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A Ghost of an Idea:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/the_first_scrooge

Charles II:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/07/charles-ii-exhibition-re veals-how-he-tackled-the-kings-evil

Hadrian and Athens:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/223889/article/ekathimerini/life/national-ar chaeological-museum-sheds-light-on-hadrians-world http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/28694-national-archaeolog ical-museum-in-athens-sheds-light-on-hadrian%E2%80%99s-world.html

Never Ending Stories:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20171204-the-ancient-symbol-that-spanne d-millennia

Mummy portraits:

http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/view/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibi tions/paint-the-eyes-softer.html

Perhaps not surprisingly, the Salvator Mundi is destined for the Louvre
Abu Dhabi:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/dec/07/world-record-da-vin ci-painting-to-be-exhibited-at-louvre-abu-dhabi http://www.dw.com/en/salvator-mundi-da-vinci-painting-that-sold-for-450- million-headed-to-louvre-abu-dhabi/a-41685659 http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42260985 http://www.cnn.com/style/article/record-breaking-da-vinci-painting-abu-d habi-louvre/index.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/12/07/leonardo-d a-vincis-salvator-mundi-which-sold-for-450-3-million-is-bound-for-the-lo uvre-abu-dhabi/ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/06/world/middleeast/salvator-mundi-da-vi nci-saudi-prince-bader.html https://elpais.com/cultura/2017/12/07/actualidad/1512617638_022215.html

The Frick has purchased its first painting in decades:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/05/arts/design/frick-buys-borghese-paint ing-gerard.html

The Getty is well-equipped to deal with fires:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/184144/las-getty-center-built-protect- greek-roman-antiquities-flames/ https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2017-12-06/las-getty- center-was-built-with-fire-protection-in-mind http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/society/28716-la%E2%80%99s-getty- center-to-protect-its-greek-antiquities-from-flames.html

Boston’s MFA has opened a gallery for Greece and Rome:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/art/2017/12/06/the-mfa-opens-classical- art-gallery/dXlvqMQ8bFK0N8AIrijoxO/story.html http://www.mfa.org/news/daily-life-in-ancient-greece

More on the BM’s plans for new storage facilities:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/british-museum-plans-to-open-storage-fac ilities-out-of-london/

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Using 3d imagery to study early butchering techniques:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/pu-nam120517.php https://phys.org/news/2017-12-approach-early-human-butchering.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171206090528.htm http://www.archaeology.org/news/6144-171206-butchery-mark-analysis

More on that high tech xraying of a mummy:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42218032

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Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ================================================================
TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Plovdiv:

http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/plovdiv-bulgaria/index.html

Bath:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/ england/articles/visiting-the-roman-baths-everything-you-need-to-know/

Mayan Guatemala (and Honduras):

https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/themes/adventure/99589601/Immersed-in-Gua temalas-Mayan-history http://www.philly.com/philly/living/travel/immersed-in-the-mayan-history -of-guatemala-and-honduras-20171208.html

Andes:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/travel/destinations/taking-the-high -road-over-theandes/article37220079/?cmpid=rss1

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Latest in the court case involving those Persian artifacts at the
Oriental Institute:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-iran/u-s-top-court-wary-ove r-allowing-seizure-of-ancient-persian-artifacts-idUSKBN1DY2E9 https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-justices-cast-doubt-over-hamas-bomb-vic tims-claim-to-iran-artifacts/ http://theartnewspaper.com/news/supreme-court-hears-arguments-in-claim-a gainst-iranian-antiquities https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2017/11/21/supreme-court-hear-case -surrounding-seizure-irania/

A sort of followup to a looting in Utah story from a while ago:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/12/05/pilfered-a rtifacts-three-suicides-and-the-struggle-over-federal-land-in-utah/

A vandalizing sites case from Arkansas:

http://www.boonevilledemocrat.com/news/20171205/two-charged-with-vandali zing-archaeological-site

A coin seizure at Cairo’s airport:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/35688/Cairo-Airport-thwarts-smuggli ng-of-28-historic-coins

… and another bust at the airport (not sure if this is the same as the above):

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/36129/Hurghada-Airport-thwarts-smugg ling-of-102-artifacts

Looting at Vernon Lake (Louisiana):

http://www.postsouth.com/news/20171202/looting-at-lake

Feature on the trafficking of Hopi artifacts:

https://psmag.com/tag/hopi

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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Peru has recovered some books taken by the Chilean army over a century
ago:

http://www.elmostrador.cl/cultura/2017/12/05/despues-136-anos-regresan-a -peru-invaluables-libros-que-fueron-sustraidos-por-el-ejercito-chileno-d e-la-biblioteca-nacional-de-lima/

Some jewellery taken from Angkor ages ago was returned:

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/angkor-jewellery-returned ================================================================
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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n50.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n51.html

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Ancient Coin Collecting:

http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

Ancient Coins:

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/ ================================================================
AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS ================================================================
Audio News from Archaeologica:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/ 2672-audio-news-from-archaeologica-26-november-2017-2-december-2017 ================================================================
OBITUARIES
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Vincent Scully:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/obituaries/vincent-scully-97-influent ial-architecture-historian-dies.html https://news.yale.edu/2017/12/01/memoriam-vincent-scully-beloved-teacher -helped-shape-nation http://theartnewspaper.com/news/vincent-scully-fervent-professor-of-art- of-architecture-has-died-aged-97

David Waterhouse:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/scholar-david-waterhouse-had- a-passion-for-japanese-culture/article37188177/

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CONFERENCES
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Theoretical Archaeology Group (Dec. 2017):

http://tag2017cardiff.org/

Hidden Cultural Heritage (April 2018):

http://www.cicop.net/hch/

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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS ================================================================
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:

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