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https://www.ndtv.com/cities/old-coins-silver-ornaments-found-during-construction-of-house-in-up-3853526

Feature on the relationship between Keeladi and Madurai:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/chennai-suburb-or-something-else-altogether/articleshow/98444815.cms

Feature on how Hindu divinities absorbed Iranian and Greek ideas:

https://theprint.in/opinion/shiva-skanda-how-hindu-gods-absorbed-iranian-greek-ideas/1391759/

Feature on the ongoing dig at the Harappan site of Rakhigarhi:

https://theprint.in/opinion/why-are-we-digging-rakhigarhi-a-9th-time-this-harappan-site-is-a-gift-that-keeps-giving/1420819/

Feature on the Shigir Idol found back in 1890:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/earliest-surviving-wood-sculpture-even-older-previously-thought-180977320/

Feature on what was traded along the Silk Road:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/what-was-traded-on-the-silk-road

The wreck of the USS Albacore (submarine) has been identified off the coast of Japan:

https://the-past.com/news/wreck-of-lost-us-submarine-from-wwii-identified-off-the-coast-of-japan/

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NORTH AMERICA
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Indigenous human remains found during construction of the Twin Ports Interchange in Duluth:

https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/indigenous-remains-found-during-twin-ports-interchange-construction

18th century finds from the Court Square excavations in Charlottesville:

https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/court-square-excavation-turns-up-slices-of-18th-century-life-and-death/article_752acc26-be01-11ed-84bd-3f43be564491.html

A Civil War mass burial from the Colonial Williamsburg site:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/03/07/mass-grave-civil-war-williamsburg/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab
https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/virginia/williamsburg/colonial-williamsburg-virginia-scientist-uncover-human-remains-linked-to-civil-war/291-87aab249-7fed-4387-aa1d-a7ef77f3a86c

More on the wreck of the Ironton found in Lake Huron:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/03/scientists-have-found-lake-huron-wreck-of-19th-century-ship-that-sank-in-1894/
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/preserved-sunken-ship-found-in-shipwreck-alley-after-120-years

Feature on Elizabeth Kallenbach's work studying human use of native Oregon plants over 12 millennia:

https://around.uoregon.edu/content/researcher-digs-grass-and-stems-study-early-americans

Sorting out Gerrit Smith's land grants of 1846:

https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2023/03/untangling-timbucto-and-the-roots-of-gerrit-smiths-land-grants-of-1846.html
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
Remains of a pre-Columbian temple complex near Barranca (Peru):

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733977 https://arkeonews.net/unique-tombs-wrapped-in-high-quality-fabrics-and-painted-bodies-were-discovered-at-monumental-temple-in-peru/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/archaeologists-uncover-a-pre-columbian-temple-complex/146441

A study of the colours used in Wari pottery:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-ancient-pots-hint-power-empire.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733982 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/08/the-colors-on-these-ancient-pots-hint-at-the-power-of-an-empire/

cf: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X23000482

Studying finds from the Casas Grandes site in Northern Mexico:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-ancient-artifacts-reveal-roots-casas.html https://news.byu.edu/byu-archaeologists-dig-up-artifacts-from-little-known-time-period-in-casas-grandes-mexico

A study of 24 ancient Mexican cities suggests 'collective government and infrastructure' contributed to their success:

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/981007 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/06/collective-governance-and-infrastructure-helps-societies-last-longer/

Feature on the various Moais found on Easter Island:

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/national-international/dried-up-lake-uncovers-new-easter-island-statue-heres-how-many-moais-have-been-discovered-so-far/3170906/
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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 ============================================================
Notre Dame will be reopening in 2024:

https://apnews.com/article/notre-dame-spire-reconstruction-reopening-2024-fire-d99092589b54c5f1f512a4c953dc7b07
https://fr.aleteia.org/2023/03/10/la-date-de-reouverture-de-notre-dame-de-paris-confirmee/

... and they're trying to recreate the acoustics:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/03/03/magazine/notre-dame-cathedral-acoustics-sound.html
https://aleteia.org/2023/03/07/repairing-the-sonic-fingerprint-of-notre-dame-de-paris/

On the history of the Stone of Scone:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230305-the-disputed-history-of-the-coronation-stone

On the Repertorium project to digitize medieval manuscripts:

https://neumz.com/repertorium/

Feature on identifying the women behind a 132 years bp Boston Harbor adventure journal:

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2023/03/08/amateur-sleuths-unveil-the-women-behind-132-year-old-boston-harbor-adventure-journal

Recreating an Iron Age alcoholic brew based on residue from a buried cauldron:

https://www.iflscience.com/2-500-year-old-booze-brewed-up-from-recipe-found-in-iron-age-burial-67815

Valparaiso University wants to sell artworks to pay for renovations:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/10/arts/design/valparaiso-museum-paintings-sale-okeeffe.html

Studying the insurance records of Shackleton's Endurance:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64818864

A reality show where artists compete to paint like Vermeer:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/paint-like-vermeer-new-reality-show-180981737/

More on that frozen Siberian bear:

https://www.livescience.com/prehistoric-mummified-bear-discovered-in-siberian-permafrost-isnt-what-we-thought
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-examine-3500-year-old-brown-bear-preserved-in-siberian-permafrost-180981747/?

More on identification of whale behaviour in ancient accounts:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230228154458.htm https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/03/06/news/old-norse-texts-shed-light-mysterious-whale-feeding-strategy

Review of David Waldstreicher, *Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/07/books/review/the-odyssey-of-phillis-wheatley-david-waldstreicher.html
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Overviews of damage to cultural properties in the wake of the Turkish/Syrian earthquakes:

https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/one-month-after-quake-cultural-properties-damage-assessment
https://www.trtworld.com/turkey/how-t%C3%BCrkiye-is-taking-care-of-its-cultural-heritage-in-quake-hit-regions-65950

... and the damage in Antakya:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/turkey-earthquake-antioch-antakya-93bbdc96 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/6/quake-hit-antakya-communities-seek-role-in-saving-rich-heritage

The statues on Mount Nemrut weren't damaged:

https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/unesco-listed-monumental-mount-nemrut-statues-survive-turkiye-quakes-3661728

The Audubon Society has changed its name:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/05/bird-union-audubon-society-name-change
https://www.audubon.org/magazine/spring-2021/what-do-we-do-about-john-james-audubon

... and the University of Richmond is dealing with the effects of renaming its law school:

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2023/03/01/law-school-denaming-sparks-donor-debacle

Comparing Ukraine to the Peloponnesian War:

https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/03/10/the-war-in-ukraine-is-a-world-peloponnesian-war/
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ============================================================
More on early horseback riding among the Yamnaya people:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230303175829.htm https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/first-evidence-for-horseback-riding-dates-back-5-000-years-181361
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/06/world/earliest-horse-riders-scn/index.html https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-have-found-the-earliest-evidence-of-horseback-riding-yet
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-find-evidence-of-earliest-known-horseback-riders-180981754/

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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL ============================================================
On a 'misreading' of Plato's Republic on democracy:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/plato-republic-socrates-democracy-leo-strauss-3118c01b

Pondering what made life worth living for ancient philosophers:

https://psyche.co/ideas/whats-a-life-worth-living-for-the-ancients-it-depends

Nietzsche on art:

https://bigthink.com/high-culture/nietzsche-art-life/ ============================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Islanders:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/mar/05/islanders-the-making-of-the-mediterranean-fitzwilliam-museum-cambridge-review-art-of-extraordinary-intimacy

Roman Landscapes:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/roman-landscapes-visions-of-nature-and-myth-from-rome-and-pompeii-review-idylls-of-ancient-italy-b7b7f7d7
https://www.samuseum.org/artwork/exhibition/romanlandscapes/

The Sun: Source of Light in Art:

https://www.museum-barberini.de/en/ausstellungen/9493/the-sun-source-of-light-in-art

Venus in a gold bikini:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/03/08/news/greece/acropolis-museum-presents-venus-in-a-gold-bikini-in-celebration-of-iwd/
https://news.gtp.gr/2023/03/07/acropolis-museum-welcomes-venus-in-a-gold-bikini/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/08/venus-in-a-gold-bikini/

Keeladi artifacts now have their own museum:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/cm-stalin-inaugurates-museum-displaying-artefacts-excavated-from-keeladi-site-101678090541778.html

The Denver Art Museum has cut references to a trustee who had ties with Douglas Latchford:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/denver-art-museum-removes-donors-name-1234660521/
https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/emma-bunker-name-removed-dam/73-930b67fd-62fb-46f9-880b-e87858c2a19e

Seems like the Grand Egyptian Museum will be opening soon:

https://egyptindependent.com/grand-egyptian-museum-offers-guided-tours-in-limited-areas/

A Glens Falls gallery is trying to acquire works associated with one of Buffalo Bill's associates:

https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/47457/20230308/glens-falls-gallery-wants-your-help-to-bring-home-outsider-artist-s-wood-carvings
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
A 2000 years bp Celtic bronze figure with a hinged phallus went to auction this week:

https://www.livescience.com/hinged-phallus-of-2000-year-old-fertility-figurine-was-clearly-intended-to-dangle

... and fetched a nice price:

https://www.irishnews.com/news/uknews/2023/03/09/news/bronze_nude_figure_with_hinged_phallus_sells_at_auction_for_2_200-3120686/
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/bronze-nude-figure-hinged-phallus-133649016.html https://www.jerseyeveningpost.com/morenews/uknews/2023/03/09/bronze-nude-figure-with-hinged-phallus-sells-at-auction-for-2200/

High hopes for an 18th century Chinese imperial bowl coming to auction:

https://en.thevalue.com/articles/sothebys-hk-spring-sale-2023-alice-cheng-qianlong-falangcai-bowl

A first edition of Copernicus' de Revolutionibus is up for sale:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/03/rare-pristine-first-edition-of-copernicus-de-revolutionibus-up-for-sale/

A Brueghel the Younger painting found in a French home is heading to auction:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/mar/08/rare-breughel-the-younger-painting-found-behind-door-in-french-home
https://hyperallergic.com/807641/original-pieter-brueghel-found-in-french-home-heads-to-auction/
https://news.artnet.com/market/family-france-brueghel-behind-door-auction-2267940

Some dessert dishes commissioned by France's Louis-Philippe I are coming to auction:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/12/ones-old-china-set-of-plates-fit-for-the-queen-comes-up-for-auction

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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More on the study of the genomes of 356 European hunter-gathers:

https://www.livescience.com/unknown-lineage-of-ice-age-europeans-discovered-in-genetic-study
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11267-230306-europe-hunter-gatherers ============================================================
THE TECHY SIDE
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Study suggests magnetic field anomalies could help locate/study submerged sites:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/magnetic-fields-could-provide-the-key-to-studying-submerged-civilisations/146463
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/10/magnetic-fields-to-be-used-to-explore-submerged-civilisations/

Using dendrochronology and strontium analysis to find the origins of some 400 years bp timber used to build houses in Denmark:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/06/tree-rings-and-strontium-point-to-the-provenance-of-400-year-old-timber/

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Roman France:

https://www.connexionfrance.com/article/Mag/Explore-France/Explore-the-sites-to-see-the-legacy-of-France-s-glorious-Roman-past

Sassi/Matera:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230309-italys-impressive-subterranean-civilisation

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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ============================================================
African Queens: Njinga:

https://news.yale.edu/2023/03/06/bringing-early-modern-african-queen-limelight

Mary Cassatt:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/07/mary-cassatt-painting-the-modern-woman-review-fine-portrait-of-a-neglected-artist
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CRIME BEAT
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A UK Auction house director was arrested for falsifying provenance of several ancient coins:

https://observer.com/2023/03/exclusive-uk-auction-house-director-arrested-for-4-1-million-roman-coin-fraud/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/worlds-most-expensive-coin-fake-provenance-roman-eid-mar-1234659762/

Three 5th/6th century BCE swords which were seized by US customs last year were returned to Ukraine:

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/10/ukraine-weapons-sword-embassy-russia/

A Cypriot man was arrested trying to remove stone from the Acropolis:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/06/modern-elgin-arrested-steal-pieces-acropolis/

A large fine for an 18-year-old who did some vandalizing of the Ggantija temples in Malta:

https://lovinmalta.com/gozo/italian-18-year-old-fined-hefty-e15000-after-vandalising-ancient-ggantija-temples/

Vandalism on a 3000 years bp Assyrian relief:

https://www.sbs.com.au/language/assyrian/en/podcast-episode/vandalism-on-a-three-thousand-years-old-assyrian-wall-sculptures/mlabtkvai

American tourists caught putting graffiti on the Colosseum:

https://www.nola.com/opinions/americans-wuz-here-two-tourists-leave-their-mark-on-romes-colosseum-jarvis-deberry/article_b81b6135-3810-506c-8680-f8968aca08e0.html

The Salvator Mundi case is heading to court:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/07/leonardos-salvator-mundi-heads-to-court-in-case-against-sothebys
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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 FBI returned to Iraq an item looted from the Iraq Museum in Baghdad in 2003:

https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/stolen-art-returned-to-iraq https://www.griffindailynews.com/news/2-700-year-old-antiquity-repatriated-to-iraqi-government/article_029083ad-6d86-5c18-8aa4-5a28e1b6b358.html

A court has decided that Turkiye waited to long to seek the return of the Stargazer (!):

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/10/new-york-court-rules-against-repatriation-of-turkish-artefact
https://hyperallergic.com/807246/turkey-waited-too-long-to-repatriate-marble-stargazer-idol-court-rules/

Peru returned some seized Roman coins to Italy:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/peru-returns-seized-roman-coins-to-italy-181492

More on calls for the repatriation of the remains of the Red Lady:

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/paviland-red-lady/

On Ethiopian plunder now residing in London:

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/ethiopian-treasures-revealed-westminster-abbey-british-museum-b1065326.html

On repatriating 100+ looted statues still in Cambridge:

https://www.varsity.co.uk/science/25187 ============================================================
NUMISMATICA
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Feature on why some ancient coins are so valuable:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/what-makes-the-most-expensive-ancient-coins-so-valuable/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n10.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n11.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Robert Harris:

https://www.lordandstephens.com/obituary/Robert-Harris

Charles H. Khan:

https://dailynous.com/2023/03/06/charles-h-kahn-1928-2023/

Bernard Barcio:

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2023/03/07/bernard-barcio-latin-teacher-known-for-his-catapult-contest-dies/69951386007/

Peter Parsons:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/professor-peter-parsons-obituary-d9cx3lm06

Matt Hancock:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/my-memories-of-matt-hancock/ ============================================================
AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3263-audio-news-from-archaeologica-february-26th-through-march-4th-2023
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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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https://www.ichongqing.info/2023/03/08/womens-archaeological-team-in-chongqing-shines-in-cultural-relics-excavation-and-research-women-power/

Feature on William Fitzhugh and his work studying Mongolian deer stones:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2023/03/09/meet-the-smithsonian-scientist-studying-the-mysterious-mongolian-deer-stones/

More on that oversized 1600 years bp sword from Japan:

https://www.newsweek.com/huge-sword-japan-fight-evil-spirits-archaeology-1787008

More on the 2000 years bp deer antler musical instrument find from Viet Nam:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/deer-antler-long-an-museum-storage-earliest-known-stringed-instruments-2261298
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/archaeologists-uncover-2000-year-old-stringed-instrument-in-vietnam/146259

Evidence of a prehistoric iron smelting site at Thoothukudi:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2023/mar/09/phd-scholar-finds-pre-historic-archaeological-site-near-thoothukudi-collectorate-2554379.html

Another inscription find from the Simhachalam Temple in Andhra Pradesh:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2023/mar/08/501st-inscription-found-at-simhachalam-temple-in-andhra-pradesh-2554227.html

A 12th century inscription and sculptures of a female warrior from Polavasa:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2023/mar/12/12th-century-inscription-sheds-light-on-kakatiya-dynasty-expansion-2555257.html

House construction in Uttar Pradesh revealed a mid 19th century British coin and silver hoard:

https://www.ndtv.com/cities/old-coins-silver-ornaments-found-during-construction-of-house-in-up-3853526

Feature on the relationship between Keeladi and Madurai:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/chennai-suburb-or-something-else-altogether/articleshow/98444815.cms

Feature on how Hindu divinities absorbed Iranian and Greek ideas:

https://theprint.in/opinion/shiva-skanda-how-hindu-gods-absorbed-iranian-greek-ideas/1391759/

Feature on the ongoing dig at the Harappan site of Rakhigarhi:

https://theprint.in/opinion/why-are-we-digging-rakhigarhi-a-9th-time-this-harappan-site-is-a-gift-that-keeps-giving/1420819/

Feature on the Shigir Idol found back in 1890:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/earliest-surviving-wood-sculpture-even-older-previously-thought-180977320/

Feature on what was traded along the Silk Road:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/what-was-traded-on-the-silk-road

The wreck of the USS Albacore (submarine) has been identified off the coast of Japan:

https://the-past.com/news/wreck-of-lost-us-submarine-from-wwii-identified-off-the-coast-of-japan/

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NORTH AMERICA
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Indigenous human remains found during construction of the Twin Ports Interchange in Duluth:

https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/indigenous-remains-found-during-twin-ports-interchange-construction

18th century finds from the Court Square excavations in Charlottesville:

https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/court-square-excavation-turns-up-slices-of-18th-century-life-and-death/article_752acc26-be01-11ed-84bd-3f43be564491.html

A Civil War mass burial from the Colonial Williamsburg site:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/03/07/mass-grave-civil-war-williamsburg/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab
https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/virginia/williamsburg/colonial-williamsburg-virginia-scientist-uncover-human-remains-linked-to-civil-war/291-87aab249-7fed-4387-aa1d-a7ef77f3a86c

More on the wreck of the Ironton found in Lake Huron:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/03/scientists-have-found-lake-huron-wreck-of-19th-century-ship-that-sank-in-1894/
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/preserved-sunken-ship-found-in-shipwreck-alley-after-120-years

Feature on Elizabeth Kallenbach's work studying human use of native Oregon plants over 12 millennia:

https://around.uoregon.edu/content/researcher-digs-grass-and-stems-study-early-americans

Sorting out Gerrit Smith's land grants of 1846:

https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2023/03/untangling-timbucto-and-the-roots-of-gerrit-smiths-land-grants-of-1846.html
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
Remains of a pre-Columbian temple complex near Barranca (Peru):

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733977 https://arkeonews.net/unique-tombs-wrapped-in-high-quality-fabrics-and-painted-bodies-were-discovered-at-monumental-temple-in-peru/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/archaeologists-uncover-a-pre-columbian-temple-complex/146441

A study of the colours used in Wari pottery:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-ancient-pots-hint-power-empire.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733982 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/08/the-colors-on-these-ancient-pots-hint-at-the-power-of-an-empire/

cf: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X23000482

Studying finds from the Casas Grandes site in Northern Mexico:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-ancient-artifacts-reveal-roots-casas.html https://news.byu.edu/byu-archaeologists-dig-up-artifacts-from-little-known-time-period-in-casas-grandes-mexico

A study of 24 ancient Mexican cities suggests 'collective government and infrastructure' contributed to their success:

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/981007 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/06/collective-governance-and-infrastructure-helps-societies-last-longer/

Feature on the various Moais found on Easter Island:

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/national-international/dried-up-lake-uncovers-new-easter-island-statue-heres-how-many-moais-have-been-discovered-so-far/3170906/
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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 ============================================================
Notre Dame will be reopening in 2024:

https://apnews.com/article/notre-dame-spire-reconstruction-reopening-2024-fire-d99092589b54c5f1f512a4c953dc7b07
https://fr.aleteia.org/2023/03/10/la-date-de-reouverture-de-notre-dame-de-paris-confirmee/

... and they're trying to recreate the acoustics:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/03/03/magazine/notre-dame-cathedral-acoustics-sound.html
https://aleteia.org/2023/03/07/repairing-the-sonic-fingerprint-of-notre-dame-de-paris/

On the history of the Stone of Scone:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230305-the-disputed-history-of-the-coronation-stone

On the Repertorium project to digitize medieval manuscripts:

https://neumz.com/repertorium/

Feature on identifying the women behind a 132 years bp Boston Harbor adventure journal:

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2023/03/08/amateur-sleuths-unveil-the-women-behind-132-year-old-boston-harbor-adventure-journal

Recreating an Iron Age alcoholic brew based on residue from a buried cauldron:

https://www.iflscience.com/2-500-year-old-booze-brewed-up-from-recipe-found-in-iron-age-burial-67815

Valparaiso University wants to sell artworks to pay for renovations:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/10/arts/design/valparaiso-museum-paintings-sale-okeeffe.html

Studying the insurance records of Shackleton's Endurance:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64818864

A reality show where artists compete to paint like Vermeer:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/paint-like-vermeer-new-reality-show-180981737/

More on that frozen Siberian bear:

https://www.livescience.com/prehistoric-mummified-bear-discovered-in-siberian-permafrost-isnt-what-we-thought
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-examine-3500-year-old-brown-bear-preserved-in-siberian-permafrost-180981747/?

More on identification of whale behaviour in ancient accounts:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230228154458.htm https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/03/06/news/old-norse-texts-shed-light-mysterious-whale-feeding-strategy

Review of David Waldstreicher, *Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/07/books/review/the-odyssey-of-phillis-wheatley-david-waldstreicher.html
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Overviews of damage to cultural properties in the wake of the Turkish/Syrian earthquakes:

https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/one-month-after-quake-cultural-properties-damage-assessment
https://www.trtworld.com/turkey/how-t%C3%BCrkiye-is-taking-care-of-its-cultural-heritage-in-quake-hit-regions-65950

... and the damage in Antakya:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/turkey-earthquake-antioch-antakya-93bbdc96 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/6/quake-hit-antakya-communities-seek-role-in-saving-rich-heritage

The statues on Mount Nemrut weren't damaged:

https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/unesco-listed-monumental-mount-nemrut-statues-survive-turkiye-quakes-3661728

The Audubon Society has changed its name:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/05/bird-union-audubon-society-name-change
https://www.audubon.org/magazine/spring-2021/what-do-we-do-about-john-james-audubon

... and the University of Richmond is dealing with the effects of renaming its law school:

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2023/03/01/law-school-denaming-sparks-donor-debacle

Comparing Ukraine to the Peloponnesian War:

https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/03/10/the-war-in-ukraine-is-a-world-peloponnesian-war/
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ============================================================
More on early horseback riding among the Yamnaya people:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230303175829.htm https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/first-evidence-for-horseback-riding-dates-back-5-000-years-181361
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/06/world/earliest-horse-riders-scn/index.html https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-have-found-the-earliest-evidence-of-horseback-riding-yet
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-find-evidence-of-earliest-known-horseback-riders-180981754/

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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL ============================================================
On a 'misreading' of Plato's Republic on democracy:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/plato-republic-socrates-democracy-leo-strauss-3118c01b

Pondering what made life worth living for ancient philosophers:

https://psyche.co/ideas/whats-a-life-worth-living-for-the-ancients-it-depends

Nietzsche on art:

https://bigthink.com/high-culture/nietzsche-art-life/ ============================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Islanders:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/mar/05/islanders-the-making-of-the-mediterranean-fitzwilliam-museum-cambridge-review-art-of-extraordinary-intimacy

Roman Landscapes:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/roman-landscapes-visions-of-nature-and-myth-from-rome-and-pompeii-review-idylls-of-ancient-italy-b7b7f7d7
https://www.samuseum.org/artwork/exhibition/romanlandscapes/

The Sun: Source of Light in Art:

https://www.museum-barberini.de/en/ausstellungen/9493/the-sun-source-of-light-in-art

Venus in a gold bikini:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/03/08/news/greece/acropolis-museum-presents-venus-in-a-gold-bikini-in-celebration-of-iwd/
https://news.gtp.gr/2023/03/07/acropolis-museum-welcomes-venus-in-a-gold-bikini/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/08/venus-in-a-gold-bikini/

Keeladi artifacts now have their own museum:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/cm-stalin-inaugurates-museum-displaying-artefacts-excavated-from-keeladi-site-101678090541778.html

The Denver Art Museum has cut references to a trustee who had ties with Douglas Latchford:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/denver-art-museum-removes-donors-name-1234660521/
https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/emma-bunker-name-removed-dam/73-930b67fd-62fb-46f9-880b-e87858c2a19e

Seems like the Grand Egyptian Museum will be opening soon:

https://egyptindependent.com/grand-egyptian-museum-offers-guided-tours-in-limited-areas/

A Glens Falls gallery is trying to acquire works associated with one of Buffalo Bill's associates:

https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/47457/20230308/glens-falls-gallery-wants-your-help-to-bring-home-outsider-artist-s-wood-carvings
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
A 2000 years bp Celtic bronze figure with a hinged phallus went to auction this week:

https://www.livescience.com/hinged-phallus-of-2000-year-old-fertility-figurine-was-clearly-intended-to-dangle

... and fetched a nice price:

https://www.irishnews.com/news/uknews/2023/03/09/news/bronze_nude_figure_with_hinged_phallus_sells_at_auction_for_2_200-3120686/
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/bronze-nude-figure-hinged-phallus-133649016.html https://www.jerseyeveningpost.com/morenews/uknews/2023/03/09/bronze-nude-figure-with-hinged-phallus-sells-at-auction-for-2200/

High hopes for an 18th century Chinese imperial bowl coming to auction:

https://en.thevalue.com/articles/sothebys-hk-spring-sale-2023-alice-cheng-qianlong-falangcai-bowl

A first edition of Copernicus' de Revolutionibus is up for sale:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/03/rare-pristine-first-edition-of-copernicus-de-revolutionibus-up-for-sale/

A Brueghel the Younger painting found in a French home is heading to auction:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/mar/08/rare-breughel-the-younger-painting-found-behind-door-in-french-home
https://hyperallergic.com/807641/original-pieter-brueghel-found-in-french-home-heads-to-auction/
https://news.artnet.com/market/family-france-brueghel-behind-door-auction-2267940

Some dessert dishes commissioned by France's Louis-Philippe I are coming to auction:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/12/ones-old-china-set-of-plates-fit-for-the-queen-comes-up-for-auction

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ON THE DNA FRONT ============================================================
More on the study of the genomes of 356 European hunter-gathers:

https://www.livescience.com/unknown-lineage-of-ice-age-europeans-discovered-in-genetic-study
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11267-230306-europe-hunter-gatherers ============================================================
THE TECHY SIDE
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Study suggests magnetic field anomalies could help locate/study submerged sites:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/magnetic-fields-could-provide-the-key-to-studying-submerged-civilisations/146463
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/10/magnetic-fields-to-be-used-to-explore-submerged-civilisations/

Using dendrochronology and strontium analysis to find the origins of some 400 years bp timber used to build houses in Denmark:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/06/tree-rings-and-strontium-point-to-the-provenance-of-400-year-old-timber/

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Roman France:

https://www.connexionfrance.com/article/Mag/Explore-France/Explore-the-sites-to-see-the-legacy-of-France-s-glorious-Roman-past

Sassi/Matera:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230309-italys-impressive-subterranean-civilisation

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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ============================================================
African Queens: Njinga:

https://news.yale.edu/2023/03/06/bringing-early-modern-african-queen-limelight

Mary Cassatt:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/07/mary-cassatt-painting-the-modern-woman-review-fine-portrait-of-a-neglected-artist
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CRIME BEAT
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A UK Auction house director was arrested for falsifying provenance of several ancient coins:

https://observer.com/2023/03/exclusive-uk-auction-house-director-arrested-for-4-1-million-roman-coin-fraud/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/worlds-most-expensive-coin-fake-provenance-roman-eid-mar-1234659762/

Three 5th/6th century BCE swords which were seized by US customs last year were returned to Ukraine:

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/10/ukraine-weapons-sword-embassy-russia/

A Cypriot man was arrested trying to remove stone from the Acropolis:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/06/modern-elgin-arrested-steal-pieces-acropolis/

A large fine for an 18-year-old who did some vandalizing of the Ggantija temples in Malta:

https://lovinmalta.com/gozo/italian-18-year-old-fined-hefty-e15000-after-vandalising-ancient-ggantija-temples/

Vandalism on a 3000 years bp Assyrian relief:

https://www.sbs.com.au/language/assyrian/en/podcast-episode/vandalism-on-a-three-thousand-years-old-assyrian-wall-sculptures/mlabtkvai

American tourists caught putting graffiti on the Colosseum:

https://www.nola.com/opinions/americans-wuz-here-two-tourists-leave-their-mark-on-romes-colosseum-jarvis-deberry/article_b81b6135-3810-506c-8680-f8968aca08e0.html

The Salvator Mundi case is heading to court:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/07/leonardos-salvator-mundi-heads-to-court-in-case-against-sothebys
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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 FBI returned to Iraq an item looted from the Iraq Museum in Baghdad in 2003:

https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/stolen-art-returned-to-iraq https://www.griffindailynews.com/news/2-700-year-old-antiquity-repatriated-to-iraqi-government/article_029083ad-6d86-5c18-8aa4-5a28e1b6b358.html

A court has decided that Turkiye waited to long to seek the return of the Stargazer (!):

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/10/new-york-court-rules-against-repatriation-of-turkish-artefact
https://hyperallergic.com/807246/turkey-waited-too-long-to-repatriate-marble-stargazer-idol-court-rules/

Peru returned some seized Roman coins to Italy:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/peru-returns-seized-roman-coins-to-italy-181492

More on calls for the repatriation of the remains of the Red Lady:

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/paviland-red-lady/

On Ethiopian plunder now residing in London:

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/ethiopian-treasures-revealed-westminster-abbey-british-museum-b1065326.html

On repatriating 100+ looted statues still in Cambridge:

https://www.varsity.co.uk/science/25187 ============================================================
NUMISMATICA
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Feature on why some ancient coins are so valuable:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/what-makes-the-most-expensive-ancient-coins-so-valuable/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n10.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n11.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Robert Harris:

https://www.lordandstephens.com/obituary/Robert-Harris

Charles H. Khan:

https://dailynous.com/2023/03/06/charles-h-kahn-1928-2023/

Bernard Barcio:

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2023/03/07/bernard-barcio-latin-teacher-known-for-his-catapult-contest-dies/69951386007/

Peter Parsons:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/professor-peter-parsons-obituary-d9cx3lm06

Matt Hancock:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/my-memories-of-matt-hancock/ ============================================================
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3263-audio-news-from-archaeologica-february-26th-through-march-4th-2023
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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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Archaeology Podcast Network:

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Mishkan being Crushed by Heel Stone in Wiltshire

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Our Mishkan (tabernacle) Gold & Brass Relics are being crushed by 30 tonne (33 ton) Heel Stone in Wiltshire, Stonehenge, GB. The 2,623 year old pozzolanic Bluestone Concrete housing Our Mishkan is deteriorated (see coring map; 7 cores drilled). We are
short $1,000 to Our $11,000 raised for moving Our Mishkan from under Heel Stone to the Alamo, a Texas temple. English Heritage says $12,000 are Our Mishkan shipping costs; from Stonehenge, Amesbury, Wiltshire to Natchitoches, (Caddo Nation), Nacogdoches,
Texas. We will hold the $12,000 of funds (Our $11,000; Your $1,000) in DI's National Trust fund until Our Mishkan is delivered. If you tire of waiting on English Heritage to ship Our Mishkan (due to their Government red tape) at any time, DI will
Reimburse your funds.
(PHASE I is now Fully Funded)

The last leg of Our Mishkan (tabernacle) Gold & Brass Relics' journey is along the historic El Camino Real de los Tejas, Old San Antonio Road, and Lower Road (Goliad-Laredo), from the Louisiana-Texas' oldest towns Natchitoches-Nacogdoches (of Caddo
Nation) to the Catholic "Misión San Antonio de Valero" sacristy & monks' rooms (The Alamo), their final resting place. Should You be interested in Helping with such Historic Route journey's transport costs of Our Mishkan (tabernacle) Gold & Brass Relics,
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