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explorator 4.35 december 30, 2001
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Thanks to Bill Kennedy, Arthur Shippee, Maurice O'Sullivan,
Chris Renaud, Mata Kimasitayo, and Charles Jones 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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If your head is still ringing from the noisy toys your relatives
gave your kids/inflicted on you, you will take some solace in
the fact that it appears noisy toys go back to the Bronze Age (or
not):
... and you might be interested in some factoids about New
Year's:
Al-Ahram has a piece by Zahi Hawass all about tomb robbers in
Egypt:
Hawass also took Tony Blair on a tour of monuments this week:
,,2-2001601782,00.html
,6903,625686,00.html
An ancient map has led to the discovery of pharoanic gold
mines in Egypt's eastern desert:
,,37-2001593723,00.html
There are plans in the works to build a mosaic museum in
Alexandria:
A Roman bathing complex has been found in Tel Al Louli:
John Noble Wilford has penned a very nice article on the Celtic
presence in Anatolia (specifically Gordion) in the second century
B.C./B.C.E.:
(cf.: )
... as well as a piece on Midas'Tomb and who might be therein:
A geophysical survey has revealed the remains of the ancient
Roman port of Rutupiae in Kent:
A geologist is claiming that Atlantis did exist, but it's story
was rather embellished by later cultures:
The Lebanon Daily Star has a piece on the challenges involved
in saving the archaeological past of Hasabya):
Here's a nice article on the challenges involved in doing
archaeology in Uzbekistan:
What is possibly a sixth-century burial site has been found
in Galway:
A number of medieval frescoes have been discovered in a tiny
church in a tiny village in Suffolk:
,,2-2001601499,00.html
Restoration work on a church in London has required the use of
archaeologists to help relocate a pile of bodies:
An article speculating on the existence of an ancient site under
a village in India:
There's a dispute over when the tomb of a Chinese empress should
be opened:
... and a Qing dynasty wine cellar has been discovered:
A brief item in Japan Today reveals that archaeologists are now
double checking sites previously excavated by Fujimura:
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THE AMERICAS
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The Orlando Sentinel has a piece on classifying Spanish coinage:
The Tampa Tribune reports on the discovery of artifacts during
the laying of a pipeline:
Here's a vague report on the discovery of some ancient remains
in Saskatchewan:
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ON THE NEWSSTANDS
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Archaeology Today has a new online article on seafarers of East
Africa:
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CRIME BEAT
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A somewhat unfocused article on looting of sites and related
arrests in Pakistan:
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AT ABOUT.COM
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Archaeology Guide Kris Hirst's latest is on Solstice festivals in
various cultures:
Ancient History Guide N.S. Gill's latest is a reprise of a
good article on Spartacus:
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REVIEWS
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The Independent has a review of Martin Bernal, "Black Athena
Writes Back":
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EXHIBITIONS
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The New York Times has a review of an exhibition of Esther Boise
Van Deman's photographs of Roman ruins at the turn of the
century:
The Lebanon Daily Star has a review of the Mar Mitr exhibition
(Roman era artifacts):
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CLASSICIST'S CORNER
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Folks might be interested in some early Greek reaction to the
adoption of the Euro:
Richard Saller has been named Provost of the University of
Chicago:
I suspect a classicist can answer the question in this column
about the seven hills:
Who says dead/non-existent languages aren't worth something?:
Even better: the Bangkok Post has an article on what the business
world can learn from ancient Rome:
Interesting piece in the Economist on the "triumph" of English:
Peter Jones in the Spectator:
... and Dot Wordsworth:
Radio Finland's Nuntii Latini
U.S. Weather in Latin:
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OBITUARIES
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G.P. Goold:
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FOLLOWUPS
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Bamaiyan Buddhas:
Erotic frescoes from Pompeii (this is a good one):
(readers of sufficient maturity might want to read Slate's
commentary on this article at:
)
Fort St. Louis:
Qantara Sharq:
Mummy Tooth DNA:
Temple Mount:
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