheritage.com/st-edwards-crown-removed-tower-london-king-charles-coronation
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS
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Using DNA to identify the beginning of cat domestication:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221205121616.htm
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Thang Long Imperial Citadel:
Carpaccio:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/12/09/carpaccio-national-gallery-renaissance-painting/
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/09/arts/design/carpacchio-venice-national-gallery-art.html
Lace:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/08/arts/design/lace-exhibition-bard-graduate-center.html
Van Gogh:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/06/arts/design/van-gogh-painting-drawing-trees-met.html
The Ca’ d’Oro:
cf: https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2022/carpaccio-renaissance-venice.html
Feared and Revered: Feminine Power:
The Toledo MoA has restored some of its medieval collection:
https://aleteia.org/2022/12/05/the-toledo-museum-of-art-restored-part-of-its-medieval-collection/
Plans are afoot for a UK-wide digital collections database:
A column base from the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre was transferred to the Terra Sancta Museum:
https://www.custodia.org/en/news/terra-sancta-museum-gains-plinth-age-hadrian
Feature on conserving the King Arthur tapestry at the Met:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65898
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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Marie Antoinette’s guitar is coming to auction:
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/marie-antoinette-guitar-auction-france-intl-scli/index.html
More on Christos Tsirogiannis’ call for Sotheby’s to remove some items from an upcoming sale:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/sothebys-illicit-antiquities-auction-archaeologist-2223923
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ON THE DNA FRONT
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Denisovan DNA apparently affects modern Papuan immune systems:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221208174250.htm
https://theconversation.com/dna-from-elusive-human-relatives-the-denisovans-has-left-a-curious-mark-on-modern-people-in-new-guinea-196113
https://www.sciencealert.com/traces-of-denisovan-dna-still-affect-the-immune-systems-of-modern-papuans
cf: https://theconversation.com/dna-from-elusive-human-relatives-the-denisovans-has-left-a-curious-mark-on-modern-people-in-new-guinea-196113
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THE TECHY SIDE
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A facial recreation of Tutankhamun (!):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/12/08/tutankhamuns-face-revealed-first-time-thanks-royal-sculptor/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1181/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1181/pub/1181/page/34/article/NaN
Doing some protein analysis to learn about Vlad the Impaler:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/11/dracula-vlad-the-impaler-letter-protein-clues
More on the reconstruction of medieval woman from Norway (Tora):
https://www.livescience.com/tora-reconstruction-medieval-woman-norway
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11015-221205-norway-medieval-woman
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CLIMATE MATTERS
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Climate change concerns for the Sphinx and pyramids:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/egypt-great-pyramids-and-sphinx-climate-change-1234649359/
https://see.news/egypts-pyramids-and-sphinx-could-be-lost-to-climate-change-experts-warn
A study of climate change in prehistoric England:
What we’re learning about climate from Cassiodorus:
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-interdisciplinary-environmental-history-narratives-anthropocene.html
cf: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/annales-histoire-sciences-sociales/article/abs/lemergence-dune-histoire-environnementale-interdisciplinaire/400A47EB5BD0FDE950000498A57F72DC
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Leptis Magna:
https://www.thetravel.com/what-to-know-about-leptis-magna-in-libya/
Roman Paris:
https://www.thetravel.com/where-to-see-roman-ruins-in-paris/
Petra:
https://aleteia.org/2022/12/07/petra-a-biblical-destination-like-no-other/
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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS
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More reviews of Ancient Apocalypse:
https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2022/12/fitting-the-sky-to-the-ground-a-review-of-ancient-apocalypse-5-and-6/
https://www.dw.com/en/netflix-ancient-apocalypse-series-marks-dangerous-trend-experts-say/a-64033733
… and various responses:
https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/ancient-apocalypse-pseudoscience/
https://kansaspublicradio.org/live-performance/when-experts-attack-43-archaeology-science-pseudo-archaeology-nonsense
https://www.themarysue.com/archaeologists-petition-to-reclassify-netflix-documentary-as-science-fiction/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-graham-hancocks-ancient-apocalypse-fiction-2222060
… and the ‘Rome isn’t real’ thing you might not have seen:
https://www.yahoo.com/now/why-gonzo-rome-isn-t-095405420.html
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CRIME BEAT
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23 items from the Shelby White Collection by the Manhattan DA:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/looted-artifacts-worth-millions-said-seized-from-us-collector-a-key-donor-to-israel/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/shelby-white-artifacts-seized-met-trustee-1234649351/
https://menafn.com/1105271454/Authorities-Have-Confiscated-Almost-Two-Dozen-Antiquities-From-The-Collection-Of-Met-Trustee-Shelby-White
https://observer.com/2022/12/looted-antiquities-worth-24-million-seized-from-met-trustee-shelby-white/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/met-trustee-shelby-white-have-been-confiscated-by-the-das-office-2223188
https://www.icij.org/investigations/hidden-treasures/artifacts-seized-from-prominent-new-york-collector-as-us-authorities-push-to-return-looted-treasures/
Assorted Roman items were stolen from a museum in the UK:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11516671/Thieves-steal-hoard-Roman-treasure-worth-thousands-museum.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-treasure-stolen-from-british-museum-after-being-forfeited-by-law-for-safekeeping-1234649821/
Authorities seized 75 Yemeni artifacts being smuggled to the US:
Six items were stolen from ASI facilities in Odisha:
https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2022/12/09/des51-rsq-culture-ld-antiquities.html
A Montana man was sentenced for damaging a petroglyph site in the Black Hills:
https://www.newscenter1.tv/montana-man-sentenced-for-defacing-prehistoric-native-american-rock-art-in-the-black-hills/
https://www.bhpioneer.com/local_news/montana-man-sentenced-for-defacing-prehistoric-native-american-art-site/article_2a212904-77fd-11ed-a167-6774a6cb3725.html
A US citizen and 12 Egyptians are on trial for smuggling activities:
More on the woman who climbed Chichen Itza’s Kukulcan pyramid being fined:
More on the outcome of the al-Thani case:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11525171/Respected-art-dealer-repay-4m-selling-fake-ancient-sculptures-sheik.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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University College Cork is returning a mummy and other items to Egypt:
https://www.irishtimes.com/history/2022/12/08/ucc-repatriates-egyptian-mummy/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63908027
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63907669
The Netherlands returns more than 200 pre-Hispanic items to Mexico:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/12/08/netherlands-returns-200-artefacts-mexico
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/netherlands-returned-pre-hispanic-artifacts-to-mexico-1234649810/
Feature on repatriation:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/fragile-this-artifact-is-being-carried-to-its-country-of-origin/news
Feature on UPenn’s repatriation of Nigerian items:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/museum-works-to-repatriate-artifacts-looted-from-west-africa
How one person returned antiquities he’d inherited:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/one-night-i-just-googled-how-do-you-repatriate-antiquities-how-one-man-hand-delivered-valuable-artifacts-to-diplomats-on-embassy-row-2224947
https://menafn.com/1105282738/One-Night-I-Just-Googled-How-Do-You-Repatriate-Antiquities-How-One-Man-Hand-Delivered-Valuable-Artifacts-To-Diplomats-On-Embassy-Row
Latest step in Monteleone’s efforts to recover its chariot (Italian):
Assorted items returned to India are apparently sitting in crates at the ASI:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/smuggled-antiquities-returned-to-india-lying-in-crates-for-months-at-asi/articleshow/96138815.cms
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/trendingtopics/smuggled-antiquities-returned-to-india-lying-in-crates-for-months-at-asi/ar-AA158gTM
More on native hair in Harvard’s museum holdings:
More on the Czech Republic returning a looted Beethoven manuscript to heirs of the original owners:
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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n49.html
… and the one which should appear later today:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n50.html
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Coin Week:
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OBITUARIES
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Joan O’Brien:
https://obituaries.newburyportnews.com/obituary/joan-o-brien-1086764264
Ramsay MacMullen:
https://news.yale.edu/2022/11/30/ramsay-macmullen-distinguished-roman-historian-and-yale-citizen
https://religionnews.com/2022/12/05/e-p-sanders-a-new-testament-scholar-who-redeemed-jesus-judaism/
E.P. Sanders:
https://religionnews.com/2022/12/05/e-p-sanders-a-new-testament-scholar-who-redeemed-jesus-judaism/
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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:
https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3222-audio-news-from-archaeologica-november-27th-through-december-3rd-2022
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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS
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Archaeology Magazine News Page:
http://www.archaeology.org/news/
About.com Archaeology:
Archaeology Briefs:
http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/
Atlas Obscura:
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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