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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/apr/17/pompeii-sex-scenes-hint-what-happened-erotic-art-ancient
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/exhibition-erotic-art-pompeii-images-2103132 https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/04/22/rumpy-pompeii-sex-lives-of-the-wild-and-ancient-erupt-in-new-exhibition

Pompeii in Color:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/pompeii-in-color-the-life-of-roman-wall-painting-institute-for-the-study-of-the-ancient-world-vesuvius-fourth-style-omphale-hercules-dido-dionysus-11650054768

Witnessing War:

https://www.npr.org/2022/04/15/1092657374/art-bearing-witness-to-the-agonies-of-war

cf: https://www.clarkart.edu/microsites/as-they-saw-it/

Persia:

https://dailybruin.com/2022/04/19/getty-villa-exhibition-explores-persias-cultural-power-in-ancient-world

High Tech Romans:

https://www.dw.com/en/roman-inventions-that-influence-our-lives-today/a-61499759

cf: https://landesmuseum-mainz.de/de/ausstellungen/high-tech-roemer/

Ancient Greek Journeys and Connections:

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7706621/ancient-greece-comes-to-vic-in-new-exhibit/
https://www.singletonargus.com.au/story/7706621/ancient-greece-comes-to-vic-in-new-exhibit/

Horse in Athens:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1182364/exhibition-celebrating-horses-in-ancient-athens-drawing-to-a-close/

Nabataean artifacts:

https://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/cincinnati-art-museum-host-%E2%80%98significant-collection%E2%80%99-nabataean-material

The Shaanxi Archaeological Museum (China's first) has officially opened:

http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202204/19/WS625e65dca310fd2b29e57df8.html https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202204/1259518.shtml https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-04-18/China-s-first-archaeological-museum-to-open-to-the-public-19kVhfkb90k/index.html

Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru:

https://perureports.com/over-3000-years-of-ancient-peruvian-civilization-is-on-display-in-paris-this-summer/9364/

More on the opening of the Archaeological Museum of Chania:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/multimedia/images/1182396/new-archaeological-museum-maps-history-of-western-crete/

Ten major artifacts arrived at Egypt's Greco-Roman Museum this week:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/114974/Egypt%E2%80%99s-Greco-Roman-Museum-receives-10-huge-artifacts
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2022/04/17/greco-roman-museum-receives-10-huge-artefacts-in-preparation-for-its-opening/

An Alaskan Museum closed and a Native Heritage Center benefited:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/19/arts/design/alaska-heritage-center-gift.html

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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
A 'tiny book' created by Charlotte Bronte fetched a large price:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lost-charlotte-bronte-manuscript-sells-for-one-million-180979955/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61178869

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THE TECHY SIDE
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A new method for visualizing ancient small artifacts:

https://phys.org/news/2022-04-ways-visualizing-ancient-small-combining.html ============================================================
CLIMATE MATTERS
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What leaves preserved deep in Greenland ice reveal about climate change:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ancient-leaves-preserved-under-mile-190707994.html ============================================================
TOURISTY THINGS
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Historic downtowns:

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/six-towns-worth-visiting-for-their-historic-downtowns-11649956471

Volubilis:

https://www.thetravel.com/volubilis-why-the-marks-of-ancient-rome-in-morocco-are-worth-seeing/
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
Odyssey:

https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/national-theatre-homer-the-odyssey-london-b995268.html

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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ============================================================
The Duke:

https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Movies/2022/0420/The-Duke-unfurls-startling-real-life-Goya-heist
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CRIME BEAT
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An Egyptian businessman has been sentenced to jail for his role in trafficking illicit antiquities:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/1233/465024/Egypt/Courts--Law/Egyptian-businessman,-former-MP-sentenced-to-priso.aspx
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/115142/Cairo-Criminal-Court-convicts-Alaa-Hassanein-Hassan-Rateb-in-Massive
https://www.egyptindependent.com/businessman-hassan-rateb-sentenced-to-5-years-rigorous-imprisonment-over-archaeological-excavations/

... and a former member of parliament too:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/egypt-sends-former-mp-to-prison-for-antiquities-smuggling/2022/04/21/6cb2fb62-c173-11ec-b5df-1fba61a66c75_story.html
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Egypt-sends-former-MP-to-prison-for-antiquities-17116306.php
https://www.middle-east-online.com/en/egypt-jails-former-mp-antiquities-smuggling

Antiquities thieves looted a Roman-era tomb in Nablus:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/04/antiquities-thieves-raid-roman-tomb-nablus

Sculptures were solden from a World Heritage site in Myanmar:

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/rare-sculptures-stolen-from-world-heritage-site-in-myanmar.html

Feature on how looted artifacts affect our understanding of history:

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/how-looted-artifacts-impede-our-understanding-of-history-1.6424631
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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 ============================================================
51 glazed bricks were returned to Iran from a Swiss vault after a major legal battle:

https://phys.org/news/2022-04-iran-recover-stolen-antiquities.html https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220419-iran-fights-to-recover-stolen-antiquities
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/iran-fights-to-recover-stolen-antiquities-173111

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/04/19/cultural-restitution-artefacts-returned-to-iran-after-legal-battle

Spain is still arguing with a US museum over a Pissaro:

https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-travel-arts-and-entertainment-california-lifestyle-47f91ed8744026ddbdeb31773d317c37

... I don't think it's the same Pissaro as this one (which will be going to auction):

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/21/arts/design/pissarro-nazis-auction.html

Latest call for the British Museum to return the Mold Gold Cape:

https://www.thenational.wales/news/20075559.call-british-museum-return-mold-gold-cape/
https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/20075943.calsl-molds-gold-cape-return-north-east-wales/

Libya wants the Queen to return some columns from Leptis Magna that are currently at the Windsor estate:

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/libya-ruins-queen-estate-windsor-elgin-marbles-b995875.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/04/22/queens-estate-faces-legal-battle-libyan-elgin-marbles/
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/923/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/923/pub/923/page/22/article/285380
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/04/23/queen-elizabeth-ii-estate-facing-legal-action-over-libyan-elgin-marbles/

The US returned 16 items to Peru:

https://thepublicsradio.org/article/paintings-stone-axes-repatriated-to-peru-in-la-ceremony
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/paintings-stone-axes-repatriated-to-peru-in-la-ceremony/2022/04/22/1a237f9e-c276-11ec-b5df-1fba61a66c75_story.html
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article260677472.html

Feature on the folks in India tracking down stolen antiquities:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-04-19/these-art-sleuths-are-taking-on-traffickers-in-a-10-billion-black-market
https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-offbeat/these-art-sleuths-are-taking-on-traffickers-in-a-10-billion-global-black-market-1101950.html
https://www.news18.com/news/world/bringing-the-gods-back-home-chennai-man-fights-traffickers-running-a-billion-dollar-business-5011039.html

Latest Nazi loot heirs case:

https://timesofsandiego.com/arts/2022/04/21/la-mesa-mans-kin-can-pursue-claim-on-priceless-painting-stolen-by-nazis/

More on Glasgow museums returning Benin Bronzes:

https://hyperallergic.com/726081/glasgow-museums-will-repatriate-17-benin-bronzes-to-nigeria/
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on the coins depicting the family of Constantine:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/coinweek-ancient-coin-series-the-family-of-constantine-the-great/

Feature on the Hapsburg Spanish 8 Real:

https://coinweek.com/world-coins/the-evolution-of-the-design-of-the-hapsburg-spanish-8-real/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n16.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n17.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Viktor Zaibert:

https://astanatimes.com/2022/04/viktor-zaibert-prominent-scholar-of-earliest-domestication-of-horse-passes-away-at-75/

Stuart Mitchell:

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/obituary-stuart-mitchell-classicist-defended-112649353.html

Peter Swales:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/21/science/peter-swales-dead.html

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3171-audio-news-from-archaeologica-april-10th-2022-through-april-16th-2022
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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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