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explorator 5.31 December 1, 2002
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AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA
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An amateur archaeologist has discovered a clutch of carved ostrich
eggs which may be "tens of thousands" years old:
A pair of Brown students have translated a couple of hitherto
untranslated Akkadian documents (nice photos with this one):
There were few wealthy people in Ancient Egypt (can one actually
speak of a "poverty line" in this context?):
Al-Ahram has a nice piece on the Egypt Exploration Fund:
A rather large academic library with much having to do
with the Dead Sea Scrolls is up for sale:
Japan is offering to excavate the second 'Sun Boat':
The Great Pyramid has only one million stones:
... but the hype is still building for the next robot journey
up air shaft:
Scholars are concerned what might happen to Iraq's cultural
legacy in the event of war:
It's moving time for artifacts found at the Olympic Rowing site:
The Washington Post has a sort of overview piece on what has been
found during all the new construction for Olympics-related stuff:
More (interesting) human remains have been found at Pompeii:
Roman Leicester has revealed a Roman cemetery:
Archaeologists working on the King's Cross Chunnel terminal rescue
excavation apparently weren't working quickly enough:
Meanwhile, efforts are underway to save an Iron Age site in
Yorkshire (annoying pop up on this one):
... and one of the oldest (Mesolithic) houses in Scotland
may have been found:
'Exciting'_find_of_ancient_remains_and_relics_at_cement_quarry.html
A 1200-year-old canoe has been found in Suffolk:
More allegations of fraud against disgraced Japanese archaeologist
Fujimura:
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THE AMERICAS
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A nice example of non-invasive archaeology at Poverty Point (Illinois):
The Palm Beach Post has a feature on Alfonso Morales and his
research into the Maya:
The facial reconstruction types are finally going to give their
treatment to one of the rulers of Copan:
The first U.S. Senate Ledger was almost on its way to the trash
heap this week ...:
A trunk full of letters which may shed more light on Robert E. Lee
was found this week as well:
A nice feature on the search for the Erie Canal:
An interesting piece on a large personal collection of slave-era artifacts:
A feature on Wyoming's George Frison:
... and what must have been the 'main text', on Paleoindian sites
in Wyoming:
There's a race on to save artifacts from Louisiana's oldest site:
A mound in North Carolina is being excavated:
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ALSO OF INTEREST
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There's an island off the coast of Sicily which has disappeared and
reappeared over the centuries ... it may reappear again:
A short piece on restoration work being done in St. Petersburg in
anticipation of its 300th anniversary:
This probably should be in the book review section, but it merits
'special placement' because it offers some interesting ideas which
might transfer to other areas ... some revisionist looks at the
Treaty of Versailles suggests a different slant to its role in
the causes of WWII:
A piece on celebrity worship in various periods ... interesting
suggestion in the headline (I'm compiling my list now 8^)):
The Smithsonian is once again dissociating itself from claims of
authenticity for the Kensington Rune Stone:
A NeoPlatonic feast was recently held in Manhattan:
They're still talking of privatizing some of Italy's cultural sites:
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ON THE NEWSSTANDS
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There's a new issue of Archaeology out:
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ON THE WEB
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David Stacey, "Was there a synagogue in Hasmonean Jericho?":
The conference on Posidippus has been in the news of late (more followups
below in the appropriate section) and now (yeehaw! this is the sort
of thing I wish happened more often) all the conference papers are
available as a webcast (in RealMedia format; paper notes are in
.pdf) at:
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NEW ONLINE BOOKS
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Friedrich Nietzsche, *The Birth of Tragedy*:
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ON THE ARCHAEOLOGY CHANNEL
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... an audio interview with Dr. William Doleman (who headed the 'expedition'
to excavate the Roswell site):
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CRIME BEAT
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A number of items stolen from Karnak have been returned to Egypt:
,1113,2-11_1292016,00.html
,1280,-2208426,00.html
Possibly the same:
Problems of pillaging Ute (and other) sites:
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AT ABOUT.COM
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Wilson Bertram, "What and Where Was Troy?":
Archaeology Guide Kris Hirst's latest is a feature on the 'dancing girl
of Mohenjo Daro:
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BOOK REVIEWS
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Richard Cohen, *By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers,
Samurai, Swashbucklers and Olympic Champions*
Reviews of assorted books by Stanley Rosen on Plato and his effects:
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DON'T EAT THAT ELMER
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Wisconsin's 'Cuneiform Fairy' is at it again:
The search for the lost continent of ... Mudalu:
There's a funny Bill Murray movie called "What About Bob" which
brings up the suggestion of "death therapy" ... according to
Pravda, such treatment (possibly not like the movie) exists (although
etymologies might not be quite right):
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EXHIBITIONS
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Genesis: Ideas of Origin in African Sculpture (New York):
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CLASSICISTS' CORNER
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If you're the sort who skips down to Classicists' Corner, scroll
back up to the 'On the Web' section, wherein one can gain access
to a webcast of the Posidippus conference ...
"Homer was the very wellspring of our modern civilization":
,1413,209%257E22484%257E1014780,00.html
Folks might find the list of musical versions of Oedipus in this
Al-Ahram article useful:
Plenty of ClassCon in William Safire's piece in New York Times
Magazine:
Snippets on that Troy movie:
An update on the situation at Queen's (Belfast):
Latin teacher Mark Keith is in the news again:
They're preparing for Certamen competition at Spotsylvania Middle
School:
The San Francisco Chronicle has a (somewhat strange) piece on the
nspirational qualities of the muses:
A quote from Homer in anticipation of an eclipse (I don't recognize it):
Etymologies:
(education)
(penumbra)
(mora, fetial)
Perfess'r Harris:
problems connecting to the Spectator (again!) this a.m. ...
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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FOLLOWUPS
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Dog Origins:
Early Settlement of Oregon Coast:
Instand Hieroglyph Translation:
James Ossuary:
,0,2350420.story?coll=bal%2Dnews%2Dnation
Posidippus Papyrus:
Roswell Dig (sort of a followup):
Sacrificed Peruvian Fishermen:
Snorri Thorfinnson's Home:
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