[continued from previous message]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/archaeology-undrip-permits-hornby-1.6012109

Some reaction to the vandalism of the Moab petroglyphs:

https://www.ksut.org/post/crisis-destructive-behavior-petroglyphs-near-moab-vandalized
https://www.moabsunnews.com/get_out_and_go/article_2c9bf630-ae9d-11eb-ba18-fbb9763d12ab.html

On New England and slavery:

https://aeon.co/essays/new-england-kept-slavery-but-not-its-profits-at-a-distance

Feature on the history of the Beech-Nut corporation:

https://dailygazette.com/2021/05/02/bacon-to-baby-food-beech-nut-had-a-big-local-impact/

More on that 17th century shilling from the colonial fort at St Mary's:

https://www.unionleader.com/news/back_page/archaeologists-find-rare-nearly-380-year-old-english-coin-during-maryland-dig/article_41e6a630-162d-5e47-8d71-88696d9cfc3c.html
https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/bs-wp-md-rare-380-year-old-coin-found-maryland-20210503-ip5e3rsdebfx3a74rryl2cvjhm-story.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/05/03/rare-coin-dropped-first-english-settlers-us-found-maryland-fort/
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/590/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/590/pub/590/page/16/article/170163

More on that 14 000 years bp horse fossil from Las Vegas:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/las-vegas-residents-discover-ice-age-bones-while-building-swimming-pool-180977649/

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
A LiDAR survey of Mexico's Puuc region has revealed plenty of Maya sites:

https://www.livescience.com/lidar-maya-yucatan.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/9669-210503-maya-lidar-puuc

More on the 1200 years bp children's handprints found in a Mayan cave site:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mexico-mayan-cave-hand-prints-b1841703.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/mexico-archaeology-idUSL1N2MO0AN https://news.yahoo.com/ancient-mayan-cave-reveals-mysterious-085206450.html https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-maya-cave-reveals-1200-year-old-childrens-handprints-1234591703/
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/kids-handprints-found-yucatan/ https://www.straitstimes.com/world/mysterious-handprints-cover-walls-of-ancient-maya-cave-in-mexico
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1200-years-ago-maya-children-decorated-hidden-cave-handprints-180977663/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9671-210503-maya-hand-prints
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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/ ================================================================
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
Feature on Phoebe:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/who-was-phoebe/

... and Tabitha:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/people-in-the-bible/tabitha-in-the-bible/

Feature on the samurai rulebook:

https://aeon.co/videos/a-samurai-rulebook-offers-guidance-on-how-to-kill-enemies-and-refrain-from-gossip

Some folks working in their yard in Montana found a live WWII era Japanese bomb:

https://www.ksdk.com/article/features/jefferson-county-finds-world-war-ii-era-japanese-bomb-yard/63-0e79337e-3057-4e1a-b486-5c53d69b318c

Some features on Mother's Day (first one is a bit of a rant):

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/not-so-happy-mother-s-day-i-hate-holiday-daughter-ncna1266694
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/05/09/history-of-mothers-day-2/

Feature on Cinco de Mayo:

https://www.wpri.com/holidays/cultures-are-not-costumes-brown-u-professor-on-history-significance-of-cino-de-mayo/

On the history of wishing on a star:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/06/world/why-wish-on-a-star-scn/index.html

Trying to preserve a dying language in a Swedish village:

https://www.pri.org/stories/2021-05-06/small-town-sweden-fights-preserve-elfdalian-dying-forest-language

Marking the 200th anniversary of Napoleon's death:

https://www.cranbrooktownsman.com/opinion/the-200th-anniversary-of-napoleons-death/

Pondering the legacy of Napoleon:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56978344 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/05/france-still-split-over-napoleon-as-it-marks-bicentenary-of-death
https://elpais.com/babelia/2021-05-05/relatos-de-la-ocupacion-napoleonica.html

... and his role in slavery:

https://www.dw.com/en/remembering-that-napoleon-reinstated-slavery-in-france/a-57408273
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/napoleon-commemoration-macron/2021/05/05/db35b72a-ada4-11eb-82c1-896aca955bb9_story.html
https://lavillette.com/programmation/napoleon_e1073

... and how he benefitted from the French Revolution:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/georgian/napoleon-gain-power-french-revolution/

... and his heroes:

https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-offbeat/rome-napoleons-inspiration-from-afar-982208.html

... and a history of his life in ten objects:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/georgian/napoleon-life-objects-hat-compass-crown/

Feature on the first serial killer in the US:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/enduring-mystery-hh-holmes-americas-first-serial-killer-180977646/

Feature on Tiffany glass:

https://www.wshu.org/post/path-breaking-tiffany-glass-ceiling#stream/1

Feature on the art in the Oval Office:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/05/05/arts/design/oval-office-art.html

Feature on the Amber Room:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20210506-russias-eighth-wonder-of-the-world

Feature on Scottish Tartans:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210504-tartan-the-misunderstood-icon-of-scottishness

Feature on Hakka culture:

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3132058/sai-kungs-yim-tin-tsai-learn-about-hakka-culture-and-how

There are plenty of famous sculptures and artifacts to be 3d printed now:

https://mymodernmet.com/3d-print-sculptures-scan-the-world/

On the connection between architecture and archaeology:

https://www.archdaily.com/960912/the-link-between-archaeology-and-architecture

Feature on Isabel's deodorant:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-05-07/agua-de-murta-el-desodorante-de-isabel-la-catolica.html

Feature on the history of transformers:

https://www.wired.com/story/brief-history-transformers-not-robots/

Feature on coffee jelly:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/coffee-jelly

On some desserts invented by nuns:

https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3132421/caneles-bebinca-and-queijadas-nuns-invented-these-desserts-how

Feature on personal ads in the American West:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/personal-ads-american-west

A Dorak Treasure hoax manuscript has turned up:

https://oscillations.net/2021/04/30/dorak-treasure-hoax-manuscript-surfaces-but-why-beat-a-dead-horse/

Pondering a purported message in a bottle from the Titanic:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/titantic-passenger-uqar-message-bottle-1.6019434

Not sure where to put this item on ancietn food webs:

https://phys.org/news/2021-05-ancient-food-webs-sustainable-futures.html

Feature on the game of Warri:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56814500

Unframing revealed some original paint on a Botticelli:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61304

Feature on Mehmed II:

https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/540-years-on-commemorating-the-conqueror-of-istanbul-46417

Feature on the Nebra Sky Disk:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-nebra-sky-disk-is-the-worlds-oldest-star-map-really-a-map-at-all

Feature on the Cornish hut that determines mean sea level:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56935097

Feature on Timur the Lame/Tamerlane:

https://www.news18.com/news/lifestyle/how-conqueror-timur-continues-to-scare-many-after-his-death-1325988.html

Review of a book on Durer:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/books/review-albert-whale-albrecht-durer-philip-hoare.html

Review of Annette Gordon-Reed's *On Juneteenth*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/books/review/on-juneteenth-annette-gordon-reed.html

Review of Julian Sanction, *Madhouse at the End of the Earth*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/books/review/madhouse-at-the-end-of-the-earth-julian-sancton.html

Review of a pair of books on the battles raging within the humanities right now:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/books/review/wonderworks-angus-fletcher-the-modern-myths-philip-ball.html

More on that portrait of Catherine Howard actually being of Anne of Cleves (maybe):

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/presumed-portrait-catherine-howard-may-actually-depict-anne-cleves-180977670/

More on the 'worst year to be alive':

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-worst-year-to-be-alive-in-human-history-is-probably-not-the-one-you-think
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/alpine-icecore-evidence-for-the-transformation-of-the-european-monetary-system-ad-640670/0727B4230C5DA92634B6251B9FBD3898

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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Last Supper in Pompeii:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathonkeats/2021/05/05/pompeii-was-a-city-of-foodies-before-vesuvius-blew-and-you-can-still-get-a-taste-of-it-now/?sh=3719cca345f0

The Wanderer:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/louisiana-museum-remembers-yacht-turned-slave-ship-180977653/

Epic Iran:

http://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/epic-iran-london-art-exhibit

Van Gogh:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/blog/new-discoveries-about-van-gogh-s-olive-grove-paintings

Romanticism in Russia and Germany:

https://www.dw.com/en/dreams-of-freedom-romanticism-in-russia-and-germany/g-57289529

OpEd on decolonizing museums:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/07/decolonising-museums-isnt-part-of-a-culture-war-its-about-keeping-them-relevant

Feature on the British Museum:

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1894128195708

More on upgrades to various Greek museums during lockdown:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/197978/greek-museum-upgrades/ https://greekreporter.com/2021/05/04/greek-museums-reinvent-themselves-during-lockdown/
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ================================================================
A letter documenting one of the earliest American diplomatic voyages to Palestine is coming to auction:

https://www.jta.org/2021/05/07/global/186-year-old-letter-detailing-early-american-diplomatic-visit-to-holy-land-surfaces-in-jerusalem-auction

Assorted Napoleonic items are coming to auction:

https://www.jpost.com/international/napoleons-bicentenary-stocking-bloodied-cloth-among-items-up-for-auction-667044

A high price is expected for a da Vinci drawing of a bear:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/may/08/leonardo-da-vinci-bear-drawing-is-expected-to-fetch-12m-at-auction

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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
Latest DNA study revealing the origins of Bronze Age civilizations in Europe:

https://phys.org/news/2021-05-ancient-dna-reveals-bronze-age.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-05/cfgr-adr050521.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210505102025.htm https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/05/ancient-dna-reveals-origin-of-first.html

DNA has been used to identify the remains of one of the Franklin Expedition members:

https://phys.org/news/2021-05-member-ill-fated-franklin-dna-analysis.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-05/uow-fmo050521.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210506105418.htm https://www.livescience.com/franklin-expedition-dna-analysis-member-identified.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/science/hms-erebus-sailor.html https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/dna-analysis-franklin-expedition-1.6017100
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/593/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/593/pub/593/page/48/article/171381
https://gizmodo.com/for-the-first-time-archaeologists-identify-sailor-from-1846838875
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/05/first-member-of-ill-fated-1845-franklin.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/doomed-arctic-explorer-idd-dna-180977678/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9678-210507-franklin-expedition-dna

There's a new (almost) non-destructive technique for obtaining archaeogenetic samples:

https://phys.org/news/2021-05-non-destructive-archaeogenetic-sampling-method.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-05/elu-nan050521.php https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/05/new-almost-non-destructive.html

The genome of some resurrected date palms has been worked out:

https://cosmosmagazine.com/nature/plants/genome-of-resurrected-plant-is-sequenced-for-the-first-time-ever/
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THE TECHY SIDE
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Feature on Muon Tomography:

https://www.sciencefocus.com/future-technology/how-scientists-are-using-cosmic-radiation-to-peek-inside-the-pyramids/
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CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
Pondering the influence of the Amazon rainforest on the 'Little Ice Age':

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/did-amazon-rainforest-contribute-to-little-ice-age-1600s

On how archaeology can contribute to the study of climate change:

https://www.varsity.co.uk/science/21268 ================================================================
TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Cyrene:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/05/05/cyrene-the-impressive-ancient-greek-city-of-libya-video/

Patara:

https://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news/fc/12/229847/Patara:-An-ancient-city-of-historical-significance

Bartlow Hills:

https://www.mylondon.news/whats-on/family-kids-news/ancient-roman-burial-ground-just-20474501

Peru beyond Machu Picchu:

https://matadornetwork.com/read/best-hiking-in-peru-beyond-machu-picchu/

Ring of Brodgar:

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19281286.ring-brodgar-orkney-travel-history-scotland/
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ================================================================
Feature on choral music:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/arts/music/five-minutes-classical-music-choral.html

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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ================================================================
Domina:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/sex-swords-togas-tvs-eternal-dodgy-fascination-ancient-rome/

Underground Railroad:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/arts/television/the-underground-railroad-barry-jenkins.html

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CRIME BEAT
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Kim Kardashian (and/or Kanye West) is at the center of a case involving a purportedly looted Roman statue:

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-05-04/kim-kardashian-roman-statue-italy-government
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-statue-seized-kim-kardashian-us-government-1234591643/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kim-kardashian-ordered-to-turn-over-looted-roman-statue
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-9543883/Kim-Kardashian-caught-ancient-Roman-statue-smuggling-row.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-statue-seized-kim-kardashian-us-government-1234591643/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/feds-seek-forfeiture-ancient-roman-statue-was-headed-kim-kardashian-n1266347
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/05/06/kim-kardashian-statue/

... and the 'bigger picture' of antiquities theft:

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/kim-kardashian-tied-allegedly-looted-art-debacle-highlighting-frustrating-reality-ncna1266729

Spanish police recovered a stolen 16th century bronze cannon possibly associated with the Spanish armada:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/05/missing-16th-century-spanish-armada-cannon-recovered-by-police
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61327

Some books by Galileo are missing from Spain's National Library:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-05-06/la-investigacion-del-ministerio-de-cultura-destapa-la-desaparicion-de-otros-galileos-en-la-biblioteca-nacional.html

Spanish police recovered a looted 8th century gold dinar being sold on the internet:

https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/cordoba/sevi-policia-rescata-raro-dinar-acunado-cordoba-primera-referencia-al-andalus-202104301421_noticia_amp.html

Sentencing for a man who stole some Bronze Age axe heads from Beeston Castle:

https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/19287549.men-stole-historical-artefacts-including-bronze-age-axe-heads-beeston-castle-sentenced/

Feature on recent petroglyph vandalism:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/may/04/rock-climbing-native-american-indigenous-people

Interview with Christopher Marinello on how they search for stolen art:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/may/05/pitbulls-art-detective-christopher-marinello-mobsters-stolen-picassos-lost-matisses

Interpol has created an app to help in the fight against art and artifact theft:

https://www.jpost.com/international/interpol-creates-new-app-to-combat-art-artifact-theft-667561

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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 Gweagal Spears are being returned at last:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-05/gweagal-spears-repatriated-from-united-kingdom/100117932

Pressure on a Canterbury museum to return a Nigerian taonga:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300300198/canterbury-museum-facing-pressure-to-return-nigerian-taonga

Harvard is being asked to return Standing Bear's tomahawk:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/07/harvard-ponca-chief-standing-bear-tomahawk-lawyer

Feature on various items returned to Australia:

https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/this-headdress-is-telling-me-it-needs-to-go-home-ancient-artefacts-returned-to-australia-20210503-p57ob6.html

Feature on repatriation efforts by various countries:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/4/410545/Opinion/Ancient-nations-defend-their-heritage.aspx

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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on the double-headed coins of Istros:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/the-mystery-of-the-double-headed-coins-of-ancient-istros/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n18.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n19.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Pierre Amiet:

https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2021/04/29/la-mort-de-l-archeologue-pierre-amiet_6078502_3246.html

Lyn Maconald:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/08/books/lyn-macdonald-dead.html

David Raeburn:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/05/03/david-raeburn-classics-teacher-translator-directed-greek-plays/

Ahmad Kabiri Hendi:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/460564/Iranian-archaeologist-Ahmad-Kabiri-Hendi-dies-at-76

Faye Schulman:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/faye-schulman-dead/2021/05/08/6f89b6b6-adc7-11eb-acd3-24b44a57093a_story.html

Bob Abernethy:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/obituaries/bob-abernethy-dead.html

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

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3070-audio-news-from-archaeologica-april-25-through-may-1-2021

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Archaeology Magazine News Page:

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

About.com Archaeology:

http://archaeology.about.com/

Archaeology Briefs:

http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/

Atlas Obscura:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/

Heritage Daily:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/

Sapiens Archaeology:

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

Taygete Atlantis excavations blogs aggregator:

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

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