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explorator 5.30 November 24, 2002
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Thanks to Albert Reiner, RM Howe, Maurice O'Sullivan, Arthur
Shippee, Michael Ruggeri, Gene Barkley, Bill Kennedy, John McMahon,
Yonatan Nadelman, Dave Sowden, Steve Rankin, Paola Raffeta, Tom Wukitsch,
W. Richard Frahm, Donna Hurst, and 'alesmonetos'
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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Research suggests Neanderthals didn't quite figure out that
spears could be thrown:
... while the latest DNA dalliances suggest that dogs were first
domesticated in Asia and gives reasons for such domestication:
... and another dog-like creature may have prevented migration
across the Bering Strait:
Al Ahram has a nice feature on what has been found at Karnak
this season:
The latest 3d mummy on the web:
Vague hints at further explorations of shafts in the Great Pyramid:
... while many things seem to have been lost in the translation of
this one:
Archaeologists are asking for the return of Emret temple to
Alexandria:
A nice culminating project for grade sixers studying ancient
Egypt:
... and one which might be useful for tourists (and others?)
visiting
Egyptian tombs:
Papyri and coins dating to the time of the Bar Kochba revolt have
been found in a Judean Desert cave:
,5744,5522789%255E1702,00.html
An Eastern Han dynasty tomb with murals has been found:
Chinese archaeologists have unearthed a boat which is 'at least' 7500
years old:
The New York Times album showcase this week features 'Songs of
Angels',a recording of medieval songs based on Gautier de Coincy ...
there's a nice real audio clip of tunes plus commentary:
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THE AMERICAS
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The oldest site on the Oregon coast has been identified:
A nice little roundup of (legit) theories on the Nazca lines in
light of recent investigations:
More on what they've been finding in the Pyramid of the Moon:
Angel Mounds is/are threatened by erosion:
,1626,ECP_734_1559200,00.html
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ALSO OF INTEREST
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Cricket invented by the French?
,5744,5508759%255E23212,00.html
Roof repairs on a church dedicated to Edinburgh's patron saint
haverevealed a bone which might be a relic of said St. Giles:
Scientests are using paintings to gauge how much Venice has
been sinking over the years:
The woes of the Huntington Free Library in the Bronx and its
collection of 19th century works:
Aged electricity generators seem to be next on the 'soon-to-be-
a-historical-monument' list:
A piece in Pravda on the "Issues of Modern Archaeology":
The latest on the Bamaiyan Buddhas:
A group is claiming one third of Italy's monuments are threatened
in some way:
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ON THE WEB
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The Black Book of Carmarthen has been put on the web:
cf:
A pile of new documents have been added to the online archives at
the Etana/Abzu site:
The September 2002 issue of Constructor magazine was devoted to
Roman concrete ... the issue is available as a pdf and while it
takes a while to download, it's worth it:
... if there's problems loading directly, try going to the
following link and clicking of September 2002:
The Bible and Interpretation site has a couple of articles on the
James ossuary:
... and an 'obituary' for the apostle Paul:
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ON THE ARCHAEOLOGY CHANNEL
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Silbury Hill:
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CRIME BEAT
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Russian police have recovered those previously purloined
Principia of Newton volumes:
Another previously-looted Ethiopian artifact has been returned:
A man has been arrested for taking things from wrecks from the
'Treasure Coast':
,1651,TCP_1021_1561902,00.html
An old case from Arizona has finally been brought to an end:
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AT ABOUT.COM
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N.S. Gill's latest is a review of Christian Jacq,*Ramses: Son of
Light*:
Kris Hirst gives us Edgar Allen Poe's thoughts on the 'Coliseum':
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BOOK REVIEWS
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Hirschfeld, Yizhar, *Ramat Hanadiv Excavations: Final Report
of the 1984-1998 Seasons* (pdf):
John Lewis Gaddis, *The Landscape of History*:
Frederick Crews, *Postmodern Pooh*:
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THEATRICAL REVIEWS
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Phoenician Women (see also the review that follows it):
We might as well give you a pile of (mixed) reviews of the
Emperor's Club in this section too:
,1626,ECP_784_1563706,00.html
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DON'T EAT THAT ELMER
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Solutrean contacts with North America??:
cf. from the 'same' source (sort of):
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EXHIBITIONS
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Aztecs (London):
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CLASSICIST'S CORNER
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If you're the sort of reader who skips everything above 'Classicist's
Corner' (hmmm ... maybe that should be Classicists'), make sure
you check out the 'On the Web' section for an excellent magazine
issue devoted to Roman concrete)
Ovid's hot:
I can't remember if I had this 'Latin is alive' story last
week:
This one's new, though:
As is this one:
JCL in the news:
An opinion piece on the effects of depriving a couple of
generations of Latin instruction:
,,3284-484263,00.html
... followed by the usual 'just don't get it' crowd:
,,59-487363,00.html
An interesting piece on Greek and Roman organs (the instrumental
variety):
,1413,209%257E22484%257E1001236,00.html
An opinion piece by a classicist in Israel:
I've always said that a classical education provides the basis
for success on Jeopardy (great newspaper name here too):
A classics prof has won a teaching award:
(Muddled) ClassCon in a report on a city manager's
performance:
,1651,TCP_1033_1561172,00.html
Latin and football do mix:
... but apparently Latin hasn't been mixing well in
British courts:
... while it has in the Australian parliament:
A famous manuscript of the Aeneid is going on the block:
,11711,845145,00.html
Nice school motto:
An exhibition in Beirut inspired by Petronius (!):
It seems clear that Posidippus is the hot topic of late:
Andrew Riggsby is in the news again ... unfortunately
in a rather ambiguously-worded paragraph at the end:
The importance of television for 'outreach':
Etymologies:
(fusio)
(sardine)
(abortare and others)
(cuspis)
(quis custodiet ipsos custodes)
(scientia est potentia)
(veritas et virtus)
(de gustibus ...)
Peter Jones in the Spectator:
... and Dot Wordsworth:
Perfess'r Harris:
First we had Latin News, now we add:
Akropolis News in Classical Greek:
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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Robert L. Humphrey (archaeologist):
Rene Thom (catastrophist):
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FOLLOWUPS
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Archimedes Palimpsest:
Greek Long Jumpers:
James Ossuary (genuine followups):
Medieval Mickey Mouse:
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