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explorator 5.34 December 22, 2002
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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Jim Ogier, Elias J Theodoracopoulos,
Louis A. Okin, Jonatan Nadelman, R.M. Howe, Maurice O'Sullivan,
Bill Kennedy, John McMahon, Diana Wright, Donna Hurst, Michael
Oberndorf, Steve Rankin, W. Richard Frahm, Mark Elliott,'alesmonetos',
Michael Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Joanne Conman, and Albert Reiner
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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Plenty of coverage of debunking of the 'mummy's curse' associated
with King Tut (the first one is the article from the British Medical
Journal:
,0,7956506.story?coll=sns%2Dap%2Dscience%2Dheadlines
,1518,228266,00.html (in German)
A number of obelisks from Karnak are to be reassembled and reerected:
... while a number of temples in Egypt are being opened to tourists
for the first time in forty years or so:
The tomb of Amenhotep I may have been found:
... while another temple in Egypt is to be excavated by a
Johns Hopkins team, with regular updates on the web:
Probably more than you ever wanted to know about Zahi Hawass:
Archaeologists have excavated a 2700 year b.p. temple on the Greek
island of Kithnos, which has artifacts dating back to Minoan times:
The 'Christmas archaeology' pieces are beginning to appear, with a
piece on a souvenir shopowner's claim that recent excavations conveniently
near his shop mark the place where Jesus bathed (compare the Al-Ahram
coverage to the others):
,1280,-2252419,00.html
... and one on a very early Syrian church in China:
... and the usual Star of Bethlehem pieces:
... and origins of traditions stuff:
,1406,KNS_2796_1623785,00.html
... and December 25 stuff:
A Temple Mount update:
Reuters has a touristy sort of thing on Hatra:
The Sofia Echo has a nice summary of recent finds from many periods
in Bulgaria:
Also on the Bulgarian front is an interview with Bulgarian archaeologist
Georgi Kitov (this is in English):
A second Pisa ship has been successfully removed from the mud:
Speaking of ships, Kublai Khan's invasion fleet remains are back in
the news for some reason:
,0,6573003.story?coll=ny-health-headlines
Recent research suggests East-West trade began more than 5,000 years b.p.:
If you can read Esperanto, here's a report on a conference held in
China on use of remote sensing technology:
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THE AMERICAS
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A nice piece on the search for more evidence of the Cahokia culture:
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ALSO OF INTEREST
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The latest winner of the Dr. Norman Hugo '55 Prize for Reconstructing
an Ancient Sculpture:
The latest DNA-and-origins-of-humanity thing:
,1413,87%257E11268%257E1064244,00.html
Assorted Parthenon/Elgin marbles disquisitions (these are all different
in focus; the first one has an interesting idea):
Buddha's remains were moved to a new shrine this week, with
attendant ceremony:
A brief item on a 15th century medical handbook going on display:
A nice article on the repatriation issue:
The New York Times has a piece on collecting Chinese 'scholar's
objects':
Not specifically archaeology, but a piece on electronic publication
in the scientific community which might spur some thinking:
An elementary school presentation was cancelled this week as not
being appropriate (a little vague):
Deep Space 1 offers items of interest for future (*really* future)
archaeologists:
A nice piece on Emory's Michael C. Carlos Museum:
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ON THE WEB
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Philip Davies, "Minimalism, 'Ancient Israel', and Anti-Semitism":
Paul Flesher, "The Experts and the Ossuary: A Report on the Toronto
Sessions about the James Ossuary":
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NEW ONLINE BOOKS
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"Two Orations of the Emperor Julian":
*The History of Fashion in France: or, The Dress of Women From
the Gallo-Roman Period to the Present Time* (1882 -- requires djvu
plugin):
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AT ABOUT.COM
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Archaeology Guide Kris Hirst's latest is on the Marshalltown Ball
Court:
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BOOK REVIEWS
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Margaret Drabble, *The Seven Sisters* (fiction with ClassCon):
Tony Perrottet, *Route 66 A.D.*:
,6121,855191,00.html
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PERFORMANCES
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Medea (New York):
Antigone (New York):
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DON'T EAT THAT ELMER
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The people of Atlantis are apparently still alive and well:
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EXHIBITIONS
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Art of the Ancient Americas (Baltimore):
Magna Graecia (Cleveland):
Gainsborough (London):
The Written Image: Japanese Calligraphy and Painting From the Sylvan
Barnet and William Burto Collection (New York):
People-Times-Spaces: Archaeology in Germany (Berlin):
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CLASSICIST'S CORNER
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A nice essay in the New York Times Book Review section on Marcus
Aurelius, Stoicism, and all that:
Classical on two levels, but out of my league ... judge for yourself:
While poking around the British Medical Journal, I came across this
brief piece (somewhat dated) on why the pomegranate was chosen
as the logo for the Millennium Festival of Medicine:
ClassCon in a piece on the power of blondes:
Something different from the usual Christmas stuff (see above) ... a
piece on Virgil's Fourth Eclogue:
There is a Gladiator sequel in the works:
Why don't we put our funds together and buy, say, Alba Fucens?:
Etymologies
(McCartney's motto)
(vacca)
(solstice)
(incarnatus)
(auditorium -- horrible pun alert; scroll down)
(totus mundus agit histrionem)
Peter Jones in the Spectator:
... and Dot Wordsworth:
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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Warwick Charlton (Mayflower re-creator):
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FOLLOWUPS
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Andaman Islanders' DNA:
Bones from site of Medieval Ship (genuine followup):
Search for Qin's Tomb:
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