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arrested-for-illegal-possession-of-antiquities-in-northwestern-greece

A long-running stolen book scam:

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-newton-principia-items-alleged-8m.html https://www.timesunion.com/news/science/article/Archivist-bookseller-cha rged-in-8M-rare-book-13091517.php

A podcast series on the Gardner Museum heist:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/arts/the-gardner-museum-heist-still-a -mystery-now-a-podcast.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Farts

Latest Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2018/07/culture-crime-news-9-15-j uly-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 guess expropriating a German castle from its Russian owner is
repatriation (?):

https://www.dw.com/en/german-castle-expropriated-from-russian-owner/
a-44701607

Germany returned a Maori head to New Zealand:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/german-museum-returns-preserve d-maori-head-new-zealand-180969634/

Egypt recovered 116 items from smuggling failures:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/54110/Antiquities-ministry-receives -116-archaeological-pieces http://www.egyptindependent.com/photos-ministry-of-antiquities-receives- 116-antiques-after-failure-to-smuggle-them-abroad/

(this one's confuising) Libya recovered some items from the US:

https://www.libyaobserver.ly/culture/libya-recovers-antiquities-united-s
tates

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Feature on the Tyrants Collection:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/best-in-show-ancients-of-the-tyrant-c ollection/

On Icenian coinage:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/the-die-is-cast-investigating-ice nian-coinage.htm

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n28.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n29.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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OBITUARIES
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James R. McCredie:

http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/news/newsDetails/ in-memoriam-james-r.-mccredie

Anne Olivier Bell:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jul/19/ anne-olivier-bell-obituary

Wesley D. Smith:

http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/dr-wesley-d-smith-88-former-clas sics-professor-at-the-university-of-pennsylvania-20180720.html

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

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/ 2759-audio-news-from-archaeologica-8-july-14-july-2018

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CONFERENCES
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CBA Wessex 60th Anniversary Conference (November 2018):

http://cba-wessex.org.uk/cba-events/annual-conference-2018/

Jews and the Americas (February 2019):

https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/1932330/jews-and-ame ricas-68th-annual-conference-center-latin-american

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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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Archaeosoup:

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

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/

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