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AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA
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A 350,000 BP axe from Spain may provide the earliest evidence of
hominid spirtuality:
The world's oldest wheel has been excavated in Slovenia (is this
really the oldest?):
I think this is a repeat, but it's a nice piece on statues of
Nubian kings being found in the Sudan:
The latest on the mummy of Ramses I (perhaps ... see also the
feature in Archaeology Magazine mentioned below):
,,61-592490,00.html
Buried in the sports pages is an item on how the Egyptians invented
baseball:
The Baghdad Battery is in the news again (good article, actually):
Continuing with the 'oldest' theme which seems to pervade this
week's news, what may be the oldest house in Britain has been
found in Northumberland:
Archaeological evidence suggests the Roman frontier in Scotland
was actually created 15-20 years earlier than previously thought
(interesting implications for the sine ira et studio guy):
A nice feature on a local Dorset historian who was to "keep an eye" on
a to-be gravel pit site which turned out to have plenty of
artifacts dating from Bronze Age to Roman times:
,3604,905218,00.html
There's a touristy sort of AP wire story circulating about
Hadrian's Wall:
In a semi-related story, a Roman inscription has been 'rediscovered'
in a Greenhead house:
The Guardian has a brief item on the Villa of the Papyri (there
must be something afoot with this):
,12576,905382,00.html
The Thrasyllus monument in Athens will undergo some restoration
work:
What's planned for Athens' National Archaeological Museum:
Those clumsy archaeologists have stumbled upon the oldest medieval
shop in England:
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THE AMERICAS
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The Clovis people are apparently off the hook for causing the
extinction of a number of species:
Our first hint (in passing) that we might be hearing more from
Isla Espirtu Santo island:
A dig at a former slave's house in Philadelphia is raising questions:
An interesting feature on slave plantations in the North:
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ALSO OF INTEREST
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The New York Times have a pair of articles on the impact a war in
Iraq would have on current and future digs in the Middle East:
In a similar vein:
What does every ancient Buddhist monument need? A shopping mall
of course:
The new Library of Alexandria has ambitious plans to have every book
in the world available ... at least online:
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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 ARCHAEOLOGY CHANNEL
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An audio interview with Dr. Samuel Paley on the threat to cultural
artifacts in Iraq:
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CRIME BEAT
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A nice pair of articles from the New York Times on efforts to
restore works plundered by Nazis to their former owners:
The home renovation boom in Britain is leading to piles of thefts
of fixtures from historic houses:
,11711,905366,00.html
Apparently some folks aren't aware that taking artifacts is a
crime:
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AT ABOUT.COM
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To mark Women's History Month, Ancient History Guide N.S. Gill has
compiled a list of 31 ancient 'women of the day':
Archaeology Guide Kris Hirst's latest is a review of a recent
book about the Sphinx:
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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. *:
Spencer Wells, *The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey*:
Matthew Pearl *The Dante Club* (fiction):
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PERFORMANCES
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Thesmo Phair (an adapation of Aristophanes):
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CLASSICIST'S CORNER
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There will probably be more to come on this in next week's issue,
but March 3 is the date for all those Lysistrata Project readings:
cf (all different):
[etc.]
And in the interests of (semi)equal time, the latest installment of
what-does-one-do-with-a-classics-degree?:
So ... what do Classicists do with their spare time?:
,1406,KNS_307_1781773,00.html
Donald Kagan recently received the National Humanities Medal:
They're keeping the Elgin/Parthenon Marbles issue in the news:
A piece on the Roman calendar:
ClassCon in a piece entitled "Who is a Candidate?":
Latest on the Alexander movie (surely Nicole Kidman as Olympias is
miscasting?):
,,581-592174,00.html
Interesting ClassCon allusion in this piece on the mood
in Israel;
So what's that other Gladiator star been up to?:
The latest on Mel Gibson's Jesus flick:
Peter Jones in the Spectator:
... and Dot Wordsworth:
Etymologies:
(serigraph)
(resona?)
(carnival)
,1413,160%257E9596%257E1211754,00.html (defensor fortis)
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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Christopher Hill (historian):
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FOLLOWUPS
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Antonine Wall Heritage Status:
Mungo Man Redated:
Roman Chariots:
What Have the Romans Done For Us?:
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