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explorator 6.14 August 3, 2003
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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Arieh Rochman-Halperin, Bill Kennedy,
Dave Sowdon, Donna Hurst, Hernan Astudillo, John Hall, John McMahon,
John McChesney-Young, Joseph I. Lauer, Leanne Archer, R.M. Howe, Stephen
Goranson, W. Richard Frahm, Yonatan Nadelman and Sally Winchester
for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out).
... kind of a slow week ...
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AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA
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A neolithic settlement has been discovered west of Jerusalem:
A recently-discovered inscription reveals a hitherto unknown Kushite
attack on Egypt during the 17th dynasty:
The British Museum is doing restoration work on paintings from
Nebamun's tomb:
A fourth-century B.C. tomb and assorted later remains have been
found in Abu Qir:
Plenty of coverage of the discovery of a tin of 'face cream' dating
from the Roman period at a temple site in the heart of London:
(photo)
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(photo)
,5819,3255_5726_37879966,00.html (Spanish)
,3604,1007715,00.html
(strange photo)
A dig on Cyprus (PASYDY hill) has just completed for the season
and provided a brief overview of its finds to Cyprus News:
Recent finds from Salamis:
[note: if you are accessing this late Sunday or later, the url will
probably change ... go to the Sunday Mail site at
then find the August 3 edition in the archives and look for a story on
Salamis]
Clumsy archaeologists continue to stumble around downtown Athens:
Archaeologists have uncovered the earliest known temple dedicated
to Zeus Hypsistos:
(photo)
(photo)
There's a new museum for the finds from Mycenae:
A fourth/fifth century B.C/B.C.E. Roman (!!!!) tomb was recently
found in the heart of Sofia (please, please alert me if anyone
knows more about this one!):
A Roman coin minted in North Africa has been found in Lincolnshire:
... as has a possible Roman temple:
Last week we mentioned the discovery of a tomb inscription linked to
the father of John the Baptist ... here's rather more detail than
what was given in those earlier reports:
The Indian government wants archaeologists to explore a huge chunk
of the Saraswati River:
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THE AMERICAS
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A dig in progress may cast doubts on the nomadic proclivities of
the Folsum bison hunters (maybe):
,1651,TCP_1022_2155872,00.html
A 1400 b.p. 'pit house' was recently found near Las Vegas:
An interesting piece on the dog which/who accompanied the Lewis and
Clark expedition:
The oldest shipwreck in Alaska may have been found:
They're trying to figure out what to do with the CSS Georgia:
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ALSO OF INTEREST
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Slate has a piece on how cultural property disputes are reshaping
the world:
The British Museum returned four aboriginal skulls to their communities:
cf.:
Another bit of 'good news' in regards to books taken from Iraq's
National Library:
Items from the Baghdad Museum will soon be touring the U.S.:
The Deir al-Zor museum gets the 'touristy' treatment from the Lebanon
Daily Star:
Columns in the construction of the new Acropolis Museum are being
altered in order not to interfere with recent finds:
The Birmingham Mint will continue to operate as a working museum:
The National Geographic site has a piece on the various high tech
devices available to archaeologists (which Lara Croft doesn't use!):
They're also reprising (sort of) an article on the potential destruction
of archaeological sites at the Olympic rowing site:
Much of China's Great Wall is in such need of disrepair that tourists
are now banned from parts of it:
The latest on Temple Mount (plus a change and all that):
... and since it's a slow week, we might as well mention a lawsuit
arising from a 'monument' from 'The Ten Commandments' donated by
Cecil B. DeMille:
A top-ten list of archaeological discoveries of importance to
Christian studies:
Work on the definitive (ouch!) Sanskrit dictionary continues after
55 years:
Zeno's paradoxes are in the news:
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MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS
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The Digger 29 (August, 2003)
(full text)
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ON THE WEB
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The very nice Jerusalem Archaeological Park site has been updated
(primarily in the Maps and History of Research sections) and is
definitely worth a visit:
A summary of papers presented at the 2003 Poznan Symposium on
the prehistory of North Africa:
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NEW ONLINE BOOKS
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The Chicago Homer (recently improved):
The Trojan Women (trans. G. Murray):
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CRIME BEAT
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Another piece on how Cambodian temples are threatened by looters:
,3604,1009292,00.html
The 'Art of the First Cities' exhibition at the Met has given rise
to an excellent New York Times piece on the ethics of collecting
ancient artifacts:
A Greek illegal antiquities trader out on bail was re-arrested when
he was trying to hide things the police didn't find the first time
around (some problems with dates in this one):
More on the James Ossuary guy:
A number of classical items were stolen from a private collector
in Quebec City:
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AT ABOUT.COM
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Ancient History Guide N.S. Gill has a feature on Zeus, in light
of the recent discovery of the temple mentioned above:
Archaeology Guide Kris Hirst has recently put up a number of
job opportunities, calls for papers, etc.:
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PERFORMANCES
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Elektra:
Antigone (interesting!):
Metamorphoses:
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EXHIBITIONS
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Willem van Tetrode (Renaissance Dutch sculptor of Classical subjects):
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CLASSICIST'S CORNER
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ClassCon in a piece on the competitive drive in males:
Coverage of Mel Gibson's "The Passion":
Plenty of ClassCon (obviously) in an account of this year's
Delphi festival:
A piece in Al-Ahram entitled "Sheherazade meets Antigone" might
be of interest:
Gossip from the Troy set:
ClassCon in a Spectator article on honour and its effects in
the American South:
Not sure if this comprises ClassCon or not:
,1406,KNS_347_2155503,00.html
It's time (apparently) for the annual what-the-Delphic-oracle-really-
sniffed articles:
,6903,1011370,00.html
The Pakistan Daily Times has an excerpt from Donald Kagan on the
origins of war:
Peter Jones:
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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REPEATS
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British Lasagna:
Neolithic Grotto Burial from China:
Egypt Trying to 'Recover' the Rosetta Stone:
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OTHER SOURCES OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL NEWS
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Ancient World Web Breaking News Page:
Archaeologica:
Archaeology Magazine's Newsbriefs:
Bible and Interpretation Breaking News:
CBA Newsfeed:
CBA Archaeoblog:
Francis Deblauwe's 'Iraq War and Archaeology' site:
Maritime Underwater Archaeological News:
Michael Ruggeri's Ancient America and Mesoamerica News:
!35!F6!26C030D734B7/Topiltzin-2091/AncientAmericaand/
Mirabilis.ca (blog):
Paleojudaica (blog):
Stone Pages Archaeo News:
Texas A&M Anthropology News Site:
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