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explorator 4.27 november 4, 2001
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Thanks to Daren Zehnle, Rick Pettigrew, Mark Elliott, Trevor Watkins,
Jorn Barger, Terrence Lockyer, Sally Winchester, for headses upses
this week (a.a.h.i.h.l.n.o.o.)
... this thing just gets bigger every week!
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AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA
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Some Roman-era tombs have been found near Siwa:
A large Iron Age fortress has (finally?) been found in Yorkshire:
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A Viking sword has be found in central Oslo:
The People's Daily has a brief item on the discovery of a tomb
dating to the Northern Song dynasty:
China Daily has a tantalizingly brief report on the discovery of a
'relievo' depicting the Star of David and dating to the Song or Yuan
dynasty:
The New York Times has a good JNW piece on the effect current
events has had on various digs etc.:
... and in a similar vein (all different ... was there a
meeting or something?):
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THE AMERICAS
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Tourists will now get a chance to see a little-known mound made
by the Adeno people:
A ship found in waters near Panama may have once graced Columbus'
fleet:
A new dig in Deering Oaks (Maine) has high hopes of finding something:
A new suggestion about why ancient Arizonians built their houses
where they did:
The Houston Chronicle has a feature on a ship in Lake Miller which
might have belonged to John Lafitte:
A dig of what was believed to be a slave cemetery in Houma has
hit metal coffins (maybe):
Not sure where to put this one, but since it will probably have
more impact on this side of the pond ... UNESCO has passed a convention
protecting shipwrecks from pillaging and treasure hunters:
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ON THE NEWSSTANDS
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There's a new issue of British Archaeology on the web, with
features on the Plague, Medieval Shipbuilding, and Patiland
Cave, among other things:
Archaeology Today has a new article up on recent evidence for early
human habitation in Timor:
... and the Attirampakkam site in India:
... and I'm not sure if I mentioned their article on
the excavation of the site of the Battle of Towton:
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ON THE WEB
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The Bible and Interpretation site has an article by Jerry Reed called
"Excavating Jesus":
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ON THE ARCHAEOLOGY CHANNEL
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A new online video: "The Red Salt at Kanawha":
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NEWLY-ARRIVED ETEXTS
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Walter Pater, *Greek Studies: A Series of Essays* is a 1910 or
so MacMillan text with a collection of essays on matters mythical
and art historical:
Idem, *Marius the Epicurean* ... two volumes:
Idem, *The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry* has a miscellany of
things, but of interest to us are two essays on Winckelmann:
The Christian Classics Ethereal Library has recently added the
"Life of Flavius Josephus":
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AT ABOUT.COM
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Archaeology Guide Kris Hirst's latest is on the "Archaeology of
Death":
Ancient History Guide N.S. Gill has a guest-written piece on
Republican Roman Construction:
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REVIEWS
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AthensNews has a review of *Aegean Olympic Victors in Antiquity*:
The Independent has a review of Barry Cunliffe, *The Extraordinary
Voyage of Pytheas the Greek*:
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EXHIBITIONS
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The Field Museum in Chicago is the latest to host the "Cleopatra
of Egypt: From History to Myth" exhibit. They've got a nice little
online thing at (which wasn't working this a.m., but might be
later today):
For a review of same (with a globalization thread holding it
together):
The University of Chicago Chronicle has a reviewish sort of thing
on the Oriental Institute's "Angle of Repose: Four American
Photographers in Egypt" Exhibit:
Everything is apparently happening in Chicago ... here's a review
of an exhibit on ancient food as evidenced from traces on cooking
utensils:
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CLASSICIST'S CORNER
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A review of a production of the Antigone now touring Britain:
An item from the Independent with classcon which argues that sex is not a
sign of decadence, but civilization:
An interesting item in the New York Times "How Islam Won, and Lost,
the Lead in Science":
Folks might like this touristy piece on the Tajik city of Khodand:
Plenty of classcon in an article on the demise of the drachma:
A Somerset village has an every-fifty-years ritual of slaying a
dragon ... perhaps there's some comparative material here:
Peter Jones in the Spectator:
Dot Wordsworth similiter:
Radio Finland's Nuntii Latini
U.S. Weather in Latin:
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OBITUARIES
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John Gould (not Gold as in one headline):
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FOLLOWUPS
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Elgin Marbles (yet another turn):
Mummy Making Methods:
Temple Booty funded Colosseum:
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