[continued from previous message]

http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Biblical-tomb-vandalized-with -Swastikas-in-Palestinian-village-547076

A bust in Spain involving a well-known dealer and ISIL loot
(apparently):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43571615 https://www.wsj.com/articles/spanish-police-detain-two-men-suspected-of- selling-antiquities-linked-to-islamic-state-1522327053

A bust in Sparta:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/227118/article/ekathimerini/news/sparti-poli ce-busts-antiquity-smuggling-ring-seizes-precious-statue http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/03/27/police-seize-stolen-ancient-g reek-artifacts-photos/ https://neoskosmos.com/en/113193/three-smugglers-of-precious-hellenic-an d-roman-antiquities-arrested/ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/antiquity-smugglers-arrested-trying-t o-sell-ancient-greek-statue-8zg9ql5ht http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/27/c_137069892.htm

More on tourist damage to a mosaic in Pompeii:

http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/tourist-damages-ancient-sit e-in-quest-for-good-photo/news-story/cfc2409995983628b38ac881c09f5612

Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2018/03/culture-crime-news-19-25- march-2018.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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I think we mentioned the return from the US to Egypt of some items
smuggled almost a century ago:

http://www.ecns.cn/2018/03-28/297302.shtml http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/27/c_137069950.htm

Germany returned some items to Viet Nam:

http://en.vietnamplus.vn/german-police-hand-over-antiquities-to-vietnam/ 128749.vnp http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/art-entertainment/198203/german-police- hand-over-antiquities-to-vietnam.html

... and to Cyprus:

http://cyprus-mail.com/2018/03/30/germany-returns-stolen-antiquities/ ================================================================
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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n12.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n13.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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Beethovenfest:

http://www.dw.com/en/why-beethoven-and-fate-go-together/a-43105633

Warrior Women:

http://msmagazine.com/blog/2018/03/29/true-histories-warrior-women/

Civilisations:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/31/civilisations-david-olusog a-european-kenneth-clark-series-review ================================================================
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Eleanor Winsor Leach:

https://classicalstudies.org/scs-news/memoriam-eleanor-winsor-leach-0

Louie Kamookak:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/29/inuit-oral-historian-who-p ointed-way-to-franklin-shipwrecks-dies-aged-58

Barbara Lewalski:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/obituaries/barbara-lewalski-87-milton -scholar-and-barrier-breaker-is-dead.html

Russell Freedman:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/obituaries/russell-freedman-88-writer -of-history-for-young-readers-dies.html

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Hidden Cultural Heritage (April 2018):

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

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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:

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