This weekly feature is a place to discuss new developments in fields of history and archaeology. This can be newly discovered documents and archaeological sites, recent publications, documents that have just become publicly available through digitization or the opening of archives, and new theories and interpretations.
Skin Proteins from Mummies Reveal How Ancient Egyptians Died
Human skeleton found on famed Antikythera shipwreck, scientists want to try and extract DNA from the bones
Looting? $283 Million Flow of Artifacts to US Revealed, this amount is just from Turkey and doesn't include other countries
A new book just came out that I found interesting.
This Vast Southern Empire by Matthew Karp.
The book analyzes the influence of Southern elites on US foreign policy during the Antebellum period.
I am really psyched about it and plan to make time to read it in the coming months.