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EXPLORATOR
Watching the Web for News of the Ancient World
Volume 4, Issue 5 -- June 3, 2001
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Editor's note: Depending on your mail software, some urls may wrap
(especially those from the Telegraph) which will require you to
rebuild the url at your end; if you get a 'file not found', check to see if
the url wrapped on you. Most urls should be active for at least eight hours
from the time of 'publicatio'.
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Thanks to John Hill, Sally Winchester, and Johanna Sandrock for headses upses this week (a.a.h.i.h.l.n.o.o.)
... a bit of a slow week, although we now how 2019 subscribers to the full newsletter!
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OLD WORLD NEWS
A Rabbi's use of archaeology has caused some consternation amongst the faithful:
The Jewish Magazine has a nice feature on ancient synagoges at Ba'ram and Capernaum:
The Sunday Times has a brief report on Newgrange:
The Guardian has coverage of a talk given by Barry Cunliffe, who railed against the view that ancient Britain was "backwards":
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A bronze age necklace has been found on a beach in Norway:
EurkeAlert alerts us to an upcoming 'dig' of the bronze age site of Bamboula:
Archaeologists have more evidence to confirm an Athenian site as being that of the Kynosarges Gymnasium:
A number of Dutch reports are covering (in Dutch, of course) the opening of a Roman-era lead coffin:
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Frankfurter Allgemeine reports (in English) on the recently-excavated temple of Isis-Cybele found near Mainz:
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An Alamanni cemetery has been found near Herrenberg (report in German):
A village in Bangalore is being dubbed "an archaeologist's dream":
A wooden board is helping to date the (somewhat mysterious) Katsumaya Mound:
The coffin of a 13th-century Spanish king has turned out to have two skulls in it (!):
The Scotsman is reporting on the discovery of what might be a 15th century shipwreck:
In a similar vein, Croatia plans to protect a number of shipwrecks (ancient and not so) from divers:
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The 'Napoleon was poisoned' theory is back in the news again:
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NEW WORLD NEWS
The Charleston Post (and others) has a report on the Topper site in South Carolina:
Anasazi cannibalism remains a hot topic:
The New York Times has a nice feature on the cause of the decline of the Maya:
The Houston Chronicle has a brief item on plans to thwart smuggling of antiquities from Mexico:
ON THE NEWSSTANDS
There's a new issue of Archaeology Odyssey out, with online features on the Bamiyan Buddhas and western features on Buddhas in Gandhara:
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CLASSICIST'S CORNER
Athens News has an interesting preview of an exhibit devoted to John Pendlebury (as does eKathimerini, it turns out):
The Boston Globe has a nice feature on classics at Boston College:
The Seattle Times has a touristy piece on Ephesus:
The Washington Post has an interesting piece on a scholar's study which coverts ancient weights (e.g. the talent) into their metric equivalent:
Looks like there's going to be some big time Asterix flix coming:
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EXHIBITION
The Royal Ontario Museum is hosting an exhibit called "Gift of the Gods: The Art of Wine and Revelry":
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AT ABOUT.COM
Ancient History Guide N.S. Gill's latest is on Seneca's views on health and sport:
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OBITUARIES
Dorothy Burr Thompson:
Graham Webster:
Ted Wright:
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FOLLOWUPS
Copan tomb:
'Lost' Inca city:
Marathon Rowing Row:
Mitochondrial DNA:
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Syphilis in Europe:
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