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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
Feature (podcast) on the influence of the Ottoman Empire on the present day:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/books/review/podcast-gods-shadow-ottoman-empire-alan-mikhail-secret-life-groceries-benjamin-lorr.html

In case you issed the feature on the role of psychedelics in the 'origins of Western civilization':

https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/life-examined/ancient-greece-psychedelics-mental-health-therapy/brian-muraresku-psychedelics-greeks-romans-christians-immortality

TAU is preserving Biblical texts associate with Ethiopian jews:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/ethiopian-jewrys-biblical-texts-are-disappearing-tau-is-saving-them-646348

What archaeology reveals about the Anthropocene:

https://aeon.co/essays/revolutionary-archaeology-reveals-the-deepest-possible-anthropocene

Marking the 500th anniversary of Magellan's circumnavigation:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2020-10-21/navegando-los-500-anos-del-estrecho-de-magallanes.html

Feature on Yale's gargoyles:

https://mailchi.mp/dailynutmeg/education-grotesque-gargoyles-yale-university-creature-features?e=2c38baa027

In case you needed a project to cast pewter:

https://makezine.com/projects/beskar-ingots-witcher-coins-from-laser-cut-billet-molds/

Feature on Gertrude Bell:

https://www.sunderlandecho.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/gertude-bell-washington-woman-who-changed-world-history-3013584

Feature on some female philosophers:

https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/perspective/20201020-philosopher-queens-discovering-forgotten-female-thinkers

Feature on what we learn from 'ancient toilets':

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ancient-toilets-microbiome

Feature on Persianate 'adab':

https://psyche.co/ideas/persianate-adab-involves-far-more-than-elegant-manners

Feature on Max Jacob:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/books/review/max-jacob-rosanna-warren.html

Some lost letters of Robert Louis Stevenson have shown up:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/oct/25/lost-letters-reveal-jm-barrie-and-robert-louis-stevensons-mutual-affection

On the origins of languages:

https://mosaicmagazine.com/observation/history-ideas/2020/10/do-all-human-languages-derive-from-a-single-source/

On the mysterious Moodus Noises in East Haddam (Connecticut):

https://www.wshu.org/post/path-mysterious-moodus-noises#stream/0

Feature on assorted Christian traditions about the antichrist:

https://theconversation.com/five-things-to-know-about-the-antichrist-148172

On the effects of 'colonialist cosplay':

https://hyperallergic.com/595896/how-academics-egyptologists-and-even-melania-trump-benefit-from-colonialist-cosplay/

In case you were still wondering what archaeology is:

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/articles/what-archaeology-is-and-how-to-become-an-archaeologist

Review of a book on the history of using human skin in bookbinding:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/books/review/dark-archives-megan-rosenbloom.html
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/21/925832512/dark-archives-explores-the-use-of-human-skin-in-bookbinding

More on plans to recover the Titanic's radio raising concerns about human remains:

https://phys.org/news/2020-10-titanic-radio-spurs-debate-human.html https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Plan-to-retrieve-Titanic-radio-spurs-debate-on-15656530.php
https://www.startribune.com/plan-to-retrieve-titanic-radio-spurs-debate-on-human-remains/572787832/

More on that Russian shipwreck connected possibly with the remains of the Amber Room:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/shipwrecked-nazi-steamer-found-180976119/

Review of Judith Flander's book on the rise of use of alphabetical order:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/books/review/a-place-for-everything-judith-flanders.html
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Torlonia Marbles:

https://eu.greekreporter.com/2020/10/18/ancient-greek-and-roman-statues-re-emerge-after-decades-in-storage/
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/unique-torlonia-collection-greek-roman-095216467.html https://www.ft.com/content/47ab20a1-5717-4f87-acb8-b4ddca059a49

... and Bulgari's role in it:

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/bulgari-and-david-chipperfield-join-forces-to-bring-priceless-roman-treasures-back-to-life

Thermopylae and Salamis:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/10/21/major-new-archaeological-museum-exhibit-celebrates-battles-of-thermopylae-and-salamis/
https://orthodoxtimes.com/exhibition-for-the-2500-year-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-thermopylae-and-the-naval-battle-of-salamis/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/10/23/glorious-victories-exhibition/

Tantra:

https://inews.co.uk/culture/arts/tantra-british-museum-london-review-exhibition-731412

Uninvited Guests:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/19/prados-first-post-lockdown-show-reignites-debate-over-misogyny
https://www.museodelprado.es/en/whats-on/exhibition/uninvited-guests-episodes-on-women-ideology-and/197d4831-41f1-414d-dbdf-5ffd7be4cc3f

Pompeiian Frescoes:

https://oklahoman.com/article/5674165/ancient-rome-coming-to-oklahoma-okc-museum-of-art-to-host-landmark-exhibit-the-painters-of-pompeii
https://journalrecord.com/2020/10/20/on-the-town-roman-antiquities-exhibit-headed-for-museum-of-art/

Arctic:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/british-museum-hosts-exhibition-indigenous-arctic-artifacts-180976125/

Women in British Art:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tudor-portraitist-bloomsbury-group-exhibition-spotlights-500-years-women-british-art-180976115/

Ray Harryhausen:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/oct/22/ray-harryhausen-special-effects-titan-of-cinema-monsters-cyclops-skeletons

Feature on the Troy Museum:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/reviews/troy-museum-unique-journey-into-layers-of-ancient-citys-legends-myths

Feature on the Louvre:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/10/26/in-love-with-the-louvre

How the Uffizi is using TikTok:

https://elpais.com/icon-design/2020-10-18/adios-academia-hola-tiktok-la-estrategia-sin-complejos-con-la-que-la-galeria-uffizi-ha-duplicado-los-visitantes-jovenes-en-tres-meses.html

Hyping a new Greek museum coming to Melbourne:

https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/41848-melbourne-set-for-new-greek-museum-which-could-compete-with-the-planet-s-best.html

Really a crime story but there has been some serious vandalism at museums in Berlin and a conspiracy theory behind them:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/21/berlin-vandalism-of-museum-artefacts-linked-to-conspiracy-theorists
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/germany-museums-conspiracy-theory-attila-hildmann-pergamon-covid-b1205991.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54626632 https://www.wpxi.com/entertainment/report-exhibits/G3KDMZ7IFQD357MPOJGAETIAVA/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/berlin-museum-vandalism-germany/2020/10/21/2cb1e194-1383-11eb-a258-614acf2b906d_story.html
https://www.thenationalherald.com/archive_general_news_greece/arthro/five_in_n_greece_arrested_while_looting_archaeological_site-1038797/
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/21/926200421/nearly-70-artifacts-apparently-vandalized-at-berlins-museums
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/oil-attack-on-berlin-s-museum-island-damages-sarcophagi-and-paintings-die-zeit-reports
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/10/mysterious-vandal-attacks-at-berlin.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/10/23/berlins-museum-island-mystery-attack-on-70-artefacts/

Pondering the display of human remains:

https://hyperallergic.com/595456/should-we-be-displaying-the-dead-bodies-of-preserved-ancestors/
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ================================================================
A Caratacus coin is expected to fetch a good price at auction:

https://www.edp24.co.uk/features/heritage/caratacus-important-iron-age-coin-up-for-auction-in-norwich-1-6895754
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8874885/Iron-Age-coin-depicting-warlord-Caratacus-set-fetch-30-000-auction.html
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gold-coin-of-warrior-caratacus-who-resisted-the-romans-ml6nqbfg8
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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
Feature on the DNA of ancient plagues:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/solving-the-mysteries-of-ancient-plagues/

In case you missed the study of the DNA of the folks in the 'Six-headed Chief burial' in Scotland:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-54552907 http://www.archaeology.org/news/9149-201019-scotland-multiple-burial ================================================================
CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
More on sites emerging from melting alpine glaciers:

https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/44585/20201018/valuable-archeologic-sites-emerge-melting-glacier-ice.htm
https://www.sciencealert.com/melting-alpine-glaciers-yield-archaeologic-troves-but-clock-ticking
https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-environment/melting-alpine-glaciers-yield-archeologic-troves-but-clock-ticking-1.5148010
https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1348719/archaeology-news-melting-alpine-glaciers-evg
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TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Mada'in Saleh:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20201022-saudi-arabias-little-known-ancient-civilisation

Galatas:

https://www.argophilia.com/news/a-workable-vision-of-minoan-greatness-reborn-on-crete-island/227447/

Nean Moni Monastery:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/10/21/nea-moni-monastery-an-historical-treasure-on-the-greek-island-of-chios/

Villingen-Schwenningen:

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-from-a-to-z-villingen-schwenningen/g-54081950

Christian sites in Turkey:

https://www.dailysabah.com/gallery/sacred-and-biblical-christian-sites-in-turkey/images

Hermopolis and Tuna Al-Gabal:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/32/99/388509/Folk/Special-Files/Hermopolis-and-Tuna-AlGabal.aspx

Pondering sustainability of tourism in Greece during COVID-19 times:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/10/21/nea-moni-monastery-an-historical-treasure-on-the-greek-island-of-chios/
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ================================================================
On the Mellon Chansonnier at the Beinecke:

https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/collections/highlights/mellon-chansonnier

On efforts to 'fullname' classical composers:

https://slate.com/culture/2020/10/fullname-famous-composers-racism-sexism.html

Funding for the Globe:

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54664097

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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ================================================================
Barbarians:

https://www.radiotimes.com/news/on-demand/2020-10-22/barbarians-true-story-netflix/
https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1350591/Barbarians-Netflix-cast-Who-is-in-the-cast-of-Barbarians-series-evg
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CRIME BEAT
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Five men arrested looting a site near Thessaloniki:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/archive_general_news_greece/arthro/five_in_n_greece_arrested_while_looting_archaeological_site-1038797/

Egyptian police foiled a smuggling attempt at the port of Alexandria:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/388949/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/In-Photos-Egyptian-authorities-foil-attempt-to-smu.aspx

Police in the UK recovered a stolen Ming Dynasty vase:

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3106898/police-uk-recover-stolen-chinese-ming-dynasty-vase-worth-ps25

A 400 pound bronze wreath was stolen from the tomb of a former NY governor:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/400-pound-wreath-stolen-from-Samuel-J-Tilden-s-15671210.php

Turkey is currently contending with a rise in antiquities trafficking:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/in-restive-region-turkey-fights-rising-tide-of-antiquities-159384
https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/in-restive-region-turkey-fights-rising-tide-of-antiquities-trafficking/news
https://turkishpress.com/in-restive-region-turkey-fights-rising-tide-of-antiquities-trafficking/
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/in-restive-region-turkey-fights-rising-tide-of-antiquities-trafficking/2016111

Similar concerns in Cambodia:

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50776027/ministry-concerned-over-illegal-excavation-of-artefacts/

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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 ================================================================
Advice on how to return items to historic sites:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/return-stolen-artifacts

OpEd on returning items to Africa:

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/time-museums-return-artefacts-africa-19115308

More on the efforts to repatriate the plume of Moctezuma:

https://elpais.com/mexico/2020-10-18/el-penacho-de-moctezuma-o-como-recuperar-el-patrimonio-artistico-de-un-pais.html

More on the UK returning 5000 items to Iraq:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-10/23/c_139462569.htm https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/10/iraq-artifacts-kadhimi-british-government-return-looted.html
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on reading ancient Greek coins:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/reading-ancient-greek-coins/

Feature on Viking money:

https://www.lifeinnorway.net/viking-money/

Latest e-Sylum:

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

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v23/club_nbs_esylum_v23n43.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Joshua Blau:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/prof-yehoshua-blau-giant-of-semitic-languages-dies-at-101/

Mary Beaudry:

https://www.bu.edu/articles/2020/bu-mourns-the-loss-of-archaeology-anthropology-and-gastronomy-professor-mary-beaudry/

Elizabeth Banks:

https://www2.ljworld.com/life-events/obituaries/2020/oct/25/elizabeth-banks/

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

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3000-audio-news-from-archaeologica-october-11-through-october-17-2020

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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 ================================================================
Archaeosoup:

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

Archaeology Podcast Network:

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