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Decolonising museums isn’t part of a ‘culture war’. It’s about keeping them relevant

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By Dan Hicks, The Guardian, 7 May, 2021. Let’s be open to the idea of returning stolen cultural objects, and remaking international relationships with honesty The dead don’t bury themselves. This is one of the first lessons that every student of archaeology must learn. A grave is never evidence of some Pompeii moment, a freeze-frame …

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What the earliest known burial discovery in Africa tells us about humans

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  TRTWORLD, 6 May, 2021 Archaeologists have discovered the grave of a child, “Mtoto”, who had been laid to rest 78,000 years ago. Little was known about the mortuary practices of Stone Age populations in Africa, but that’s changed now as scientists have discovered a child buried 78,000 years ago in the mouth of the Panga ya …

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Archaeologists in Italy Unearth Marble Bust of Rome’s First Emperor, Augustus

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By Nora McGreevy Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May, 2021. Researchers identified the sculpture based on the ancient ruler’s signature hairstyle and facial features Last week, construction workers conducting renovations in Isernia, a town in south-central Italy, unearthed a long-lost portrait of an ancient ruler: namely, a weathered marble head that dates to the days of the Roman …

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Ottoman sultan’s iconic portrait donated to Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality

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Daily News, 3 May, 2021 A rare 16th-century portrait of Suleiman the Magnificent, the longest-reigning Ottoman sultan, has been donated to the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality by an anonymous buyer after it fetched a hefty 350,000 British pounds ($481,000) of sale price in an auction in London last month. “Returning Home! The portrait of Suleiman the Magnificent, which was sold at a record price in …

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The young Jewish women who fought the nazis – and why you’ve never heard of them

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  By Adrian Hennigan, Tlaxcala, 2, February 2021 A powerful new book, ‘The Light of Days,’ reveals the tragic and audacious stories of fearless Polish women in Jewish resistance movements. Author Judy Batalion explains how a chance discovery helped changed her perception of the Holocaust It takes something special to be even more astounding than …

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