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    From david meadows@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 1 10:32:41 2023
    [continued from previous message]

    https://the-past.com/news/hitting-the-right-note-medieval-bone-flute-found-in-kent/

    An Elizabethan-era shipwreck found in a Kent quarry (possibly tv hype):

    https://www.kentonline.co.uk/romney-marsh/news/extraordinary-elizabethan-shipwreck-discovery-to-feature-o-279663/
    https://kccmediahub.net/kcc-heritage-conservation-team-advises-on-shipwreck-found-in-kent-quarry/
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/ship-from-elizabethan-period-found-buried-in-quarry/145680

    Construction of new flood defences in Southsea are revealing details about the history of Southsea Castle:

    https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/people/southsea-castles-undiscovered-past-is-revealed-amid-excavation-for-flood-defences-3960182

    Ottoman-era inscriptions from Tyrnavos (Greece):

    https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/12/20/tyrnavos-with-ottoman-scripture/

    Recent finds suggest Gdanks is older that previously thought:

    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66031

    Finds from various periods made by Devon metal detectorists:

    https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/gallery/devon-treasure-hunters-uncover-medieval-7956603

    More on the 'goldsmith's toolkit' finds from a burial near Stonehenge:

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/dec/16/archaeologists-find-near-stonehenge-ancient-goldsmiths-toolkit
    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-725360 https://www.sciencealert.com/stonehenge-toolkit-reveals-how-amazing-gold-artifacts-were-crafted-4000-years-ago
    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/12/21/ancient-goldworking-tool-kit-revealed/
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/11085-221219-gold-bronze-age

    More on the medieval shipwreck in a Norwegian lake:

    https://www.ntd.com/medieval-ship-found-in-norways-biggest-lake_887876.html?

    More on the possible 3600 BCE sacrificial victim bog body from Denmark:

    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65960 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/bog-body-romu-roskilde-denmark-ritual-sacrifice-2233404
    https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/human-remains-ritual-sacrifice-danish-bog-body-1234651222/
    https://www.sciencealert.com/well-preserved-bog-body-unearthed-in-denmark-might-be-remains-of-an-ancient-ritual
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/archaeologists-find-bog-body-skeletal-parts-from-possible-sacrifice/145570

    More on the 1300 years bp gold and gemstone necklace find in a burial in Northamptonshire:

    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/archaeologists-uncover-once-in-a-lifetime-1300-year-old-gold-and-gemstone-necklace/145442

    Trying to save a 1000 years bp cave complex in Ukraine:

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/25/a-second-front-fight-to-save-cave-complexes-from-developers-in-ukraine

    Feature on preservation work at the Doge's Palace in Venice:

    https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-painting-e73f3b11cf8a41a222cb3dd43d09f9e3

    Haven't had a feature on stabilizing the Tower of Pisa in ages:

    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65973

    Fundraising to preserve the HMS Unicorn:

    https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/ps20m-bid-to-save-scotlands-oldest-ship-and-make-it-a-prime-attraction-3969316

    Feature on Gloucester Castle:

    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/rediscovering-gloucesters-lost-castle/145559

    Feature on the Picts:

    https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/the-picts-12-amazing-facts-about-the-ancient-people-that-protected-scotland-from-the-roman-empire-3965400

    Feature on the Viking beserker:

    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/the-viking-berserker/145605

    Feature on some myths associated with the Vikings:

    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/facts-vs-fiction-how-the-real-vikings-compared-to-the-brutal-warriors-of-lore

    Feature on the Staffordshire Hoard:

    https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/research/understanding-the-staffordshire-hoard/
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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 ============================================================
    Roundups of Chinese archaeology in 2022:

    https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202212/1282365.shtml https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-12-24/CMG-Top-10-archaeological-news-stories-from-China-in-2022-1g1OU5GhvRS/index.html

    20 000 years bp evidence of human activity from Fujian:

    http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/1219/c90000-10185617.html http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-12/19/content_85018128.htm

    300+ 4500 years bp burials from Henan:

    https://english.news.cn/20221229/6d49ddb53d0f43909644d02e1dff1331/c.html https://www.nation.com.pk/31-Dec-2022/hundreds-of-4-500-yr-old-tombs-found-in-central-china
    https://www.shine.cn/news/nation/2212294523/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/11102-221230-china-suyang-tombs

    680+ fragments of Buddha and pagoda statues dating to the Tang Dynasty in Shaanxi:

    https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article270304322.html

    Han Dynasty finds from Hebei:

    https://www.shine.cn/news/nation/2212224303/ http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-12/25/content_85025925.htm https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-12-23/Han-Dynasty-relics-excavated-from-ancient-city-ruins-in-north-China-1fZM7bs55VC/index.html

    A 1.5 ton hoard of bronze (mostly Song Dynasty) coins from Jiangsu:

    https://arkeonews.net/1-5-tons-of-bronze-coins-found-in-east-china/ http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65967

    14 burials from various periods from Hunan:

    https://english.news.cn/20221227/7499384400ab40f5910cfc0f49015668/c.html http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-12/28/content_85029828.htm https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article270523367.html

    A study of environmental changes by materials used to build the Great Wall in northwestern China:

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-27071-4

    A rethinking of the 'timing' of human settlement in the tropical Pacific:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-12-years-sea-level-micronesia-hint-humans.html https://phys.org/news/2022-12-scientists-theory-human-settlement-tropical.html https://www.jpost.com/science/article-725793 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-26799-3

    Pondering the canals at Nan Madol:

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/12/enigmatic-canal-filled-ruins-may-have-been-above-water-when-built/

    Archaeology suggests the Mauryas didn't unite India:

    https://theprint.in/opinion/did-the-mauryas-really-unite-india-archaeology-says-no/1275078/

    Concerns for the 12th century 500-pillar Dvikutalayam:

    https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2022/dec/24/12th-century-500-pillar-dvikutalayam-cries-for-attention-2531192.html

    Feature on the stone dancer from Harappa:

    https://tribune.com.pk/story/2392790/the-stone-dancer-of-harappa

    Feature on Mohenjodaro:

    https://www.dawn.com/news/amp/1728973

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    AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
    Roundup of archaeological finds in Aotearoa in 2022:

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300774161/aotearoas-fascinating-ancient-treasures-discovered-in-2022

    Really a crime story, but vandals have destroyed Aboriginal petroglyphs at Koonalda Cave:

    https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/dec/21/ancient-aboriginal-rock-art-destroyed-by-vandals-in-tragic-loss-at-sacred-sa-site
    https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/aboriginal-rock-art-south-australia-destroyed-1234651494/
    https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article270340222.html https://hypebeast.com/2022/12/vandals-destroyed-nullarbor-plain-art-koonalda-cave
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/30000-year-old-indigenous-cave-drawings-in-australia-have-been-destroyed-180981363/

    Rethinking the suggestion that soot in Antarctic ice was exclusively from Maori fires:

    https://theconversation.com/research-linking-soot-in-antarctic-ice-exclusively-with-early-maori-fires-was-flawed-there-were-other-sources-elsewhere-194816
    https://phys.org/news/2022-12-linking-soot-antarctic-ice-exclusively.html

    cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05519-x ============================================================
    NORTH AMERICA
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    15 700 years bp (!) projectile points from Idaho:

    https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/oregon-state-archaeologists-uncover-oldest-known-projectile-points-americas
    https://phys.org/news/2022-12-archaeologists-uncover-oldest-projectile-americas.html
    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221226094527.htm https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/ancient-stone-weapons-link-the-ice-age-people-america-asia/
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/idaho-weapons-discovery-oregon-university-b2250605.html
    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-725664 https://www.science.org/content/article/deadly-sharp-points-found-idaho-could-be-first-american-made-tools
    https://arkeonews.net/oldest-known-arrowheads-uncovered-in-the-americas/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/oldest-known-projectile-points-uncovered-in-the-americas/145638
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/11100-221227-idaho-dart-points

    cf: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ade1248

    Mastodon blood detected on a 13 000 years bp stone tool excavated in Hamilton (Ontario):

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/evidence-mammoth-butcher-in-ontario-1.6693736
    https://globalnews.ca/news/9358574/mastodon-blood-found-2000-hamilton-excavation/

    Study suggests the Bering Land Bridge emerged later in the last Ice Age than previously thought:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-12-bering-bridge-late-ice-age.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221226151545.htm https://arkeonews.net/a-scientific-surprise-bering-land-bridge-formed-surprisingly-late-during-last-ice-age/

    cf: https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2206742119

    Latest finds from Jamestown include bones of ancient Native American dogs:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/12/29/dogs-native-jamestown-discovered/

    Hurricane Fiona exposed some 18th century human remains at the Louisbourg Fortress:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/fortress-louisbourg-bones-fiona-1.6695179

    Overview of this year's 'dig' of the Franklin shipwrecks:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/franklin-expedition-excavation-1.6690878 https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/12/18/hallowed-space-divers-pull-275-artifacts-from-2022-excavation-of-franklin-ship.html
    https://www.iflscience.com/hundreds-of-artifacts-found-in-wreck-of-the-doomed-franklin-expedition-66836
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/hms-erebus-parks-canada-recovered-artifacts-leather-folio-2236362
    https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artifacts-franklin-shipwreck-lost-expedition-archaeology-1234652034/
    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66022 https://www.archaeology.org/news/11091-221222-arctic-shipwreck-erebus

    A 'mystery shipwreck' on North Carolina's Outer Banks:

    https://www.pilotonline.com/history/vp-nw-shipwreck-skeleton-mystery-20221218-end6xwltxrcntlw4z465mwhq2u-story.html

    Overview of three digs which were part of the City Archaeology Program in Boston:

    https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/607591444/city-archaeology-program-completes-three-months-of-digs

    A 'grisly' find at Red Bank Battlefield Park last summer:

    https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/184632

    Feature on the 'First Americans':

    https://aeon.co/essays/the-first-americans-a-story-of-wonderful-uncertain-science

    Pondering the European conquest of Native Americans:

    https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2022/12/native-american-history-indigenous-continent-pekka-hamalainen/672600/

    Feature on the 8000 years bp Danger Cave site:

    https://www.kuer.org/health-science-environment/2022-12-27/danger-cave-still-evokes-life-as-it-was-at-a-great-salt-lake-of-8-000-years-ago
    https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/12/28/danger-cave-still-evokes-life-it/

    Feature on the impact of the Transcontinental railroad on the US:

    https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20221212-how-the-transcontinental-railroad-forever-changed-the-us

    Feature on the enslavement of Native Americans:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/12/20/native-americans-slavery-congress-new-mexico/

    Pondering whether the Civil War in the US was 'inevitable':

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/21/magazine/civil-war-jan-6.html

    Funding for archaeologists to assess damage to cultural sites in Florida:

    https://news.ufl.edu/2022/12/hurricane-ian-damage-indigenous-calusa-sites/ https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/974859

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    CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
    A LiDAR survey of a region of Guatemala has revealed 1000 or so Maya settlement sites:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-12-huge-year-old-mayan-civilization-northern.html https://www.vice.com/en/article/3admdv/archaeologists-discover-huge-lost-civilization-in-guatemala
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/guatemala-mirador-calakmul-karst-basin-lidar-maya-settlements-2235254
    https://www.zmescience.com/science/lost-2000-year-old-mayan-civilization-in-guatemala-rediscovered-with-the-help-of-lasers/
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/aerial-survey-reveals-dense-wealth-of-pre-classic-maya-sites/145602
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/11095-221223-guatemala-maya-lidar

    Assorted Moche structural remains dating to 850 BCE or so from Peru's Huaca Bandera site:

    https://andina.pe/ingles/noticia-power-and-death-in-mochica-elite-administrative-funerary-uses-of-huaca-bandera-922888.aspx
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/11099-221227-peru-mochica-structures

    Analysis of some 1000 years bp (or so) painted skulls from Peru:

    https://www.livescience.com/ancient-skulls-red-fingerpaint-peru https://phys.org/news/2022-12-characterizing-red-pigment-ancient-bone.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-725810 http://www.archaeology.org/news/11097-221227-peru-painted-skulls

    More on recently-located Nazca geoglyphs:

    https://www.livescience.com/168-new-nazca-lines-peru https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/19/peru-nazca-plain-ancient-art-new-designs-discovered
    https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/researchers-discover-over-100-new-ancient-designs-perus-nazca-lines-2022-12-19/
    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/researchers-discover-100-new-ancient-designs-perus-nazca-lines-rcna62533
    https://www.npr.org/2022/12/21/1144481159/nazca-lines-new-images-peru-geoglyphs https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-725267 https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14790414 https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/12/21/168-new-nazca-lines-geoglyphs-peru-drones
    https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/168-newly-identified-geoglyphs-added-to-perus-nazca-lines-1234650917/
    https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeologists-discover-more-than-150-new-nazca-lines-in-peru/
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/168-nazca-geoglyphs-identified-in-peru/145525

    More on spider monkey remains at Teotihuacan:

    https://news.asu.edu/20221228-spider-monkey-remains-uncovered-central-mexico-tells-important-story-trade-and-politics
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/11/archaeologists-find-evidence-of-gift-diplomacy-between-teotihuacan-and-the-maya/145304

    More on the lifesized headless statue find from the Maya city of Oxkintok:

    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/excavations-uncover-headless-life-size-maya-statue/145499

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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 ============================================================
    Roundups of archaeological finds (not specific to one nation) in 2022:

    https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/28/archaeological-discoveries-2022/ https://news.artnet.com/art-world/2022s-best-archaeological-discoveries-2231752

    The recreation of the Sutton Hoo ship is underway:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-64030439

    Suggestion that chronic dysentery didn't kill Edward the Black Prince:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-12-chronic-dysentery-killer-edward-black.html

    Feature on 'masking culture' in Cyprus:

    https://www.kentonline.co.uk/romney-marsh/news/extraordinary-elizabethan-shipwreck-discovery-to-feature-o-279663/

    Feature on how John the Baptist's head ended up in a French cathedral:

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-wild-tale-of-how-john-the-baptists-head-ended-up-in-frances-largest-cathedral

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    MUSEUM MATTERS
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    Wood items from Vesuvius:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/herculaneum-vesuvius-eruption-wood-buried-exhibit-1.6677630

    Schliemann:

    https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-12-22/the-thousand-faces-of-heinrich-schliemann-the-man-who-discovered-troy.html

    Tutankhamun:

    https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/events/boy-king-tutankhamuns-treasure-comes-to-istanbul-for-1st-time

    Pompeii:

    https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/new-exhibit-based-on-pompeii-to-open-at-museum-of-science-and-industry-in-2023/3033868/
    https://buffalonews.com/news/world/exhibit-showcases-ancient-roman-items-preserved-by-volcanic-mud/video_115c0ccb-4c86-565f-bba5-e2f09fca895f.html

    Persia to Greece:

    https://fadmagazine.com/2022/12/20/major-exhibition-luxury-and-power-persia-to-greece-to-open-in-2023/

    Vermeer:

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/28/vermeer-2023-exhibition-amsterdam-masterpieces

    Femme Fatale in Art:

    https://www.dw.com/en/femme-fatale-in-art-from-male-fantasy-to-female-emancipation/g-64074352

    cf: https://www.dw.com/en/femme-fatale-in-art-from-male-fantasy-to-female-emancipation/g-64074352

    Visualizing the Virgin Mary:

    https://www.npr.org/2022/12/30/1145559044/visualizing-the-virgin-shows-mary-in-the-middle-ages

    cf: https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/mary/

    Etruscan Spina:

    https://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2022/12/21/etruscan-spina-great-mediterranean-port-on-show_b3a3cfea-ada7-424d-9a7d-0108003c2040.html
    https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/cultura/archeologia-ferrara-mostra-etruschi_58949408-202202k.shtml

    Alexander the Great:

    https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n01/james-romm/at-the-british-library

    More on the opening of a new archaeological museum in Aigai:

    https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/19/greece-opens-new-museum-aigai-macedonia/ https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1200628/pm-inaugurates-the-new-museum-of-aigai-in-vergina/
    https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/12/19/vergina-new-museum-of-aigai/ https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/48088-greek-pm-opens-new-museum-at-vergina-the-center-of-macedonian-civilization.html
    https://news.gtp.gr/2022/12/20/vergina-polycentric-museum-of-aigai-opens-its-doors/

    Feature on the Throop Pharmacy Museum:

    https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Throop-Museum-17643368.php

    Feature on the centennial of the Manx Museum:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-64042109

    OpEd on museums and looted art:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/13/arts/museums-looted-art-repatriation.html

    OpEd on repatriation/cession of the Stern collection:

    https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1200681/repatriation-or-cession/ ============================================================
    ON THE DNA FRONT
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    Roundup of historical DNA studies in 2022:

    https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/20/world/year-in-ancient-dna-discoveries-2022-scn/index.html

    Identifying Gregor Mendel from DNA:

    https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/12/30/1142202365/gregor-mendel-genetics-dna-analyzed

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    CLIMATE MATTERS
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    Climate change concerns for the pyramids and Sphinx:

    https://egyptindependent.com/climate-change-threatens-sphinx-and-giza-pyramids/ ============================================================
    TOURISTY THINGS
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    Castel Sant'Angelo:

    https://www.thetravel.com/why-visit-castel-santangelo-in-rome/

    Ostia Antica:

    https://www.heraldnet.com/life/rick-steves-ruins-at-the-roman-port-of-ostia-antica-rival-pompeiis/

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    TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ============================================================
    More reviews/reactions to Ancient Apocalypse;

    https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/ancient-apocalypse-graham-hancock/ https://boingboing.net/2022/12/29/archaeologist-david-wengrow-pushes-back-against-ancient-apocalypse-urges-us-to-consider-the-power-of-everyday-people.html
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    CRIME BEAT
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    An antiquities bust in Ostia:

    https://roma.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/22_dicembre_26/ostia-vasi-e-anfore-di-interesse-storico-ritrovati-in-un-garage-e-sequestrati-c4d1c282-2ffd-4472-97e0-39fcd93adxlk.shtml

    An arrest for antiquities theft in Drama:

    https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1201017/man-arrested-for-antiquities-theft-in-drama/

    A major bust of a pair of antiquities collectors in Alicante:

    https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/spanish-police-bust-massive-illegal-bone-artifact-collections/2776368
    https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/12/30/archaeological-artefacts-skeletal-remains-seized-alicante/

    Arrest of a man trying to sell a Roman-era sarcophagus in Turkiye:

    https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/turkiye-detains-suspect-trying-to-sell-roman-era-sarcophagus

    Arrests for trafficking antiquities in Al-Bayda (Libya):

    https://libyaobserver.ly/inbrief/two-people-custody-charges-trafficking-antiquities-al-bayda

    Major fine for a pair of detectorists found guilty of not declaring a major Viking hoard find in Herefordshire:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-64056018 https://www.malverngazette.co.uk/news/23214780.thieves-stole-anglo-saxon-buried-treasure-leominster-must-pay/
    https://www.firstpost.com/world/uk-court-slaps-1-2-million-euro-fine-on-treasure-hunters-who-sold-1100-year-old-anglo-saxon-valuables-11894301.html
    https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/crime/2022/12/24/jailed-men-who-stole-viking-treasure-hoard-given-warning-if-they-dont-repay-600000-each/
    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65999

    More on the recovery of most of the loot from the Dresden Green Vault:

    https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-police-recover-bulk-booty-120-mln-dresden-diamonds-heist-2022-12-17/
    https://rmx.news/crime/robbery-of-the-century-germany-recovers-millions-in-stolen-jewels-from-dresden-museum-heist-after-cutting-deal-with-arab-clan-member/
    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/12/19/police-recover-31-objects-stolen-from-dresdens-green-vault-museum-in-audacious-art-heist

    More on the theft of detectorist finds from the Museum of Lancashire:

    https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1197/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1197/pub/1197/page/45/article/NaN
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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 ============================================================
    Greek coins seized in Chicago will be repatriated to Greece:

    https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/23/ancient-greek-coins-seized-chicago-repatriated-greece/

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    NUMISMATICA
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    Two weeks' worth of e-Sylum:

    http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n51.html http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n52.html

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    Coin Week:

    http://www.coinweek.com/

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    OBITUARIES
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    Peter Parsons:

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2022/12/18/peter-parsons-oxford-regius-professor-greek-who-deciphered-many/

    Ross Thomas:

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/dec/18/ross-thomas-obituary

    Ramsay MacMullen

    https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2022/12/21/ramsay-macmullen-emeritus-professor-of-history-and-classics-dies-at-94/

    Fred Schroeder:

    https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/theglobeandmail/name/frederic-schroeder-obituary

    Oscar While Muscarella:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/arts/oscar-white-muscarella-dead.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/12/29/oscar-white-muscarella-met-museum-archaeologist-who-exposed-looted-artifacts-fakes-dies-91/

    Hans P. Dietz:

    https://www.thejournal-news.net/stories/hans-p-dietz-89,80644 https://wgel.com/obituaries/2022/12/hans-peter-dietz/

    Penelope Mackie:

    https://dailynous.com/2022/12/29/penelope-mackie-1953-2022/

    Marios Philippides:

    https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/gazettenet/name/marios-philippides-obituary?id=38496765

    Benedict XVI:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/31/world/europe/benedict-xvi-dead.html

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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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