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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Bill Kennedy, Michael Ruggeri, Steve
Rankin, Hanna Witte-Orr, Gary Kirkpatrick, Joseph Nicholas,
Isidoros, Karl Witwer, 'alesmonetos', and Barbara Barrett
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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"Now that's interesting!" (as Homer Simpson would say) ... photos
taken from the space shuttle have revealed what is believed to be
a 1.75 million b.p. human-made bridge from India to Sri Lanka:
A nice account of a visit to Chauvet Cave:
,6000,810082,00.html
A sort of the-Great-Pyramid-is-so-mysterious thing:
Egypt has created an underwater museum so folks can view the remains
of sunken Alexandria (I think):
A student on a dig in Alexandria Troas has found a Roman-era skeleton
along with assorted grave goods (article in German):
,2044,OID1194264,00.html
A fifth century tomb with a golden funerary mask (hmmm ... anyone
else starting to think about Schliemann after this???) has been
found in excavations at the Samoil fortress (Macedonia)
cf:
Al Ahram has a touristy thing on Homs (speaking of which, how
long will it be before Hollywood makes a film about Zenobia?):
A guy who found an Anglo-Saxon pin with his metal detector has
given it to the British Museum:
Robert Drury's 18th century tale of being stranded on Madagascar
has turned out to have a bit more veracity than previously thought:
,6903,811020,00.html
The Elgin Marbles are back in the news after a survey suggests a
majority of Brits would support their return (the coverage varies
in the following):
Just in time for Hallowe'en ... a Transylvanian couple has decided
to move out of their house since a medieval cemetery was discovered
beneath it:
In case you missed it, the new Library of Alexandria opened this
week (finally), although it seems a little short on books:
,,482-451303,00.html
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THE AMERICAS
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A number of Moche tombs have been found north of Lima:
,1280,-2089871,00.html
Workers in Managua have accidentally uncovered a pre-Columbian
cemetery:
(photos)
They've finally put artifacts associated with the Miami Circle
on display:
A nice report on what they've been finding at Jamestown:
The Mountain Meadows massacre is the subject of investigation:
An account of the search for a schooner sunk during the War of 1812
(maybe it's my lack of coffee, but I can't find the name of the ship
in this one):
While my fellow Canucks were chowing down on turkey, our friends
to the south were pondering the implications of Columbus Day, it seems:
,0,1068038.column?
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ON THE NEWSSTANDS
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There's a new issue of Archaeology on the web:
... and a new issue of Bible Review as well:
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CRIME BEAT
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The Ukrainian mafia is turning to looting of archaeological sites
to supplement their income:
An erstwhile stolen statue of Dionysus will be returned to Turkey:
A vague item about a return of a plaque from Egypt:
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AT ABOUT.COM
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A review of Lindsey Davis, *One Virgin Too Many*:
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REVIEWS
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Umberto Eco, *Baudolino*:
,12084,813728,00.html
John Tomkinson, *Traveller's Greece: Memories of an Enchanted Land*:
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CLASSICIST'S CORNER
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Another "Latin is alive and well" piece:
... and it's passing Russian in popularity:
Someone send them some togas!:
Hmm ... Vin Diesel as Hannibal is starting to reveal its plot:
And not to be outdone, we hear more about Leo DiCaprio as Alexander (sort
of):
... and the next installment of "What to do with a Classics Degree"
has a movie angle too:
One I missed: a touristy thing in the Independent about Ithaca:
That AP story on the revival of Latin is still making the rounds,
so if you missed it, ecce:
The VIIth Internation Symposium on Ancient Macedonia received some
press coverage:
ClassCon in a piece about marriage ... not sure how much faith I'd
put in any of the claims therein, though:
,3604,812551,00.html
Plenty of ClassCon in a Chronicle piece called "Evolution
and Literary Criticism":
A piece from the Atlantic on ancient music:
Etymologies:
,1375,VCS_123_1490986,00.html (camera obscura)
(res ipsa loquitur)
(gloria dei)
(semper paratus)
(posse comitatus)
(lex solutio (?))
(per capita)
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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OBITUARIES
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Mason Hammond (Classicist):
Patricia Labalme (Renaissance scholar):
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FOLLOWUPS
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Adam's Fall:
Lost Tribes:
Machu Picchu Mummy:
Pyramid 'Concrete' (genuine followup -- a response by Hawass):
Teotihuacan Discoveries:
Tounai Skull:
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