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Blue Mountains (Australia):

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/australia-aboriginal-history-tour-blue- mountains-180963600/

Petroglyphs in Scotland:

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/jun/19/scotland-prehistoric-rock-carv ings-walking-holidays

Italian libraries:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/travel/italian-libraries-hidden-treasures- books-architecture-art.html?_r=0

Baths of Diocletian:

https://thewest.com.au/travel/europe/bathing-in-ancient-roman-history-ng-b884 09471z

Georgia (not the one in the US):

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/travel/music-ancient-history-in-the-cauca sus-georgia-turkey.html

Galapagos:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/travel/galapagos-islands-ecuador-afford able-vacation.html


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CRIME BEAT
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More on that thwarted Ottoman era Qurans smuggling attempt:

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2017/06/19/authorities-stop-five-ancient-handwritt en-qurans-illegally-smuggled-egypt/ https://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/egypt-smuggling-five-ottoman-era-qur ans-foiled-987500

A museum theft in New Jersey:

https://apnews.com/4c286e4e232e402992a205bfb4291d84

Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2017/06/culture-crime-news-12-18-j une-2017.html


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 ===============================================================
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Egypt marks a pile of successful repatriation efforts:

http://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-restored-archaeological-pieces/

The Aboriginal shield in the British Museum is becoming a saga:

https://hyperallergic.com/385885/why-an-australian-aborigine-wants-the-britis h-museum-to-return-his-ancestors-shield/

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NUMISMATICA
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A 4th century gold coin from Chattisgarh:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/raipur/rare-gold-coin-on-repose-techniq ue-unearthed-in-chhattisgarh/articleshow/59237784.cms

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n25.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n26.html


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Ancient Coin Collecting:

http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

Ancient Coins:

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/ ===============================================================
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PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED ===============================================================
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Feature on Felix Mendelssohn:

http://www.npr.org/2017/06/23/533805082/meet-felix-mendelssohn-composer- of-the-original-song-of-the-summer

Boston Early Music Festival:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/19/arts/music/review-boston-early-music-fe stival.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fmusic

Brooklyn Academy of Music has put a pile of materials online:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/arts/brooklyn-academy-of-music-puts-70 000-archive-materials-online.html

On some ‘Classical Couples’:

http://www.wqxr.org/story/5-classical-couples-gave-us-lovely-music/

… and some musical knives:

http://www.wqxr.org/story/listen-these-knives-can-carry-tune

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

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/ 2627-audio-news-from-archaeologica-11-june-2017-17-june-2017

Latest Strata: Portaits of Humanity:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/video-guide/strata-portraits-of-humanity/ 2626-strata-june-2017 ===============================================================
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OBITUARIES
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Ben Finney:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/17/us/ben-finney-dead-hawaii-tahiti.html?rr ef=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fobituaries


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CONFERENCES
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Canada Before Confederation: Early Exploration and Mapping (Nov. 2017)

https://independent.academia.edu/ConferenceCanadabeforeConfederationEarl yMappingandExploration14981763 ===============================================================
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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS ===============================================================
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Archaeology Magazine News Page:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/

About.com Archaeology:

http://archaeology.about.com/

Ancient Digger:

http://www.ancientdigger.com/

Archaeology Briefs:

http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/

Past Horizons:

http://www.pasthorizons.com/

Stonepages:

http://www.stonepages.com/news/

Taygete Atlantis excavations blogs aggregator:

http://planet.atlantides.org/taygete/

Time Machine:

http://heatherpringle.wordpress.com/ ===============================================================
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PODCASTS/VODCASTS ===============================================================
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Archaeosoup:

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

The Book and the Spade:

http://www.radioscribe.com/bknspade.htm ===============================================================
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