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https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/culture/article/gretchen-longley-titanic-survivor-hudson-17851991.php

Feature on the Caravaggio in the Villa Aurora:

https://theconversation.com/in-a-roman-villa-at-the-center-of-a-nasty-inheritance-dispute-a-caravaggio-masterpiece-is-hidden-from-the-public-199756

Feature on matrilineal societies:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-opinion-matrilineal-societies-worldit-patriarchy.html

Feature on Richard Henry Greene:

https://yalealumnimagazine.org/articles/5622-history-found

Feature on Samuel Seabury:

https://yalealumnimagazine.org/articles/5633-the-first-american-bishop

Feature on a 15th century map of the Mediterranean:

https://yalealumnimagazine.org/articles/5600-the-sailor-s-guide

Interesting copy of Othello:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/26/rare-copy-of-othello-cast-list-real-life-drama

On the uses of AI in archaeology:

https://www.verdict.co.uk/ai-archaeology-italy/

Plans for Oscar Wilde's Reading gaol:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/25/fight-turn-reading-gaol-prison-site-arts-hub-oscar-wilde

A pair of American teens have 'new' proof of the Pythagorean theorem:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/24/new-orleans-pythagoras-theorem-trigonometry-prove

More on DaVinci's mother:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-734727 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/leonardo-da-vinci-mother-slave-caucasus-italy-new-research-book-rcna74670

Pondering why we should study 'what if' history:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/20/the-big-idea-why-we-should-study-the-history-that-never-happened
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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A Vienna Museum has a different sort of climate protest in mind:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-vienna-museum-tilts-climate-threat.html

Protests in France contributed to a fire at Bordeaux's town hall:

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-65058331

Major funding for a memorial to the enslaved at Montpelier:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/03/21/madison-montpelier-history-enslaved-mellon/
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ============================================================
On the origins of grape domestication:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230320143756.htm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/03/22/grapes-were-probably-the-first-fruit-domesticated-by-humans/

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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL ============================================================
Feature on Epicureanism:

https://psyche.co/guides/how-to-seek-out-and-savour-lifes-joys-like-an-epicurean
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Pocklington Shield:

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/iron-age-shield-found-with-yorkshire-chariot-burial-and-called-the-most-important-british-celtic-object-of-the-millennium-to-go-on-display-at-malton-museum-4071141

Anglo-Saxon Suffolk:

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23402185.sutton-hoo-shows-off-suffolks-anglo-saxon-palace-treasures/
https://www.suffolklive.com/whats-on/whats-on-news/new-sutton-hoo-exhibition-set-8273435

Madonna of Kyiv:

https://www.dw.com/en/madonna-of-kyiv-celebrated-in-berlin-exhibition/a-65084642

Coronation Treasures:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-65028447

Notre Dame:

https://the-past.com/news/new-exhibition-at-notre-dame-tells-the-story-of-its-reconstruction/

Antikythera Mechanism:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/03/24/exhibition-reconstructing-the-antikythera-mechanism-in-perthwestern-australia/

After Impressionism:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-24/is-london-national-gallery-after-impressionism-show-worth-seeing-art-review

Plans for a new museum at Chichen Itza:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/20/museum-planned-at-ancient-mayan-complex-chichen-itza-mexicos-most-visited-archeological-site
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-museum-coming-to-chichen-itza-in-mexico-180981864/

A 'green museum' is planned for the site of Plato's Academy:

https://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/news/archaeological-museum-of-athens-design

Plenty of attention for a study which suggests that more than a thousand items at the Met are linked to art smugglers:

https://www.icij.org/investigations/hidden-treasures/more-than-1000-artifacts-in-metropolitan-museum-of-art-catalog-linked-to-alleged-looting-and-trafficking-figures/
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/mar/20/new-york-metropolitan-museum-collection-artifacts-theft
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/met-antiquities-icij-looting-tan/index.html https://www.apollo-magazine.com/art-news-met-antiquities-provenance-report/ https://observer.com/2023/03/met-museum-accused-of-holding-more-than-1000-antiquities-linked-to-traffickers/
https://hyperallergic.com/809089/1000-objects-at-the-met-linked-to-antiquities-smugglers/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-industry-news-march-20-2023-2272587

... and items at the Art Institute of Chicago were also linked to trafficking:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-nepal-looted-antiquities-aic-20230322-4y4vueyjxrebrk5v7f5lanyelu-story.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/asian-antiquities-at-art-institute-of-chicago-linked-to-trafficking-1234661577/

On 'Imperial Loot' at the British Museum:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/british-museum-stolen-artifacts-elgin-marbles-tabots-benin-bronzes-6fe8ad47

More on museums changing their use of the word 'mummy':

https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/dont-use-the-word-mummy-why-museums-are-rebranding-ancient-egyptian-remains/
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
Questions about a Nepalese sculpture coming to auction at Christies:

https://observer.com/2023/03/upcoming-christies-sale-includes-a-nepalese-sculpture-tied-to-antiquity-looters/

Big bucks for a Guarneri violin:

https://news.artnet.com/market/violin-baltic-guarneri-auction-record-2271581

... and for a print of Hokusai's 'Great Wave':

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/hokusai-great-wave-auction-christies/index.html

More on the upcoming auction of the Codex Sassoon (1100 years bp Hebrew Bible manuscript):

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-sotheby-sale-ancient-hebrew-bible.html https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-65043875 https://www.timesofisrael.com/oldest-and-most-complete-hebrew-bible-manuscript-on-display-in-israel-for-1st-time/
https://apnews.com/article/israel-sassoon-codex-sothebys-bible-auction-dca8dc9d9bd5a79903ce693bdc26e0f5
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ON THE DNA FRONT
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A study of the genome of early inhabitants of Tibet:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-genomic-ancient-humans-human-evolution.html https://news.cgtn.com/news/2023-03-21/China-DNA-study-reveals-Tibetan-ancestry-and-evolution-of-5-100-years-1ilERadHL7q/index.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00742-6 https://www.archaeology.org/news/11299-230321-tibet-human-genomes

A study of DNA and disease among Europe's first farmers:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-735363

A study of inhabitants of a 5000 years BCE collective burial from Mentesh Tepe in Azerbaijan:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-04681-w

A study of the DNA of the Sandomierz chessmen:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66860

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Famous clocks of Europe:

https://www.dw.com/en/europes-most-beautiful-clocks/g-45211089

Lake District stone monuments:

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/mar/25/rites-of-spring-the-lake-districts-ancient-stones-marking-the-passage-of-the-seasons
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
Feature on castrati:

https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/what-is-a-castrato/

Great Expectations:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/25/tv-shows/great-expectations-review/index.html

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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ============================================================
The Lost King:

https://apnews.com/article/lost-king-movie-review-richard-iii-864e05e360842fcdcde4a6989ba4994f
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2023-03-22/the-lost-king-highlights-the-buried-history-of-the-woman-who-found-the-remains-of-richard-iii
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CRIME BEAT
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Thousands of items looted from Iraq two decades ago are still on the black market:

https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20230320-iraq-s-looted-artefacts-thousands-of-antiquities-still-on-black-market

Afghanistan has intercepted 50+ antiquities smuggling attempts in the past year and a half:

https://www.ariananews.af/over-50-instances-of-artifact-smuggling-prevented-in-last-18-months-officials/

More on the fraudulent sale of an Ides of March denarius a week or so ago:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dealer-accused-of-brutus-coin-fraud-0qjftqlgw
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/british-auctioneer-coin-sale-fraud-new-york-richard-beale/
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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 ============================================================
Italy returned four items to Egypt:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-recovers-four-rare-artifacts-from-italy/

The US returned 29 items to Greece:

https://www.manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-returns-29-antiquities-to-greece/ https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/22/us-returns-29-antiquities-greece/ https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1207201/us-returns-29-antiquities-to-greece/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/03/22/usa-repatriates-29-antiquities-to-greece/ https://news.gtp.gr/2023/03/23/greece-welcomes-the-return-of-29-illegally-removed-antiquities/
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/48640-priceless-antiquities-returned-to-the-people-of-greece-at-new-york-consulate.html
https://www.thenationalherald.com/priceless-antiquities-returned-to-the-people-of-greece-at-consulate-general-in-ny/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/22/manhattan-district-attorney-bragg-returns-29-antiquities-to-greece/

... including that Ides of March coin that was auctioned a couple weeks ago:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/arts/design/rare-coin-returned-greece-eid-mar.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gold-coin-minted-by-brutus-to-honor-caesars-murder-returned-to-greece-1234662098/

A dozen antiquities were also returned by the US to Turkiye:

https://www.manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-returns-12-antiquities-to-the-republic-of-turkiye/
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230322-turkiye-announces-repatriation-of-12-antiquities-from-the-us/
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/turkiye-announces-repatriation-of-12-antiquities-from-us/2853087
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/12-antiquities-returned-to-homeland-after-being-smuggled-from-turkiye-to-us/2855081

... including three from the Met:

https://hyperallergic.com/810062/three-looted-antiquities-at-the-met-repatriated-to-turkey/
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/art-culture/several-antiquities-looted-displayed-at-the-met-repatriated

Australia returned a Hanuman idol to India:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2023/mar/24/stolen-hanuman-idol-of-ariyalur-temple-retrieved-from-australia-2558944.html

Nepal wants a necklace back that's in the possession of the Art Institute of Chicago:

https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/03/21/nepal-wants-a-sacred-necklace-returned-but-the-art-institute-of-chicago-still-keeps-it-on-display/
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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n12.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n13.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Jane Gardner (pdf):

https://cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2023/03/Jane-F.-Gardner-1934-2023.pdf

George Huxley:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/professor-george-huxley-90-professor-of-classics-who-excavated-a-minoan-site-rltkfq6l3

John Bramble:

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/mar/14/john-bramble-obituary

Joan Oates:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/03/25/joan-oates-archaeologist-whose-excavations-syria-revolutionised/

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3266-audio-news-from-archaeologica-march-12th-through-the-18th-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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