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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ancient-south-american-civilizations-bloomed-desert-thanks-seabird-poop-180976817/

A bas-relief of a golden eagle from the Templo Mayor at Tenochtitlan:

https://www.inah.gob.mx/boletines/9664-indaga-inah-bajorrelieve-de-un-aguila-real-descubierto-%20recientemente-por-el-proyecto-templo-mayor
https://www.livescience.com/aztec-eagle-sculpture-uncovered.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/01/archaeologists-discover-bas-relief-of-golden-eagle-at-aztec-templo-mayor/136923
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/60592 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/01/26/archaeologists-discover-bas-relief-of-golden-eagle-at-aztec-templo-mayor/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9400-210127-templo-mayor-eagle

Machu Picchu visits are currently suspended:

https://andina.pe/ingles/noticia-peru-visits-to-machu-picchu-to-be-suspended-during-lockdown-831702.aspx

More on the butchery at Tecoaque:

https://www.livescience.com/mexico-massacre-spanish-aztecs.html

More on that large Maya stucco mask from the Yucatan:

https://www.livescience.com/mayan-mask-sculpture-revealed.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/giant-maya-mask-restored-180976835/

More on that recently-found goddess/elite woman statue from Mexico:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-archaeology-idUSKBN29Y0HN https://nypost.com/2021/01/29/mexico-discovery-of-ancient-goddess-stirs-calls-for-research/
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Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:

http://goo.gl/1VdeA

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/ ================================================================
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
An art dealer purchased a miniature portrait of Henry III and is offering it to the Louvre:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/portrait-miniature-henry-iii-royal-history-france-180976840/
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/489/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/489/pub/489/page/44/article/127071

Feature on a statue of Thomas Paine:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/jan/26/the-great-british-art-tour-thetford-thomas-paine-statue

Feature on Edith Wharton:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/t-magazine/edith-wharton-custom-of-the-country.html

Bristol is putting its Brunel archives online:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-55812875

Feature on Botticelli:

https://www.artnews.com/feature/sandro-botticelli-who-is-he-why-is-he-important-1234581919/

... and one on Raphael's work in the Sistine Chapel:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/raphael-sistine-chapel-images-high-resolution-180976819/

Feature/reviewish thing on a book about the Blackwell sisters and the history of medicine:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/02/01/the-blackwell-sisters-and-the-harrowing-history-of-modern-medicine

On the threat COVID-19 poses for Native languages:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/opinion/covid-lakota-language.html

Angela Merkel participated in a Torah writing ceremony:

https://m.jpost.com/diaspora/angela-merkel-participates-in-historic-torah-scroll-writing-ceremony-657001

On the history of manicures:

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2021/jan/27/from-ancient-egypt-to-cardi-b-a-cultural-history-of-the-manicure

Feature on the missing Russian 'Amber Room':

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p09502wd/what-happened-to-russia-s-eighth-wonder-of-the-world-

Not sure where to put this item on a disputed piece of First Nations art from British Columbia:

https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/i-have-no-doubt-it-s-mine-authenticity-of-b-c-museum-s-indigenous-artifact-in-dispute-1.5288539

Another feature on the invention of the alphabet:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/inventing-alphabet-180976520/

On science in the 'dark ages':

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/science-was-alive-and-well-in-the-dark-ages

Pondering the origins of music:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/where-did-music-come-from-here-are-the-leading-theories

An image of St Francis (maybe) beneath a painting of the Virgin Mary in Rome:

https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/01/29/image-of-saint-found-beneath-murillo-painting-of-virgin-mary/

In case you're in Canada and noticed something wasn't quite right with your haggis last week:

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/your-haggis-is-fake-why-the-signature-dish-of-robbie-burns-day-is-illegal-in-canada

In case you missed it, Robert Shuyler has retired:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/01/archaeologist-who-used-nazi-salute-retires
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-professor-who-gave-nazi-salute-during-video-conference-retires/
https://www.inquirer.com/education/penn-professor-nazi-gesture-retire-robert-schuyler-20210127.html

On the sale of antiquities on Facebook:

https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2021/01/facebook-hypocrisy-the-antiquities-marketplace/

... and Qatar National Library is looking at antiquities trafficking too:

https://www.albawaba.com/business/pr/qatar-national-library-shines-spotlight-dark-practice-antiquities-trafficking-1408245

Feature on collecting antiquities in the 18th century:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/ancient-sculpture-collecting-wilton-house/

Some fallout from the Robin Hood app activities this week:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-55849192 https://www.npr.org/2021/01/29/962010211/gamestop-spat-prompts-u-k-s-robin-hood-society-to-say-were-not-that-app

Feature on Harold Bloom (review):

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/23/books/review/bright-book-of-life-harold-bloom.html

Online tours of historic homes:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/23/at-home/historic-home-tours.html

On the religious roots of free enterprise (book review):

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/books/review/religion-and-the-rise-of-capitalism-benjamin-m-friedman.html

More on Darwin's evolutionary difficulty involving flowering plants:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-55769269 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/uob-nsu012821.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210128134720.htm ================================================================
ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ================================================================
On the role of women in the 'coevolution' of dogs and humans:

https://phys.org/news/2021-01-women-coevolution-dogs-humans.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210125094057.htm https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/01/27/women-influenced-coevolution-of-dogs-and-humans/

More on dog domestication originating in Siberia:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/science/dogs-Siberia-wolves.html https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-dogs-were-domesticated-in-siberia-over-23-000-years-ago-study-posits-1.9480675
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/01/ice-age-siberian-hunters-may-have-domesticated-dogs-23000-years-ago
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/01/25/dogs-domesticated-prehistoric-siberia-brought-america-according/
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Torlonia Marbles:

https://hyperallergic.com/615522/a-world-famous-ancient-collection-on-display-for-the-first-time-awaits-visitors-in-rome/

Caravans of Gold:

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/n03/lloyd-de-beer/at-the-national-museum-of-african-art

Becket:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/26/in-the-middle-ages-british-museum-to-tell-story-of-thomas-becket
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/492/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/492/pub/492/page/11/article/127427

Plenty of coverage of the reopening of the museum/Antiquarium at Pompeii:

https://phys.org/news/2021-01-pompeii-museum-life-amazing.html https://www.thelocal.it/20210127/in-photos-pompeii-displays-treasures-at-reopened-antiquarium-museum
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3119420/pompeii-some-most-important-objects-uncovered-19th-century
https://apnews.com/article/pompeii-museum-anitquarium-reopens-aeff67bc728f34aa56d8d5af24ba89fd
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210125-pompeii-shows-off-treasures-sorcerer-s-magic-charms
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/pompeiis-museum-back-life-display-amazing-finds-75472197
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/antiquarium-museum-opens-at-pompeii https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-decades-pompeii-museum-reopens-180976834/

Greek archaeologists have asked for the immediate opening of all museums:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/261661/article/ekathimerini/news/greek-archaeologists-petition-for-reopening-of-sites-cultural-venues
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/43076-greek-archaeologists-call-for-immediate-opening-of-museums-and-cultural-sites.html
https://www.thenationalherald.com/culture/arthro/greek_archaeologists_association_ask_for_immediate_opening_of_museums-1647520/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/01/26/archaeologists-reopening-museums/ http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2021/01/28/greek-archaeologists-call-for-reopening-sites-and-museums_6ec16c8b-77e9-47aa-a8d9-44c396098dcd.html

A 700 years bp church on the Black Sea in Turkey has been converted to a museum:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/700-year-old-church-in-ne-turkey-converted-into-museum/news

An update on the Museum of Egyptian Capitals:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/96776/Egypt%E2%80%99s-Minister-of-Tourism-Antiquities-follows-up-on-final-touches

Feature on what's going on at the Louvre during lockdown:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/world/europe/louvre-coronavirus.html

The Vatican Museums have reopened:

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/covid-19-in-italy-vatican-museums-reopen-after-88-days.html

A followup to the Berkshire Museum's sale of artworks a couple of years ago:

https://www.wamc.org/post/berkshire-museum-use-art-sale-funds-multi-million-dollar-improvements-redesign-plan
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ================================================================
Napoleon's account of the battle of Austerlitz is coming to auction:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/27/napoleon-bonaparte-manuscript-victory-battle-of-austerlitz-goes-on-sale

Big bucks for that Botticelli we mentioned last week:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55839330 https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/jan/29/highest-price-ever-for-a-botticelli-painting-paid-in-new-york-auction
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/ny-botticelli-painting-20210129-5tg5ngo5angkbeolrdjhswy57m-story.html

The British Museum has purchased some Elizabethan 'Spanish Armada Maps' to save them for the nation:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-55812565 https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/rare-elizabethan-maps-depicting-defeat-spanish-armada-stay-britain-845897
https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/british-museum-buys-rare-hand-drawn-maps-of-spanish-armada-to-keep-them-in-england-3352760.html
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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
Interesting DNA adaptation of people on Cabo Verde (off Senegal) to malaria:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210128134710.htm

DNA from some Parthian/Sassanid burials in Liar-Sang-Bon (Iran) is being studied:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/457559/DNA-obtained-from-ancient-skeletons-found-in-northern-Iran
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THE TECHY SIDE
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Some facial reconstructions of ancient Greek and Roman philosophers:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/01/25/reconstructed-faces-ancient-greeks/ https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/tourism-businesses/thematic-tourism/43078-artist-reconstructs-faces-of-famous-ancient-greeks-on-twitter.html

Feature on what we can learn from teeth:

https://www.sapiens.org/biology/bioanthropology-teeth/ ================================================================
CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
Connecting a 'mass migration' event out of the Fayum in the 3rd century CE to climate change-induced water shortages:

https://phys.org/news/2021-01-climate-antiquity-mass-emigration-due.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/uob-cci012521.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210125113133.htm https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/01/climate-change-in-antiquity-mass-emigration-due-to-water-scarcity/136929
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/climate-change-in-antiquity-mass.html

Study using 65 000 years bp remains of padanus nuts to determine historical Australian climate:

https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2021/01/kakadu-food-scraps-provide-ancient-rainfall-clues
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9406-210128-australia-climate-record ================================================================
TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Chichen Itza:

https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2021/01/amidst-pandemic-chichen-itza-is-the-second-most-visited-archaeological-site-in-mexico/

Tor Beiddou Cave:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-01/26/c_139699571.htm

Mawan Valley (Saudi Arabia):

https://www.arabnews.com/node/1799031

Istanbul:

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021/jan/27/istanbul-virtual-travek-tour-books-film-food-music
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ================================================================
Reviews of The Dig:

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55650074 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/movies/the-dig-review.html https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/the-dig/ https://www.reuters.com/article/film-thedig/fiennes-mulligan-unearth-treasures-in-the-dig-idUSL8N2JW2QR
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/jan/31/the-dig-review-sutton-hoo-carey-mulligan-ralph-fiennes
https://deadline.com/video/the-dig-review-carey-mulligan-ralph-fiennes-netflix/ https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/2021/1/28/22253441/the-dig-review-netflix-carey-mulligan-ralph-fiennes-archaeology-movie
https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-dig-movie-review-rafe-fiennes-carrie-mulligan-1119264/
https://www.economist.com/prospero/2021/01/29/the-dig-is-a-poetic-reflection-on-permanence-and-transience
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/netflixs-dig-uncovers-one-most-183300217.html https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-01-29/dig-netflix-review-fiennes-mulligan
https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/netflix-the-dig-filmed-sutton-hoo-ship-suffolk-851054
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a35350233/the-dig-netflix-true-story-sutton-hoo-edith-pretty-basil-brown/

... and criticisms of sexism:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/01/29/netflix-embroiled-sexism-row-new-drama-accused-portraying-female/

... and how it mirrors a Roman Villa find in Banburyshire:

https://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/ralph-fiennes-new-film-mirrors-discovery-huge-roman-villa-banburyshire-historian-3113589

... and some features on the actual excavations at Sutton Hoo

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210127-the-buried-ship-found-on-an-english-estate
https://blog.britishmuseum.org/inside-the-dig-how-star-studded-film-squares-with-reality-of-sutton-hoo/
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/what-was-found-at-sutton-hoo-netflix-7080244

... and what more might be found in Suffolk:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-dig-what-more-is-there-buried-on-england-s-east-coast-
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2021/01/famed-anglo-saxon-ship-burial-sutton-hoo-last-kind/

Killing of a Sacred Deer:

https://screenrant.com/killing-sacred-deer-movie-greek-tragedy-story-inspiration-explained/

Penelope's Odyssey:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwdance/article/Sonia-Plumb-Dance-Announces-Intimate-Live-and-Video-Premieres-of-PENELOPES-ODYSSEY-PHASE-1-20210128

Research suggests Beethoven wasn't using a metronome properly:

https://www.dw.com/en/beethoven-symphonies-may-have-the-wrong-tempo/a-56351826 https://www.dw.com/en/beethoven-symphonies-may-have-the-wrong-tempo/a-56351826 ================================================================
CRIME BEAT
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A looted Greek vase was identified in a Dutch museum:

https://greekreporter.com/greek-archaeologist-uncovers-looted-greek-vase-in-dutch-museum/

A man in Piraeus was arrested for possession of ancient coins:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/01/28/man-piraeus-ancient-coins/

A lot of Orthodox churches in Turkey are being looted, apparently:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/01/27/looting-orthodox-churches-turkey/

Vandalism at the Jason Magnus Villa in Cyrene:

https://www.libyaobserver.ly/news/jason-magnus-villa-cyrene-vandalized-contents-looted
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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 ================================================================
The Museum of the Bible returned 5000 items to Egypt:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/96934/Egypt-repatriates-5-000-manuscripts-pieces-of-papyrus-from-USA
https://www.egyptindependent.com/photos-egypt-repatriates-over-5000-artifacts-from-us-museum/
https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/egypt-retrieves-5000-artifacts-from-the-us-1.1611833626761
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/museum-bible-returns-objects-egypt-1940432 https://hyperallergic.com/617929/museum-of-bible-returns-5000-artifacts-with-insufficient-provenance-to-egypt/
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1800201

The British Library returned some manuscripts stolen from a Greek monastery in 1979:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/01/27/british-library-historic-documents/

Arguing over the 'fate' of a Nazi-looted/coerced sold violin:

https://www.dw.com/en/nazi-looted-art-dispute-over-guarneri-violin/a-56360977 http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/492/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/492/pub/492/page/58/article/127486

Not sure if this return of Indian idols is a repatriation case or not:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/jaipur-news/9-ancient-jhalawar-idols-returned-from-ajmer-after-113-years-101611901444762.html

The family of a deceased American collector returned a number of objects to Cambodia:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-01/30/c_139709089.htm

Feature on the Benin Bronzes and related issues:

https://hyperallergic.com/613840/dan-hicks-the-brutish-museums/

Latest on the Gweagal shield dispute:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-25/gweagal-shield-and-captain-cook-origins-questions/12941610
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on Greek coins of the northern coast of the Black Sea:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/panticapaeum-ancient-greek-coins-of-the-black-seas-northern-coast/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n04.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n05.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

Coins Weekly:

https://coinsweekly.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Ronnie Ellenblum:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-remembering-ronnie-ellenblum-a-pioneering-historian-and-lover-of-jerusalem-1.9472256

Martin Sinclair Frankland Hood:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/01/25/martin-sinclair-frankland-hood-31-january-1917-18-january-2021/

Margaret Harding:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jan/26/margaret-harding-obituary

Sharon Kay Penman

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/books/sharon-kay-penman-dead.html

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS ================================================================
Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3020-audio-news-from-archaeologica-january-17-through-january-23-2021
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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS ================================================================
Archaeology Magazine News Page:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/

About.com Archaeology:

http://archaeology.about.com/

Archaeology Briefs:

http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/

Atlas Obscura:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/

Heritage Daily:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/

Sapiens Archaeology:

https://www.sapiens.org/category/archaeology/

Taygete Atlantis excavations blogs aggregator:

http://planet.atlantides.org/taygete/ ================================================================ PODCASTS/VODCASTS ================================================================
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http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ ================================================================
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