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https://thecostaricanews.com/four-pre-columbian-tombs-found-in-route-extension-in-costa-rica/

Peru opened Machu Picchu for a single tourist stranded by COVID:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-54518628 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/12/machu-picchu-peru-opens-one-tourist
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/jesse-takayama-machu-picchu-intl-hnk/index.html
https://www.dw.com/en/peru-opens-machu-picchu-for-single-japanese-tourist/a-55251899
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/machu-picchu-reopens-single-stranded-tourist-180976047/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/10/16/machu-picchu-opened-for-a-single-tourist/

Mexico City took town a Columbus statue:

https://elpais.com/mexico/2020-10-10/el-gobierno-de-ciudad-de-mexico-retira-la-estatua-de-colon-a-dos-dias-de-la-conmemoracion-de-su-arribo-a-america.html

Feature on Tiwanaku:

https://smarthistory.org/tiwanaku-an-introduction/

Feature on Paracas textiles:

https://thecostaricanews.com/four-pre-columbian-tombs-found-in-route-extension-in-costa-rica/

Feature on the royal tombs of Sipan:

https://smarthistory.org/moche-royal-tomb-sipan/
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Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:

http://goo.gl/1VdeA

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/ ================================================================
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
Plans to digitize 180 years of Australian Jewish newspapers:

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/national-library-of-israel-to-digitize-180-years-of-australian-jewish-news-645562

The British Library has put George III's map collection online:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/british-library-makes-george-iiis-map-collection-available-online-9rnz20dw0

A Mosul archbishop who helped save manuscripts from Isis is nominated for a Sakharov Prize:

https://aleteia.org/2020/10/14/iraqi-bishop-who-saved-precious-manuscript-nominated-for-sakharov-prize/

I think we mentioned this Nazi-era shipwreck which may contain the contents of the Amber Room:

https://www.livescience.com/amber-room-nazi-wreck-poland.html

Feature on Mary Anning:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-54510746

Feature on how pandemics of the past have ended:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/18/how-do-pandemics-end-in-different-ways-but-its-never-quick-and-never-neat

On the history of rasam:

https://theweek.com/articles/943228/history-rasam--southern-indias-signature-peppery-broth

The AIA was marking International Archaeology Day:

https://www.archaeological.org/happy-international-archaeology-day-2/

On the archaeology/history of marijuana use:

https://www.sapiens.org/column/curiosities/archaeology-marijuana/

Decoding a Velasquez:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20201015-velzquezs-las-meninas-a-detail-that-decodes-a-masterpiece

Feature on how evolutionary theory is developing:

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2020/10/03/how-hybrids-have-upturned-evolutionary-theory

On Raphael's revival of Egyptian Blue:

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/forgotten-egyptian-blue-pigment-found-in-raphael-fresco/4012585.article

Interesting study of why assorted societies collapsed:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-10/fm-wgg100920.php https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8846747/Societies-good-governments-fell-harder-dictatorships-study-suggests.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/10/history-shows-that-societies-collapse.html

Comparing European response to the plague to modern times:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/coronavirus-plague-europe/2020/10/14/286af29c-07e9-11eb-8719-0df159d14794_story.html

OpEd on statue-toppling:

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/10/the_statuetoppling_craze_plagues_the_west.html

Review of Puchner, *Language of Thieves*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/books/review/the-language-of-thieves-martin-puchner.html

Review of Ross, *Wagnerism*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/books/review/wagnerism-alex-ross.html https://slate.com/culture/2020/10/wagnerism-review-alex-ross-richard-wagner-problematic-art.html

Review of Michael Strevens, *Knowledge Machine*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/books/review-knowledge-machine-irrationality-created-modern-science-michael-strevens.html

Review of Lafarge, *Chasing Chopin*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/books/review/chasing-chopin-annik-lafarge.html

Review of a couple of books about Churchill:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/books/review/the-churchill-myths-stephen-fielding-bill-schwarz-richard-toye-winston-churchill-a-life-in-the-news.html
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Origin of Urbanization:

https://www.albawaba.com/editors-choice/museum-umbria-jordan-archaeology-italian-spanish-eyes-1386670

ShUM on the Rhine:

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/new-exhibit-in-germany-highlights-the-rhines-medieval-jewish-history-645530

Arctic: Culture and Climate:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/oct/18/rare-mammoth-tusk-sculpture-on-show-for-first-time-in-arctic-display

Torlonia Marbles:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/14/arts/design/torlonia-collection.html https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-art-statues/ancient-statues-emerge-from-the-shadows-in-blockbuster-rome-show-idUSKBN26X1J8
https://www.thenationalherald.com/culture/arthro/torlonia_collection_of_ancient_greek_and_roman_marbles_displayed_in_rome_photos-1002621/
https://apnews.com/b46e20c35c9c1d88180ec582f1c3cf34 https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/torlonia-collection-of-ancient-marbles-displayed-in-rome/2020/10/12/a51c1e42-0c94-11eb-b404-8d1e675ec701_story.html
https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/10/13/torlonia-collection-of-ancient-greek-and-roman-marbles-on-display-in-rome/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/amp/news/torlonia-collection-the-last-great-private-collection-finally-opens-to-the-public

... and the palace which might house them in the future:

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/how-a-forgotten-roman-palace-near-the-colosseum-could-become-the-new-torlonia-museum.html

China doesn't want Genghis Khan mentioned in a Genghis Khan exhibit:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/14/china-insists-genghis-khan-exhibit-not-use-words-genghis-khan
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8840243/French-museum-says-China-demanded-Genghis-Khan-exhibition-not-use-name.html

OpEd on decolonizing museums:

https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/decolonising-the-museum/

More hype for the GEM:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/93086/Grand-Egyptian-Museum-to-be-1st-of-its-kind-in

A conflict of interest investigation at the Detroit Institute of Arts:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/14/arts/design/detroit-institute-of-arts-painting-loan.html

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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ================================================================
The Royal Opera House is auctioning off a David Hockney painting:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/10/12/the-royal-opera-house-london-is-auctioning-a-david-hockney-painting/

Big bucks for a Shakespeare First Folio:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54544737 https://www.cnn.com/style/article/shakespeare-first-folio-auction/index.html https://www.reuters.com/article/books-shakespeare/update-1-first-collection-of-shakespeares-plays-sells-for-almost-10-million-idUSL1N2H513C
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-industry-news-october-15-2020-1915690 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/shakespeares-first-folio-sells-ten-million-dollars-180976074/

A Roman Republican denarius collection is coming to auction:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/heritage-to-auction-roman-republican-denarius-collection/

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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
Interesting DNA study of remains from 13th-15th century burials from a cemetery at Portmahoack:

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18798242.ancient-burial-analysis-shines-light-scotlands-brutal-past/

In case you missed the DNA study of the inhabitants of the Gerdrup Grave suggesting they are mother and son:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/10/dna-testing-sheds-light-on-old-viking.html
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THE TECHY SIDE
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Feature on drone use in archaeology:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/drone-archaeology-finds-underground-earthworks
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TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Venice:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20201013-the-private-language-of-venice

Ulm:

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-from-a-to-z-ulm/g-54068820

Palazzo Rosso:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/travel/living-it-up-in-a-puglian-palace-8ngfktbl8

Londinium:

https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/lost-city-londinium-how-ruins-19083047 ================================================================
PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ================================================================
Barbarians:

https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/barbarians-netflix-series-trailer-released/ https://screenrealm.com/barbarians-trailer-netflix-german-series/

Antigone in Ferguson:

https://www.mugglenet.com/2020/10/jason-isaacs-stars-in-virtual-reading-of-antigone-in-ferguson/

There's a Napoleon biopic in the works:

https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2556865/gladiators-ridley-scott-and-joaquin-phoenix-are-reteaming-for-another-historical-drama

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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ================================================================
Documentary on some Templar caves found at Acre a few years ago:

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1346487/archaeology-news-knights-templar-secret-door-acre-israel-underground-cave-christian-spt
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CRIME BEAT
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Vandals defaced some 42 000 years bp petroglyphs in a cave in Turkey:

http://www.sfltimes.com/news/vandals-graffiti-over-prehistoric-cave-paintings

Revisiting that big art theft in Boston back in 1990:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/oct/11/the-gangster-vanishes-twist-in-hunt-for-worlds-largest-haul-of-stolen-art

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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 ================================================================
I think we mentioned this return of ancient coins to Greece from Germany:

https://news.gtp.gr/2020/10/06/germany-returns-smuggled-ancient-greek-coins-to-greece/

Latest Nazi loot returns:

https://www.wamc.org/post/artwork-stolen-nazis-found-upstate-ny-returned-heirs

On efforts to recover Moctezuma's 'plume' from an Austrian museum:

https://elpais.com/mexico/2020-10-13/el-museo-austriaco-que-conserva-el-penacho-de-moctezuma-descarta-que-el-tocado-regrese-a-mexico-al-menos-en-los-proximos-10-anos.html

On the Herzog family's efforts to recover a Nazi looted collection:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/arts/design/herzog-art-collection-nazis.html

More on those tiles being returned to Uzbekistan from the UK:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/oct/11/british-museum-to-repatriate-ancient-tiles-smuggled-into-uk-in-a-suitcase
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9144-201015-looting-repatriation-uzbekistan

Feature on African repatriation activists:

https://www.dw.com/en/how-african-activists-try-to-force-the-return-of-colonial-era-artworks/a-55296191
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on Greek coins of Olbia:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/olbia-ancient-greek-coins-of-the-black-seas-northern-coast/

Feature on Judea Capta coins:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/judaea-capta-subjugation-and-defeat-on-ancient-roman-coins/

In case you missed the hoopla about an Ides of March coin coming to auction:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/ngc-ancients-certifies-fabled-eid-mar-aureus-of-brutus/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v23/club_nbs_esylum_v23n41.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v23/club_nbs_esylum_v23n42.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Sadegh Malek-Shahmirzadi:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/453501/Celebrated-Iranian-archaeologist-Malek-Shahmirzadi-dies-at-80

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS ================================================================
Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/2997-audio-news-from-archaeologica-october-4-through-october-12-2020

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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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http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ ================================================================
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