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EXPLORATOR
Watching the Web for News of the Ancient World
Volume 4, Issue 3 -- May 20, 2001
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Thanks to Sally Winchester, Michael Ruggieri, Bill Kennedy, Alastair Miller, Mark Eliott, Albert Lusnia, 'mauros', Matt Connors, and Tim Spalding for the headses upses (a.a.h.i.h.l.n.o.o.):
N.B. A bunch of AOL users who subscribe to this newsletter didn't get it last week; I'd appreciate it if you are an AOL subscriber and you receive this if you could drop me a line ... thanks in advance.
OLD WORLD NEWS
There's another report out on the genetic origins of Europeans and others:
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The Times of India reports on the discovery of some submerged Harappan and pre-Harappan sites:
The Egyptian State Information Service has a brief item on the discovery of a 26th Dynasty tomb:
... and a fairly large feature on Ramses II:
Science Daily has a report on using engineering techniques to analyze Egyptian art:
The Guardian has a report on the pyramids as (with apologies to Led Zeppelin, I presume) stairways to heaven:
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... there's also a brief item on mastabas:
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There's been much buzz about this one: archaeologists may have found the remains of ancient Iolcus ... Jason's stomping grounds:
,,3-202515,00.html
We'll be hearing more about this one: "ARCHAEOLOGISTS believe that a girl whose skeleton was found buried at St Catherine's Point on the Isle of Wight may have been murdered during the Roman era."
Silbury Hill is about to be subjected to a 3D seismic scan:
Archaeologists have found stained glass which might be associated with Lady Godiva:
,4273,4186858,00.html
The discovery of a 17th century shipwreck might delay pipeline construction in Dublin Bay:
Not really archaeology or ancient, but interesting nonetheless is the claim that Anne Boleyn might have been pregnant when she was executed:
The Guardian has a feature on what a career in archaeology might involve:
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NEW WORLD NEWS
The Canadian company helping the Cuban government salvage/harvest shipwrecks off Cuba has apparently come across a sunken city (and yes, I've already heard folks on certain lists claiming things related to Atlantis ...):
Archaeologists have found traces of a lost civilization which apparently grew maize much earlier than previously thought (I'm not sure that sentence makes sense, but you get the idea):
Another New World site has been found to be substantially older than previously thought ... this time it's Chac:
A Reuters report suggests the collapse of Mayan civilization was linked to the solar cycle:
The Washington Post has a piece on projects being done by the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory:
The same source (and others) has (yet another) report on the threat to Peru's Nazca lines:
ON THE NEWSSTANDS
I seem to have missed these if they've been up before, but Discover Archaeology has a feature on the Scythians:
... and the La Belle shipwreck:
Egypt Revealed has Zahi Hawass' Giza Update (although I'm not sure there is anything new):
... and a feature on Egypt's oldest monastery:
ON THE WEB
The Bible and Interpretation site has a new feature on the archaeological remains at Bethsaida:
Here's a nice little portal-type site which came across my desktop this week ... it has links to museums in Australia and elsewhere which have antiquities collections:
I meant to include this one last weekend and forgot ... Idle surfing brought me to a very interesting French site with web broadcasts ... the program is called Cinema d'histoire and it is the sort of thing that we often see as 'history of ________ on film". For fans of the ancient world, there actually is some good stuff, as far as I've been able to preview it. You need realplayer, and should go to:
Click on 'cliquez ici' and a program will start on the 18th century portrayal of something that didn't interest me. If you click on 'emissions', however, you will get a list of shows upcoming (presumably on tv) which you can watch now. The one I watched was a 30 minute thing devoted to la destruction de Pompeii and included extracts from various films (mostly The Last Days of Pompeii); Catherine Salles was the guest who discussed matters of historicity and history ... good stuff (there's background stuff, bibliography, filmography etc.).
I note the 'Cycle Antiquite' also has programs devoted to the Iliad, Alexander the Great, and Spartacus ... worth a look if you can understand French and have a decent connection.
Another time consumer (well, it is a long weekend up here in Canada) ... the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Hellas has a nice multimedia thing on ancient Greek theatres. Access it from the MFAH main page and click on the 'read more' on the right hand side:
EXHIBITIONS
The BBC has a preview of an exhibition of Mughul jewellery:
AT ABOUT.COM
Ancient History Guide N.S. Gill's latest is on the house of Thebes:
Latin Guide Janet Burns' latest is on that chestnut dolor lorem ipsum:
CLASSICIST'S CORNER
The Guardian has a feature on the versatility of a Classics degree:
,4273,4188149,00.html
Also in the Guardian is a review of something called Secrets of the Dead which, well, has to be read:
,4273,4186782,00.html
... ditto a review of 'Gladiator Girl':
We don't often hear of Greek 'faires':
FOLLOWUPS
Ancient Alexandria:
Cleopatra's beauty:
Columbus finding Americas earlier:
Lost Asian Civilization:
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Hunley:
Karachi Mummy:
(cf. Archaeology Magazine's page devoted to this one: )
Marathon Olympic site:
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REGULAR FEATURES
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