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Thanks to John McChesney-Young, Michael Ruggieri, Maurice
O'Sullivan, John McMahon, Reid Wilson, Karen Eva Carr, Terry Gibson, Paola
Raffetta,Ardle MacMahon, W. Richard Frahm,'alesmonetos',and Sally
Winchester 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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There have been a number of significant discoveries in
excavations near the Sphinx of late, including a "fully stocked and
functioning bakery":
... and at Saqqarah:
Also recently excavated are a pair of New Kingdom tombs:
The latest installment of "we've revived the recipe for ancient
Egyptian beer":
... and as a sidenote, the ancient Sumerian goddess Ninakasi
has lent her name to a 'female friendly' beer in the UK:
,6903,768670,00.html
Here's an interview with Rene Dreyfus, one of the curators
of the Eternal Egypt exhibition (now in San Francisco, or soon
to be there):
Gulf News has a nice overview of archaeology of the region:
The Guardian has an interesting not-quite-touristy but not-quite-
political-opinion with plenty of NearEastCon focusing on a visit
to assorted monuments in Iraq:
,2763,767576,00.html
A Roman-era woodworking plane has been found on the Yorkshire
Wolds:
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Excavations at Qumran have revealed a skeleton which some are
suggesting might be the 'Teacher of Righteousness' (and/or John the
Baptist):
Construction of the museum to house the Elgin Marbles in
Athens appears to be doing rather a lot of damage:
An interesting item which suggests excavations at Tel Rumeida
have more to do with politics than archaeology:
The remains of a first century 'giant' warrior have been found in
Kazakhstan:
A 'lost' Buddhist city has been found in Afghanistan:
,4057,4793829%255E1376
2,00.html
A 2500 B.P. city is being excavated in China's Anhui province:
There appears to be evidence (maybe) that Christianity had
reached China as early as 86 A.D. (!):
Those bamboo slips recently found in China (see Followups if you
missed the story) suggest there was an "express postal service"
in the third century B.C./B.C.E:
Welsh researchers are investigating how medieval medicine might
help us somewhat more modern types:
There's some rather disparate coverage of the dating of the so-
called 'Vinland Map' (you definitely have to read more than one of
these):
Bangkok is busy trying to save underwater sites from treasure
hunters:
,1870,135556,00.html?
The Tay River expedition is starting to find stuff:
They're talking about a new tourist centre for Stonehenge
(don't they do this once a year?):
Not sure how to classify this one (which I missed last week)
... the contents of Charterhouse School Museum, which includes
antiquities from Europe and the Americas, is being put up for auction:
,3604,763979,00.html
Also not sure, but there's a new theory about the identity of
Jack the Ripper:
,6903,764416,00.html
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THE AMERICAS
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Here's a piece on the prehistoric climate in (mostly) South
America:
Low water levels are giving access to a 6000 B.P. fish weir
in New Jersey:
A pre-Columbian mausoleum has been found in Mexico:
A Polish team is certain it has found El Dorado:
Once again, Mesa Verde was threatened by wildfires:
... and the fire revealed more sites:
,1713,BDC_2419_1302186,00.html
Will they ever finish St. John the Divine?:
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ON THE WEB
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An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology:
Classical Mythology Directory:
ASOR Newsletter (Summer 2002):
Transoxian 4 is out, with online articles (mostly in Spanish)
dealing with various subjects pertaining to the ancient Near East:
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NEW ONLINE BOOKS
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Charles Leland,*Etruscan Roman Remains in Popular Tradition*:
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CRIME BEAT
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A (somewhat grotty) head was stolen from the Greek Archaic
gallery at the British Museum:
Egypt is demanding the return of an item from the Virginia Museum
of Fine Arts:
A number of old Torah scrolls purloined by Nazis are to be
returned
by Lithuania:
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AT ABOUT.COM
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Harry J. Maihafer, "Upset at Issus":
Archaeology Guide Kris Hirst's latest is on Cern:
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REVIEWS
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Iphigenia (Epidavros):
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EXHIBITIONS
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Queen of Sheba (British Museum):
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CLASSICIST'S CORNER
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Classics Eireann has set up a page with addresses to write to in regards
to the impending closure of the Classics department at Queen's
University (Belfast). The page includes facts/stats about the
school, which is the only school of Classics in Northern Ireland:
In case you missed it, NPR's Talk of the Nation had a segment on
the revival of Classics (requires RealPlayer):
The New York Times has a touristy sort of thing on what's been
done to and in various monuments this summer:
The Atlantic has a nice touristy thing about a visit to Rome:
... and fulfilling the scholastic law of three, here's a nice
touristy thing on Cappadocia:
... and totally violating that law is a nice touristy thing on
Ostia:
Hercules is to be performed in front of the Temple of Zeus:
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina's first book fair has some content
of interest:
A future classicist is among those who managed to escape serious
injury in that blast at Hebrew University:
,,0-1059531,00.html
A nice piece on the Panathenaion stadium:
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A somewhat bizarre appeal to ancient Greek precedent (?) in an
editorial about bilingual ballots in Denver (this one's a head
scratcher):
,1413,36%257E417%257E764330%257E,00.html
And a somewhat more thoughtful investigation into the concept of
the homo sacer:
A poem in Slate inspired by Catullus (potentially offensive use
of a certain word in the last line):
The Washington Post has a nice article on the state of teaching
about ancient Greeks (and Romans) in Maryland schools:
More on Olympic truce efforts:
Wow ... Greek is going to be taught in a public school:
Peter Jones in the Spectator:
... and Dot Wordsworth:
Radio Finland's Nuntii Latini
Radio Bremen's Der Monatsrckblick - auf Latein
U.S. Weather in Latin:
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FOLLOWUPS
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Birth Rock:
Chinese Bamboo Records:
ogy/index.html
Florida Canals:
Monitor:
,1282,-1907868,00.html
Replica Egyptian Tombs:
Teaching Young Egyptians about Ancient Egypt:
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