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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
A Clovis point find from the Mexican state of Zacatecas:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/11/clovis-point-confirms-the-presence-of-first-settlers-in-zacatecas/142067

Study revealed the sites of dwellings of Maya salt workers in Belize:

https://phys.org/news/2021-11-archeologists-salt-workers-residences-underwater.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/935495 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211119171224.htm https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/11/archaeologists-discover-submerged-dwellings-of-maya-salt-workers/142050
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/11/19/archaeologists-discover-salt-workers-residences-at-underwater-maya-site/

cf: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ancient-mesoamerica/article/briquetage-and-brine-living-and-working-at-the-classic-maya-salt-works-of-ek-way-nal-belize/1491A292563BCAB6D0A3A3698AA6BFEE

A skull found on a small Caribbean island provides evidence for the presnce of leprosy in that late 18th/early 19th centuries:

https://phys.org/news/2021-11-skull-caribbean-island-evidence-leprosy.html https://around.uoregon.edu/content/skull-found-caribbean-island-shows-evidence-leprosy
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ancient-skull-caribbean-island-leprosy-b1959235.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10149-211117-caribbean-leprosy-skull

Another study suggests some Maya kingdoms had long-term sustainable agricultural practices:

https://www.brown.edu/news/2021-11-16/lidar https://phys.org/news/2021-11-ancient-maya-agricultural-cautionary-tale.html http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/ancient-maya-agricultural-practices-10276.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/11/18/were-the-ancient-maya-an-agricultural-cautionary-tale/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10150-211118-maya-lidar-agriculture

cf: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/20/4109

On the development of urban planning from Olmecs to the Maya:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/mayans-olmec-ruins-lidar/

More on the mass Chan Chan burial from Peru:

https://www.livescience.com/peru-15th-century-mass-grave-chan-chan https://www.euronews.com/culture/2021/11/12/mass-grave-in-peru-uncovers-remains-of-those-who-lived-before-columbus

Feature on the people of Caral aligning structures according to astronomical things:

https://www.laprensalatina.com/study-oldest-civilization-in-americas-used-astronomy-to-orient-buildings/
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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 ============================================================
A fragment of a lost 12th century epic poem about the Siege of Orange was found in the binding of another book at the Bodleian Library:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/nov/18/fragment-of-lost-12th-century-epic-poem-found-in-another-books-binding

Suggestion that the Justinianic Plague may have started in England:

https://phys.org/news/2021-11-justinianic-plague-flu-struck-england.html

Feature on the Prometheus Triptych:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20211112-the-overlooked-masterpiece-warning-of-a-cold-war-apocalypse
https://courtauld.ac.uk/whats-on/oskar-kokoschka-the-myth-of-prometheus/

Feature on some 'splendid' books of the Holy Roman Empire:

https://hyperallergic.com/684399/a-look-at-the-holy-roman-empires-most-splendid-books/

Feature on a mysterious modern mummy with a tie found on Mount Etna:

https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-11-16/mount-etna-the-mystery-of-the-mummified-body-wearing-a-tie.html

Feature on ancient takes on the northern lights:

https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2021/11/the-season-of-northern-lights.html

Feature on Queen Mary of Teck's (questionable) collections:

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/11/collector-or-thief-inside-queen-marys-royal-collections?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab

Japan researchers have created a 'super clone' of a destroyed Afghan mural:

https://phys.org/news/2021-11-japan-experts-craft-super-clone.html

Applying 'soundscape archaeology' to Notre Dame:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20211116-the-sounds-rebuilding-notre-dames-precious-vaults

How scholars figured out a medieval alchemist's secret code:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-alchemist-secret-code

On learning 18th century shipbuilding techniques:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/18th-century-steam-boxes-gotheborg-ship

Latest 'bargain item from an estate sale turns out to be bigger' might involve a Durer:

https://news.artnet.com/market/four-years-ago-massachusetts-man-bought-drawing-30-estate-sale-may-authentic-durer-worth-eight-figures-2037727

Feature on the ancient origins of glass:

https://knowablemagazine.org/article/society/2021/ancient-origins-glass

Feature on ancient interpretations of stone tools:

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/nov/20/when-stone-tools-were-considered-lightning-remnants-and-weapons-of-the-gods

Feature on the origins of the alphabet:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/how-the-alphabet-came-to-be

Feature on the Illuminati:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/11/the-history-of-the-illuminati/142001

Feature on Krampus:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/11/krampus-the-demon-of-christmas/142026

Feature on Satan in world literature:

https://bigthink.com/high-culture/satan-devil-literature-representation/

Feature on when Jesus was born:

https://www.livescience.com/42976-when-was-jesus-born.html

Feature on Vlad the Impaler:

https://www.livescience.com/40843-real-dracula-vlad-the-impaler.html

Feature on 'hell banquets':

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/hell-banquets

Feature/reviewish on the process to preserve the 1200 years bp Faddan More Psalter:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/nov/21/it-was-terrifying-ancient-books-journey-from-irish-bog-to-museum-treasure

Feature on Renoir's Classical nudes:

https://www.artfixdaily.com/blogs/post/4306-the-classical-nudes-of-pierre-auguste-renoir

Marking Dostoyevsky's 200th birthday:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/books/celebrating-dostoyevskys-200th-birthday.html

More on the Prado questioning the DaVinci connection to the Salvator Mundi:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/salvator-mundi-prado-museum/index.html

cf: https://www.museodelprado.es/en/whats-on/exhibition/leonardo-and-the-copy-of-the-mona-lisa-new/e82c9d2b-7d81-5c14-cf5b-3ed5c1f587fb

Review of Claire Tomalin, *The Young H.G. Wells*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/books/review/the-young-hg-wells-claire-tomalin.html

Review of Jeremy Dauber, *American Comics*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/16/books/review/american-comics-jeremy-dauber.html

Review of Mark Mazower, *The Greek Revolution*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/16/books/review/the-greek-revolution-mark-mazower.html
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Feature on the dark side of the Pilgrims:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/15/new-england-once-hunted-and-humans-for-money-were-descendents-of-the-survivors

A vandalized Saratoga Civil War statue has been restored and will be reinstalled:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Vandalized-Saratoga-Civil-War-statue-to-be-16624535.php

London's Museum of the Home may remove the statue of slave ship owner Robert Geffrye:

https://observer.com/2021/11/a-statue-of-a-slave-ship-owner-may-be-removed-from-londons-museum-of-the-home/

A descendant of Clive of India wants his statue removed from Shrewsbury:

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/nov/19/clive-of-india-statue-in-shrewsbury-should-be-removed-says-descendant-channel-4

Virginia has put up a monument to three Black Civil War soldiers:

https://atlantablackstar.com/2021/11/14/to-those-men-who-made-the-ultimate-sacrifice-three-black-civil-war-soldiers-killed-in-1864-honored-with-new-monument-in-rural-virginia/

A statue of Roosevelt is heading to the Presidential Library in North Dakota:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/arts/design/roosevelt-statue-north-dakota.html

Biden plans to ban drilling around the Chaco Canyon site:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/15/climate/biden-bans-drilling-chaco-canyon.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-propose-20-year-ban-oil-gas-drilling-around-chaco-n1283890
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/15/politics/biden-drilling-ban/index.html

Feature on Brown's Slavery and Justice Report:

https://www.brown.edu/news/2021-11-12/reflections

Review of *The 1619 Project*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/15/books/review/the-1619-project-nikole-hannah-jones-caitlin-roper-ilena-silverman-jake-silverstein.html
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LANGUAGE RELATED
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Tracing the Japanese language to farmers in northeast China:

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20211116/p2a/00m/0na/020000c

Same story, but on tracing the origins of the Korean language:

http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_international/1020070.html

... in case you missed the original:

https://www.science.org/content/article/how-agriculture-gave-rise-one-world-s-most-mysterious-language-families
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/11/15/the-spread-of-transeurasian-languages-was-due-to-agriculture/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10146-211116-transeurasian-language-spread

On the meaning of 'meta':

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211112-facebook-and-the-true-meaning-of-meta

Feature on the bouba/kiki effect:

https://phys.org/news/2021-11-perceptual-links-spoken-words.html ============================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Pre-restoration Chichen Itza:

https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2021/11/exclusive-photographs-of-chichen-itza-before-its-restoration-are-exhibited-for-the-first-time/

Ancient Greeks: Science and Wisdom:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/nov/19/a-show-from-the-dark-ages-ancient-greeks-science-and-wisdom-review-science-museum-london
https://greekreporter.com/2021/11/17/ancient-greeks-science-and-wisdom/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/reviews/ancient-greeks-science-wisdom-science-museum-review-tantalising/
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2021/11/17/london-s-science-museum-plays-host-to-ancient-greek-treasures
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ancient-greeks-science-and-wisdom-review-a-fascinating-investigation-into-early-greek-science-lhxrrpk65

Peru:

https://www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/peru-journey-time

Nature, Power, and Maya Royals:

https://www.samuseum.org/artwork/exhibition/nature-power-and-maya-royals/

ReVision: Art in the Americas:

https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/exhibitions/revision

Machu Picchu:

https://bocamuseum.org/art/machu-picchu-and-golden-empires-peru

Moundbuilders:

https://www.artsbma.org/exhibition/lost-realms-of-the-moundbuilders-ancient-native-americans-of-the-south-and-midwest/

Ancient Greeks (Canberra):

https://greekherald.com.au/community/events/ancient-greeks-exhibition-fever-hits-canberra-ahead-opening-national-museum-australia/

Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs:

https://egyptindependent.com/ramses-the-great-and-the-gold-of-the-pharaohs-exhibition-to-open-in-houston-for-6-months/

Roman bread:

https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/19722407.colchester-museum-urges-people-visit-ancient-bread/

Pondering the future of museums:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/11/21/the-parthenon-report-the-future-of-the-museum/

Scotland's National Gallery has acquired a rare 18th century watercolour of a Black woman:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/nationa-galleries-of-scotland-david-allan-acquisition-1234610778/

More items transferred to the GEM:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/gem-receives-52-huge-artifacts-and-16-pieces-of-king-tuts-treasures/
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2021/11/14/al-sisi-follows-up-on-grand-egyptian-museum-project-progress/

The M+ museum has opened:

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3155751/m-opens-last-museum-contemporary-art-and-design
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
The Macklowe collection auction brought in record sales for Sotheby's:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/11/16/sothebys-macklowe-auction-646m-record

Big bucks for a Frida Kahlo work:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-59315174

... and an Ottoman atlas found in Northamptonshire:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-59314410

An attempt to buy a copy of the US constitution with cryptocurrency didn't pan out:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59342078

A letter of Catherine the Great urging her subjects be vaccinated for smallpox is coming to auction:

https://phys.org/news/2021-11-catherine-great-smallpox-letter-echoes.html

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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Studying genetic changes in Bronze Age southern Iberia:

https://phys.org/news/2021-11-genetic-bronze-age-southern-iberia.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/11/18/genetic-changes-in-bronze-age-southern-iberia/

DNA has revealed the identity of Australia's 'unknown sailor':

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-59341978

A study of genetic evolution in Europeans over several thousand years:

https://phys.org/news/2021-11-evidence-genetic-evolution-europeans-thousand.html

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-021-01231-4

On the 'misuse' of the DNA of the Roma people:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/science/genetics-ethics-roma.html

More on DNA researchers setting ethical guidelines for their work (relate to the above):

https://source.wustl.edu/2021/11/researchers-of-ancient-dna-set-guidelines-for-their-work/
https://phys.org/news/2021-11-ancient-dna-guidelines-theirwork.html ============================================================
THE TECHY SIDE
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A muonic xray study of Roman gold coins has interesting implications:

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/features/all-glistened-was-gold-roman-coin-study-reveals-thriving-empires-0
https://phys.org/news/2021-11-muonic-x-ray-emission-spectroscopy-roman.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/10152-211119-roman-gold-coins

... semi-related:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/11/history-detective-using-physics-to-track-currency-fraud-forgery-through-history/

Latest facial reconstruction os of a woman buried in Murcia 3700 years bp:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/science/la-almoloya-spain.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/science/spain-burial-site-women.html

... and the face of a man reproduced from a skull found in the Aoya Kamijichi site in Tottori:

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14472784 ============================================================
CLIMATE MATTERS
============================================================ Climate-change-related concerns for petroglyphs in Australia:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/nov/16/global-heating-is-destroying-rock-art-tens-of-thousands-of-years-old-experts-warn

cf: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00934690.2020.1869470 ============================================================
TOURISTY THINGS
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Foinikas:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/11/15/a-ghost-town-that-was-once-home-to-the-knights-templar/

Peru:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/beyond-machu-picchu-my-wild-adventures-in-peru-8n7nj6b8c

Harry Potter locations:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-59321020 ============================================================
CRIME BEAT
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Not sure of this report of Turkish gangs bulldozing a site in Afrin in search of artifacts:

https://www.syriahr.com/en/228339/ https://hawarnews.com/en/haber/turkey-gangs-bulldozed-the-remains-of-the-ancient-kishor-hill-in-occupied-afrin-h27647.html
https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/26274-Turkish-backed-Syrian-militiamen-destroying-archaeological-hill-in-Afrin:-SOHR

Four people were arrested in Israel for being in possession of a centuriesold Sefer Torah:

https://hamodia.com/2021/11/17/umm-al-fahm-man-arrested-for-concealing-centuries-old-sefer-torah/

Vandals did a lot of damage to St Benet's Abbey:

https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/crime/heritage-site-irreparably-damaged-by-vandals-8503338

Feature on the 'museum' of recovered antiquities by the Manhattan DA:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/arts/design/antiquities-manhattan-da.html

Feature on how the FBI came across Don Miller's 'collection':

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/10/how-the-fbi-discovered-a-real-life-indiana-jones-in-indiana

More on the Egyptian bust at the Safaqa seaport:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/11/16/egyptian-antiquities-recovere-in-safaga-seaport/

More on Sadigh being sentenced for five years probation for his fake artifacts:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10209121/Manhattan-antiques-dealer-sentenced-five-years-probation-fake-artifacts-factory.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 ============================================================
The Blackfoot people seem to have a different approach to repatriation:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/blackfoot-university-of-lethbridge-mootookakio-ssin-1.6252687

Feature on assorted artifacts that are at the centre of repatriation disputes:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/lists/stolen-treasures-wanted-back/

Ethiopia welcomed the return of items looted by British soldiers 150 years ago:

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211120-ethiopia-hails-return-of-looted-artefacts
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-21/artefacts-stolen-from-british-soliders-returned-to-ethiopia/100637388

The Pitt Rivers Museum has 145 Benin items:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/11/19/colonial-loot-restitution-debate-enters-uk-parliament-with-new-committee
https://guardian.ng/news/nigeria/national/145-looted-benin-artefacts-in-pitt-rivers-museum-says-oxford-university/

The UK has a new committee on African reparations:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/11/19/colonial-loot-restitution-debate-enters-uk-parliament-with-new-committee

Various Native American groups are seeking the return of remains and artifacts from Alabama:

https://www.hastingstribune.com/ap/national/indian-tribes-seek-return-of-remains-artifacts-from-alabama/article_1844f5b6-0dca-5c6d-a51c-50c938823ebe.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/indian-tribes-seek-return-of-remains-artifacts-from-alabama/2021/11/19/e0b600de-4952-11ec-beca-3cc7103bd814_story.html
https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article255957772.html https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/11/19/native-american-tribes-university-alabama-return-remains/8688585002/

More on France returning Benin items:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/benin-art-returned-scli-intl/index.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/11/15/benin-has-had-looted-art-works-repatriated-from-france/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10142-211115-benin-repatriation-dahomey ============================================================
NUMISMATICA
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Feature on ancient Chinese money:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/ancient-chinese-coins-and-the-worlds-oldest-mint/

Feature on the most valuable Spanish coins in history:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-11-15/las-monedas-espanolas-espanolas-mas-valiosas-de-la-historia.html

Studying ancient coins at Calgary's Nickle Galleries:

https://ucalgary.ca/news/when-historical-artifacts-and-modern-technology-collide

Feature on biblical coins:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2021/11/studying-biblical-coins

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n46.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n49.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Justus Rosenberg:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/nyregion/justus-rosenberg-dead.html

Jay Last:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sfgate/name/jay-last-obituary?id=31582731

George Eogan:

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/archaeologist-prof-george-eogan-dies-after-long-and-happy-life-1.4733265

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3116-audio-news-from-archaeologica-november-7th-through-november-13th-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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Archaeosoup:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ ============================================================
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is only right that I be made aware of public fora which are
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