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Watching the Web for News of the Ancient World
Volume 4, Issue 1 -- May 6, 2001
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Our fourth year begins on a somewhat ominous note ... over the past week (as some of you know) I've been bombarded with the Badtrans virus from various sources, especially Explorator readers. The virus is delivered to anyone in your inbox whose mail you have not replied to (and of course, since you don't generally reply to this newsletter, I get the virus!). Fortunately I'm paranoid enough to have plenty of levels of security to prevent *me* from getting and subsequently sending the virus, but I encourage all readers of this letter to do update virus definitions (this thing's less than a month old) and do a scan. It will be greatly appreciated (by me and numerous others, I suspect). More info on the virus at (McAfee seems a bit behind on this one):
On a more positive note, our fourth year begins with us almost doubling our main subscriber base in one year (1943 subscribers as of this writing), which does not take into account, of course, the several email lists and the sci.archaeology.moderated usenet group to which Explorator is mailed, to say nothing of the several other email lists which get the 'lite' versions. By my (conservative) count, Explorator itself or pieces of it are seen by in excess of 9500 people every week, and it's still free (and doesn't accept advertising ... Yahoo adds something, but that is no benefit to me)!!! I don't know if that makes Explorator the most widely-read archaeological publication or not, but I'm sure you'll all forgive me if I crow a bit ...
Thanks to Jennifer Wees, Bill Kennedy, David Detrich, and Mark Elliott for the headses upses (a.a.h.i.h.l.n.o.o.)
OLD WORLD NEWS
A hitherto unknown ancient civilization has been discovered in Asia:
The Toronto Star has a feature on the Dead Sea Scrolls:
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The Egypt State Information Service has a feature on the search for evidence of the Exodus:
Salon has a feature on Bob Brier's work:
According to a Reuters report, a museum in Germany is going to return a number of bits of a pharoahnic coffin to Egypt, whence it disappeared back in the 1930's:
Here's a strange twist to the foot-and-mouth crisis in Britain ... a site used for burial of culled animals has revealed a Roman-era farmstead and some Bronze Age burial mounds:
The Guardian has an interesting report on new evidence that the Romans allowed/participated in human sacrifice in imperial times:
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There's an extended feature circulating on how climate change contributes to societal collapse:
The BBC has a report on the threat(s) to antiquities in the Crimea:
The Dawn has a similar piece on threats to sites in Peshawar:
The Times of India has a piece on the excavations at Tamil Nadu:
The Sydney Morning Herald has an interesting article on DNA tests done on "Mungo Man":
The new Biblioteca Alexandrina opened this past week:
NEW WORLD NEWS
An Alberta site has revealed evidence that prehistoric horses were hunted to extinction:
School renovations in Seattle have revealed an ancient midden and other signs of human habitation:
Archaeologists have discovered a slave dwelling in New York City:
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[cf. the article in the current issue of Archaeology magazine: ]
One I missed: UniSci has good coverage of Ken Kvamme's SAA presentation on the use of remote sensing technology in archaeology:
A Reuters newswire piece looks at recent developments in the salvage v. archaeology of sunken ships debate:
ON THE NEWSSTANDS
The latest issue of the Center for the Study of Architecture/Archaeology's newsletter is online, with several articles on the Center's Propylaea project, among other things:
Discovering Archaeology has some new online content, including a piece on the Wilson-Leonard site in Texas:
Egypt Revealed has a piece on Lady X:
... and Zahi Hawass' weekly update from Giza:
... and the workers who help excavate things in Egypt:
There's a new issue of Mercator's World out, with a focus on early maps of the Americas:
EXHIBITIONS
The Seattle Times has a review of "Treasures from a Lost Civilization: Ancient Chinese Art from Sichuan":
CNN has a review of the "Troy: Myth and Reality" exhibition in Stuttgart:
WEBSITES
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has an *excellent* website devoted to their Giza Archives Project; this link will take you to the 'overview' page, but you can literally spend hours poking around this one:
The Bible and Interpretation website has a couple of new articles up which are worth looking at, including Nachman ben-Yehuda on the "Masada Myth":
... and Paul Ash on "David, Solomon, and Egypt":
National Geographic is featuring a reprise of its excellent "At the Tomb of Tutankhamen" feature (requires flash, I believe):
CLASSICIST'S CORNER
There are a couple of tributes going on in Athens in honour of Michael Cacoyannis:
Virginia Wesleyan has hired its first classics professor:
AT ABOUT.COM
Ancient History Guide N.S. Gill's latest is on the emperor Elagabalus:
Latin Guide Janet Burns' latest is a piece on the emperor Tiberius:
FOLLOWUPS
Ancient Footwear from Utah:
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Asterix:
Caral:
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Karachi Mummy:
Macchu Picchu:
Roman Armour:
Seahenge:
Tutankhamen DNA:
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OBITUARIES
Margaret Jones:
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Paul Thieme:
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REGULAR FEATURES
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