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EXPLORATOR
Watching the Web for News of the Ancient World
Volume 3, Issue 43 -- February 25, 2001
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Aknowledgements: thanks are accruing to Mark Elliot, Judy Underwood, Ruth McGurk, Bill Phelps, Bill Kennedy and Patrick Rourke (hoping as always that I haven't left anyone out!).
OLD WORLD NEWS
There is evidence for the claim that the first domesticated animal was the goat:
The Egyptian State Information Service has a vague article on the search for Zarzora:
The Detroit News has a preview of the Royal Tombs of Ur exhibit:
The same source reveals the discovery of an Akhenaten-era statue of a priest and his wife:
... and a Mameluke-era water reservoir:
In case you missed it, the sun illuminated the image of Ramses II at Abu Simbel this week:
Cairo is coming under fire for bulldozing homes in the Valley of the Kings (and Queens):
A professional talk is getting some coverage -- it deals with the role water supply and water management had on the development of early civilizations:
Plenty of coverage of this one: the discovery of a 2nd-3rd century B.C./B.C.E. Greek (?) shipwreck in the deep water of the Mediterranean is challenging the theory that ships tended to hug the shore:
eKathimerini has a brief item on some smuggled items in Cyprus:
I missed this one last week: Frankfurter Allgemeine has a very nice feature on the Cleopatra exhibit at the Palazzo Ruspoli:
... and I might as well toss in this one from the same source on an Egyptian exhibition in Hanover (original date Jan. 30):
USAToday has a touristy piece on Carthage:
Also plenty of coverage of this one: analysis of bones have revealed that Rome had to deal with quite a malaria problem:
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The Warrington Guardian has an item on the discovery of a Roman site in the area:
The Telegraph reports on the return of a Roman statue of Diana:
There's also a big debate going on in Rome over suggestions that the Via dei Fori Imperiali should be moved:
The Independent reports on excavations of one of the Vikings' earliest settlements:
Recent excavations have demonstrated that the Great Wall of China is considerably longer than previously thought:
The Telegraph has a piece on the archaeological evidence for dissection of humans:
USNews has an interesting article on some new evidence for early Christianity in ancient China:
Xinhua's weekly newsbriefs on discoveries in China (via Northern Light):
NEW WORLD NEWS
The BBC has a piece on the looting of Mayan sites:
The Salt Lake Tribune has an interesting piece on how pioneer overlander types tended to their bodily functions en route:
The Chicago Tribune has a useful piece on endangered sites around the world:
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The Albuquerque Journal has an item on the Anasazi:
ON THE NEWSSTANDS
Egypt Revealed has a new online feature on crime and punishment in ancient Egypt:
Biblical Archaeology Review has new online content on controversy around the Qumran cemetery, excavating the tribe of Reuben, Dead Sea Scrolls copyright issues, Helios in synagogue mosaics, and other items:
Speaking of newsstands, does anyone know what's happened to Discovering Archaeology?
ON THE WEB
The Bible and Interpretation site has some items of interest, including an article by Finkelstein and Silberman (of The Bible Unearthed fame), a piece on Translating Exodus, and info on the Tel Hisban expedition:
CLASSICIST'S CORNER
One I missed: the Cinci Enquirer has a piece on Kathryn Gutzwiller's work on Greek epigrams:
Sicilian environmentalists vs the mafia in re Lake Pergusa:
Athens News has a nice feature on "the queen only Homer understood":
The Chicago Tribune has a piece on the Vatican's intention to make Isidore the patron saint of the Internet:
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The Trib also has a feature on a Roman re-enactment groups visit to a local school:
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FOLLOWUPS
Olympic rowing site row:
Tombs in Peru:
AT ABOUT.COM
N.S. Gill's latest is a review of Christopher Faraone's *Greek Love Magic*:
Kris Hirst's latest is on the growing gap between the public and archaeological types (and other cultural resource personnel):
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Janet Burns' latest is on second declension feminine nouns:
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