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headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out).
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AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA
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A statue of Kakar, one of the servants of Amon was unearthed this
week:
Harvard Magazine has a nice feature on Mark Lehner and his work:
Archaeologists have found evidence which attests to the intensity
of the earthquake of January 18, 749 which hit eastern
Mediterranean (it's kind of difficult to call it the "Middle East"
at that time):
There's a Reuters piece circulating which is a sort of touristy/
overview thing on the challenges and history of the excavation
of Puteoli/Pozzuoli:
(Yahoo)
Metal detectorists has found (how come they never seem to
stumble?) the oldest Roman military diploma ever found in
the UK (the Guardian here really stretches to try and make a link
to modern times):
,11711,1016251,00.html
A piece of Roman glass engraved with an image of a gladiator
has been found in a Northampton field:
A while ago we mentioned a move for a ploughing ban to protect
Roman remains near Verulamium ... seems the project might have
legs:
(St. Alban's Observer)
One I missed somehow ... there's a new museum for Mycenae:
(AthensNews)
An Iron Age coin hoard has been found in Norfolk:
... while a similarly-dated coin die has been found in
Hampshire:
A Viking burial site has been found near a busy street in Dublin:
(Irish Independent)
The search for the Saraswati River (India) has turned up a
number of sites:
(New India Express)
The latest on the results of the Ayodhya dig:
(New India Express)
cf.
A nice overview of conservation work being done in Old Cairo:
A 12th-century bronze bell shrine was recently discovered in
Northern Ireland:
(Telegraph -- photo)
(photo)
,11711,1016831,00.html
Archaeologists have made a "significant find" at the Mary Rose
site (but won't tell us until Monday ... grumble):
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THE AMERICAS
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John Noble Wilford has finally gotten around to giving the
(excellent) John Noble Wilford treatment to the Inca-knots-are
writing story which first broke a few months ago:
North Carolina's copy of the Bill of Rights has been found ...
but now there's a custody battle over it:
A report on the excavation of Milton House (somewhere in Wisconsin,
I think):
The wreck of the Republic appears to have salvage as well as
historical value:
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ALSO OF INTEREST
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Well, since we (Canadians) were given the blame for the blackout,
we might as well blame us as well for affecting the climate of
Europe some eight millennia ago:
(Yahoo)
The latest on the DNA front is also the latest on the Oetzi
front ... seems he was involved in a 'combat situation' with at
least four people prior to his death:
(Telegraph)
(AGI)
,11711,1017441,00.html
(CNN)
The latest 'recreate the face' project was given to Nefertiti ...
this article is mostly hype for an upcoming tv program (on tonight
in Canada!):
In case you missed it a few months ago ... there's a theory
afoot that there was a theory afoot that Rome was founded by a
woman:
This is actually a development on something I totally forgot to
include in last week's issue ... Britain has placed an export ban
on the sogennant "Jenkins Venus" in an attempt to keep in in the
UK:
The New Yorker has a nice overview of the history of childhood:
Another look at Galileo, who wasn't as smart as his press releases
seemed to indicate (or at least that's the spin presented):
... meanwhile, the 'world' has voted Sir Isaac Newton the
"greatest Briton" (the beeb seems somewhat desperate to find
news, no?):
An interesting piece on the 'cult' of Genghis Khan:
(BBC)
I think I mentioned this one already, but what the heck ... the
Guardian has a piece on folks who believe that Noah's Ark is out
there somewhere:
,2763,1015350,00.html
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MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS
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Digressus 3 (Supplement 1 ... Romanization):
(full text)
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ON THE WEB
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The IAA's final reports on the Jehoash inscription and the
James Ossuary:
An interesting page on Maria Theresa thalers:
The Lejre Experimental Centre (Denmark) last week held a 'Viking
Fashion Show' ... the Centre's website is worth poking around:
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NEW ONLINE BOOKS
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Jesse B. Carter, *The Religion of Numa and other Essays on the
Religion of Ancient Rome*:
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CRIME BEAT
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Three people were charged with looting an archaeological site in
Louisiana:
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AT ABOUT.COM
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Since both the Ancient History and Archaeology sites at About.com
have become blogs, it seems more appropriate to list them in the
'other sources' section below ...
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EXHIBITIONS
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Illuminating the Renaissance:
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CLASSICIST'S CORNER
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Interesting bit of of LatCon in a piece on Bach's Morimur (scroll
down a bit):
In case you missed it, Mel Gibson's 'Passion' movie now has a
fansite on the web:
Guess which A-level exams have the lowest failure rate this year:
,3604,1018098,00.html
Peter Jones:
Akropolis News in Classical Greek:
Radio Finland's Nuntii Latini
Radio Bremen's Der Monatsr¨¹ckblick - auf Latein
U.S. Weather in Latin:
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REPEATS
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Caligula's Palace:
(IOL)
(Yahoo)
Delphic Oracle:
Drake's Secret Voyage:
(Telegraph)
Zeus Hypsistos:
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OTHER SOURCES OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL NEWS
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About.com Ancient History (blog):
About.com Archaeology (blog):
Ancient World Web Breaking News Page:
Archaeologica:
Archaeology Magazine's Newsbriefs:
Bible and Interpretation Breaking News:
CBA Newsfeed:
CBA Archaeoblog:
Classics in Contemporary Culture (blog?):
Cronaca (blog):
Francis Deblauwe's 'Iraq War and Archaeology' site:
Maritime Underwater Archaeological News:
Michael Ruggeri's Ancient America and Mesoamerica News:
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ntAmericaand/
Mirabilis.ca (blog):
Paleojudaica (blog):
Phluzein (blog):
Stone Pages Archaeo News:
Texas A&M Anthropology News Site:
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