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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
Concerns for Murujuga petroglyphs:

https://theconversation.com/murujugas-rock-art-is-being-destroyed-where-is-the-outrage-205476

More on the wreck of the Batavia:

https://www.mahoningmatters.com/news/nation-world/world/article275420791.html ============================================================
NORTH AMERICA
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A fifth-grader found an Early Archaic spear/arrowhead in Crestwood (Ky):

https://www.thenewsenterprise.com/news/state/fifth-grader-finds-ancient-arrowhead-in-crestwood/article_60e8d49a-c2fc-51d9-bac7-0c04eb0fd158.html

A 400 years bp burial of a teenage boy from Historic St Mary's City:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/haphazard-burial-of-400-year-old-skeleton-from-colonial-maryland-points-to-tragic-fate-of-indentured-teenager
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-400-year-old-skeleton-in-sister-colony-to-jamestown-180982178/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11438-230515-maryland-colonial-burial

Archaeologists have determined the site of the Jumonville Glen skirmish at the Fort Necessity Battlefield site:

https://triblive.com/local/regional/archaeological-dig-in-fayette-confirms-location-of-jumonville-glen-skirmish/
https://www.pennlive.com/life/2023/05/archaeological-dig-in-pa-sheds-light-on-historical-battle.html

Documents revealing details of the 1885 lynching of Noah Cherry in Virginia Beach have been located:

https://www.virginiamercury.com/2023/05/15/researchers-unearth-century-old-documents-in-virginia-beach-lynching/

More on the hospital/cemetery at Dry Tortugas:

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/florida-underwater-grave-hospital-cemetery-b2339672.html
https://news.yahoo.com/clarks-summit-native-makes-career-035900132.html

Plans to restore the oldest building in Albany:

https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2023/05/16/albany-oldest-building-restoration-48hudson.html

Feature on the conservation lab at the Alamo:

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/precious-artifacts-preserved-alamo-s-new-18104848.php

Review of Todd Brewster, *American Childhood*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/books/a-history-of-american-childhood-in-photos.html

Review of Joshua Zeitz, *Lincoln's God*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/books/review/lincolns-god-joshua-zeitz.html ============================================================
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
A Chancay Culture elite burial from Peru's Huaral province:

https://www.laprensalatina.com/tomb-of-personage-with-strong-bonds-to-the-sea-sheds-further-light-on-pre-inca-peru/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/archaeologists-unearth-tomb-of-elite-figure-from-the-chancay-culture/147358

A pre-HIspanic metal assemblage from the Nusta Hispana site in Peru:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67309

Mapping sites reveal a network of 417 Maya cities in Guatemala ca 1000 BCE:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/05/20/mayan-civilization-pyramid-discoveries-guatemala/
https://news.yahoo.com/archaeologists-discover-lost-world-417-112600870.html

More on that 4000 years bp temple complex revealed in Peru:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-13/archaeologists-discover-4-000-year-old-temple-discovered-in-peru/102342980
https://www.laprensalatina.com/andean-cross-found-at-peru-temple-ruins-may-be-oldest-ever/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11440-230516-peru-temple-chacana

More on the 500 years bp 'ritual bath' complex from Peru's Huanuco Pampa region:

https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/peruvian-archaeologists-unearth-500-year-old-inca-ceremonial-bath-2023-04-14/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11384-230419-peru-inca-bath

More on the statue of the Mayan god K'awiil found a couple weeks ago:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/rare-maya-statue-kawiil-mexico-2295032

More on that recently-found Maya 'scoreboard':

https://theconversation.com/archaeologists-discover-ancient-mayan-board-game-heres-what-it-can-teach-modern-educators-205715
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-archaeologists-ancient-mayan-board-gamehere.html

Feature on the pre-Columbus populations of the US Virgin Islands:

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-diversity-ethnic-groups-virgin-islands.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/18/surprising-diversity-of-ethnic-groups-in-the-virgin-islands-before-columbus/

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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 ============================================================
Feature on dogs in the Bible:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/what-does-the-bible-say-about-dogs/

A 'hidden dog' image in a Picasso:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/arts/guggenheim-picasso-dog.html https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/picasso-le-moulin-de-la-galette-lapdog-scans-guggenheim-1234668343/
https://tvpworld.com/69843250/hidden-dog-discovered-in-early-picasso-masterpiece

Folks are chatting, apparently, about a stained glass window in a Rhode Island church which depicts a dark-skinned Jesus:

https://apnews.com/article/jesus-christ-stained-glass-dark-skinned-49c3d84ab5a939beba621bc1ae54eda0

The Titanic has been given the 'full-sized scan' treatment:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65602182 https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/titanic-digital-twin-underwater-scanning-intl-scli-scn/index.html
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/titanic-shipwreck-captured-in-first-full-digital-scan-183254https://www.npr.org/2023/05/20/1177056829/titanic-scan
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67306

Hyping the 'Big Bronze Age Boat Build' project:

https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/big-bronze-age-boat-build-project-starting-soon-at-stanwick-lakes-4147561

Feature on folks who do roof thatching:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230518-the-masters-of-a-5000-year-old-craft

Feature on assassination attempts on Queen Victoria:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230519-how-assassins-revealed-a-hidden-side-to-queen-victoria

More on the possible identification of the bridge in the Mona Lisa:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mona-lisas-other-secret-where-the-portrait-was-painted-may-have-been-solved-by-an-art-historian-using-drone-imagery-2295026

Review of Brooke Kroeger, *Undaunted*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/13/books/review/undaunted-brooke-kroeger.html ============================================================
CURRENT EVENTS:
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Oxford has removed the Sackler name from its various buildings:

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/may/16/oxford-university-cuts-ties-with-sackler-family-over-links-with-opioids
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/world/europe/oxford-sackler.html https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65613128 https://hyperallergic.com/822471/oxford-university-drops-sackler-name-sort-of/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/16/oxford-university-remove-sackler-name-opioid-scandal/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/oxford-university-ashmolean-museum-sackler-family-opioids-1234668349/
https://www.artforum.com/news/university-of-oxford-severs-ties-with-sackler-family-90560
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/05/17/after-close-ties-revealed-university-of-oxford-drops-sackler-name-from-museum-and-librariesbut-keeps-the-money

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

https://www.thecollector.com/aristotle-life-works-philosophy/

Aristotle on friendship:

https://theconversation.com/three-lessons-from-aristotle-on-friendship-200520

Feature on Epicurus:

https://theobjectivestandard.com/2023/05/living-for-pleasure-an-epicurean-guide-to-life-by-emily-a-austin/
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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China's Hidden Century:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/may/16/chinas-hidden-century-british-museum
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/chinas-hidden-century-british-museum-review/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chinas-hidden-century-review-lovely-loot-but-far-too-much-of-it-j5rd6mwrf
https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/exhibitions/chinas-hidden-century-british-museum-review-b1081296.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/18/british-museum-s-big-china-show-treads-on-tricky-ground/93b1d0a0-f537-11ed-918d-012572d64930_story.html

Luxury and Power:

https://the-past.com/feature/power-or-decadence-luxury-under-the-achaemenids-athenians-and-alexander-the-great/

Sarah Bernhardt:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/paris-exhibition-celebrates-sarah-bernhardt-the-first-modern-celebrity-180982174/

Alexandria:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/500991.aspx

Feature on the Sanxingdui Museum:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-05/18/content_85380376.htm

Feature on the Archaeological Museum of Eleusis:

https://www.nysun.com/article/unpacked-a-little-greek-museum-of-mysteries-gets-a-modern-makeover

Kythnos now has an archaeological museum:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/multimedia/images/1211043/kythnos-finally-gets-its-archaeological-museum/

The British Museum has dropped references to the 'Rosetta Project' from its plans:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/05/18/british-museum-drops-reference-to-the-rosetta-stone-from-title-of-major-refurbishment-plans
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-british-museum-quietly-drops-rosetta-stone-tagline-b1082336.html

The Rijksmuseum has acquired a 17th century ruby red glass drinking cup:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67284

More on the Met hiring a 'provenance research team':

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/05/16/new-york-met-hires-provenance-team-to-return-looted-artefacts

... and Berlin museums seem to have the same idea:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/05/17/berlin-museums-to-look-into-origins-of-archaeological-collections

The GEM now says 50% of the 'major artefacts' have been installed:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/1238/501271/Egypt/Tourism/-of-major-artefacts-installed-at-Grand-Egyptian-Mu.aspx

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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
As expected, the auction of the Codex Sassoon brought in a major price:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-65632624 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/18/hebrew-bible-codex-sassoon-auction-38m
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/arts/oldest-bible-sothebys.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oldest-bible-codex-sassoon-sold-auction-sothebys-for-38-1-million/
https://www.nysun.com/article/the-most-expensive-book-ever-auctioned-is-a-hebrew-bible-and-its-going-to-israel
https://news.artnet.com/market/codex-sassoon-sothebys-33-million-2303575

Big bucks for a Ming Dynasty cloisonne box from someone's attic:

https://news.artnet.com/market/rare-ming-dynasty-cloisonne-box-attic-discovery-auction-2305463

A pair of long-unseen Rembrandt portraits is coming to auction:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rembrandts-auction-rediscovered-christies-200-years-after-sold/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/christies-auction-two-rembrandt-portraits-private-collection-unearthed-200-years-1234668189/
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/video/peopleandplaces/2-previously-unknown-rembrandt-paintings-set-to-go-up-for-auction/vi-AA1bg2my
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rembrandt-portraits-discovered-180982186/

Arguing over the possible Nazi-loot provenance of a Tiepolo at Sotheby's:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/arts/design/sothebys-provenance-nazi-art.html
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ON THE DNA FRONT
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Using DNA to track migration patterns of ancient Mexican civilizations:

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-dna-migration-patterns-ancient-mexican.html ============================================================
THE TECHY SIDE
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Feature on the use of satellite technology in archaeology:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/archaeology-digital-technology-ancient-ruins-b2335416.html

Feature on using imaging technology to recover lost texts:

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/26/1176770979/how-imaging-technology-is-recovering-damaged-texts-and-rewriting-history
https://www.wbur.org/npr/1176770979/how-imaging-technology-is-recovering-damaged-texts-and-rewriting-history

More on the facial reconstruction of a 30 000 years bp Egyptian:

https://mymodernmet.com/reconstructed-face-nazlet-khater-2/

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Kangra Fort:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/destinations/kangra-fort-this-fort-in-himachal-might-have-treasure-worth-crores-hidden-in-plain-sight/articleshow/100247242.cms

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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ============================================================
Another item on the Netflix Cleopatra:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2023/05/12/queen-cleopatra-looks-netflix-controversy/
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CRIME BEAT
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Five people were arrested in the act of digging illegally at the Enot Shuim site near Nazareth:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/authorities-capture-5-suspected-of-robbing-2000-year-old-archaeological-site/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-743056 https://www.jns.org/thieves-caught-robbing-2000-year-old-galilee-archaeological-site/

That person who spray-painted at the Jerash site a few weeks ago was sentenced:

https://www.jordannews.jo/Section-109/News/Criminal-sentenced-for-vandalizing-Jerash-ruins-28647
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2023/05/15/man-jailed-for-a-year-for-vandalising-jordans-roman-columns/

Four metal detectorists caught illegally looking around the Baylham Roman Site pleaded guilty this week:

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23528814.detectorists-targeted-baylham-roman-site-plead-guilty/

A 'carefully planned theft' from Sheffield's Kelham Island Museum:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/05/19/hunt-underway-in-sheffield-after-precious-artefacts-stolen-from-city-centre-museum-in-daybreak-heist

More on the gang stealing church silver in the UK:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1343/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1343/pub/1343/page/82/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 ============================================================
351 items associated with Robin Symes are being returned to Greece after a 17 year legal battle:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65657620 https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/05/20/ministry-of-culture-announces-repatriation-of-351-antiquities-and-ceramic-wares-to-greece/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/20/hundreds-looted-antiquities-returning-greece/
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1211429/looted-antiquities-to-return-greece-after-17-year-legal-battle/
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3221273/greece-recovers-hundreds-priceless-antiquities-british-art-thief-after-17-year-legal-battle
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-21/greece-recovers-hundreds-of-artefacts-from-art-thief/102373896

Iran is seeking back a looted Sassanid relief from the UK:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/484712/Measures-taken-to-return-looted-Sassanid-relief-home-from-England

Russia is returning a 15th century icon to the Orthodox Church:

https://www.easternherald.com/2023/05/15/trinity-andrei-rublev-returned-to-the-russian-orthodox-church/

The Hermitage is returning the silver sarcophagus of St Alexander Nevsky to the church named for him:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/05/17/hermitage-returns-monumental-silver-sarcophagus-of-saint-alexander-nevsky-to-the-russian-orthodox-church

Australia retuned a number of Gandhari Buddist manuscripts to Pakistan:

https://dailytimes.com.pk/1094236/gandhari-buddhist-manuscripts-from-1st-bc-to-3rd-ad-handed-over-to-pakistan/

A private collection of Cypriot artifacts in Sydney are being returned to Cyprus:

https://greekherald.com.au/news/private-collection-of-cypriot-artefacts-in-sydney-to-be-returned-to-cyprus/

The US returned a number of items to Cyprus:

https://famagusta-gazette.com/2023/05/19/repatriation-of-cypriot-antiquities-from-usa-completed/

Feature on museums' search for Nazi-looted art in their collections:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/may/20/fears-looted-nazi-art-may-still-be-hanging-in-belgian-and-british-galleries

The Met returned some smuggled antiquities to India:

https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/new-yorks-met-returns-smuggled-indian-artefact-how-it-happened-8613676/
https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/national/met-museum-15-of-77-stolen-indian-artefacts-returned-to-india
https://swarajyamag.com/news-brief/metropolitan-museum-of-art-in-new-york-says-16-smuggled-antiquities-returned-to-india

The US returned a huge 2500 years bp Olmec sculpture to Mexico:

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-states-earth-monster-olmec-sculpture.html https://apnews.com/article/mexico-us-olmec-sculpture-returned-2060b40eb903e83cb65bb169fbbfec7d
https://www.denverpost.com/2023/05/20/mexico-repatriation-monument-9-earth-monster-colorado-collector/
https://www.cpr.org/2023/05/20/olmec-sculpture-mexico-repatriation-from-denver/

The US returned a pair of stone figures to Iraq:

https://manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-returns-two-ancient-stone-figures-to-iraq/

India is ramping up efforts to repatriate the Kohinoor diamond and other items:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/05/15/india-to-launch-largest-ever-repatriation-campaign-against-uk-for-return-of-heritage-looted-during-colonial-rule
https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/art-and-culture/india-plans-repatriation-of-kohinoor-diamond-and-other-colonial-artefacts
https://www.dailyo.in/news/kohinoor-and-the-many-indian-artefacts-looted-by-the-west-on-display-in-world-museums-now-39783
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bring-back-the-koh-i-noor-diamond-parliamentary-panel-recommends/article66866564.ece

... related OpEd:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/will-india-ever-get-back-the-koh-i-noor-diamond/

The Asante king has asked the British Museum to return gold to Ghana:

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65614490 https://www.modernghana.com/news/1231583/otumfuo-british-museum-confer-on-return-of-asant.html
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/05/17/ghana-asks-british-museum-to-return-gold-as-repatriation-calls-grow-stronger
https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/18/ghana-british-museum-return-gold/

Some San Diego residents returned a number of pre-Hispanic items which they had inherited to Mexico:

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/san-diegans-return-pre-hispanic-artifacts-to-mexico-after-inheriting-them-from-family/3229708/

More on the UK returning 6000 'borrowed' antiquities to Iraq:

https://famagusta-gazette.com/2023/05/18/iraq-recovers-6000-antiquities-that-britain-borrowed/

Feature on why returning the Benin Bronzes is so 'complicated':

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/why-returning-the-benin-bronzes-is-so-complicated-j2m8ffz23

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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n20.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n21.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Graeme Clarke:

https://humanities.org.au/our-community/vale-graeme-clarke-ao-faha-1934-2023/

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3280-audio-news-from-archaeologica-may-7th-through-13th-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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