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explorator 4.33 december 16, 2001
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Thanks to Hugh Wilmott, Rick Pettigrew, Bill Kennedy, Arthur Shippee,
Mark Elliott, Maurice O'Sullivan, and Curtis B. Edmundson for
headses upses this week (a.a.h.i.h.l.n.o.o.)
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AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA
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Geologists are wading into the "collapse of civilizations" debate
again, this time suggesting earthquakes are the culprit:
There are plans to reconstruct the multi-phase temple at Tel Bassta:
A brief item from the Egyptian State Information Service mentions
the discovery of a pharoanic temple at Qantara Sharq:
... and they're *finally* going to build a new museum for some of
Egypt's more famous artifacts:
Road construction in Buckinghamshire has revealed the graves of
19 pre-Christian Saxons:
Italy is planning to open a high tech type museum which will
feature reconstructions of ancient sites:
There's an item from the University of Toronto on Chris Bruun's
research into Roman water quality:
AthensNews has a touristy feature on the Greek sites of Sicily:
National Geographic has a feature on Indonesia's giant statues:
The Yorkshire Post has a nice little report on the excavation of
Sheffield Castle:
Also on the castle front, archaeologists have started the search
for Edward I's fortifications at Linlithgow:
A number of 13th-century frescoes have been discovered in Siena:
AlphaGalileo has a news release on "ancient" (closer to medieval)
Russian footwear:
... and if you haven't seen it on your local news, they've
reopened the Leaning Tower of Pisa:
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THE AMERICAS
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The Birmingham News has a report on the excavation of Belle Mont
(a plantation site):
The Washington Post has a feature on a pre-Civil war market site
in D.C.:
There is a desire for more aboriginal representation in the Ohio
Historical Society's projects:
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ON THE NEWSSTANDS
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The Atlantic Monthly has a lengthy feature, "The Curse of the
Sevso Treasure":
cf:
There's (finally) a new issue of Mercator's World on the web, with
online features on the British Museum's "Lie of the Land" exhibit
and Nicholas Clapp's search for Sheba's palace:
US News and World Report has a cover story on the political side
of archaeology in the Holy Land:
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ON THE WEB
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The Bible and Interpretation site has a feature on the 2001
excavation season at Kursi:
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NEW ONLINE BOOKS
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Hehir and Dillon, *A Classical Lexicon for Finnegan's Wake*:
E.A. Wallis Budge, *The Queen of Sheba and her Only Son Menyelek*
(I had problems getting this one to work):
Matthew Arnold, *Culture and Anarchy*:
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ON THE ARCHAEOLOGY CHANNEL
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There's a video about the Adena people:
... and an audio commentary by Don Hardesty on what archaeology
can teach us about sustainable development:
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CRIME BEAT
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Cyprus is appealing to have its cultural artifacts returned:
And the next salvo in the Elgin Marbles saga:
,,2-2001571064,00.html
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AT ABOUT.COM
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Archaeology Guide Kris Hirst's latest is on the Windover Bog
site:
Ancient History Guide N.S. Gill's latest is a review of *Imperial
Exits*:
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REVIEWS
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The Independent has a review of Jeremy Campbell, "The Liar's Tale:
A History of Falsehood":
The Telegraph has a review of a couple of books about Agatha
Christie's life as wife of an archaeologist:
... and what really is a review of Tim Eaton, *Plundering the
Past: Roman Stonework in Medieval Britain*:
,,61-2001570834,00.html
The Shawnee News-Standard has a review of Paul Maier, *The First
Chirstmas: The True and Unfamiliar Story*:
The Times has a review of John Ray, *Reflections of Osiris* (and a
first chapter):
,,70-2001572434,00.html
,,2001170001-2001572432,00.html
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CLASSICIST'S CORNER
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The Observer has a piece on Alford's claim that Plato just made
up the whole Atlantis story as a metaphor:
,6903,619567,00.html
130,000 young Spaniards a year watch ancient Greek theatre:
Peter Jones in the Spectator:
and Dot Wordsworth ibidem:
Radio Finland's Nuntii Latini
U.S. Weather in Latin:
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FOLLOWUPS
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70 000 year-old bone tools:
Bamiyan Buddhas:
,,2001560013-2001571125,00.html
Hunley:
Queen Anne's Revenge:
Submerged 'city' off Cuba:
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