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Apologies for the unannounced hiatus ... here's the big 'catch up issue':
In a news release which appears to have been missed by the major news
services, AlphaGalileo tells of Oxford research which suggests humans
arrived in Europe much later than originally thought, which obviously has
an impact on the 'neanderthal extinction' debate:
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The BBC has an interesting piece on the first farmers being forced to
domesticate grains because of a drought:
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On the more bizarre side, the San Jose Mercury makes note of a theory that
North America's first inhabitants may have come from Europe (!):
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The Irish Times reveals that recent discoveries on the Janiculum will be
paved over by a six storey underground car park (I'm going to try to find
more on this one):
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The Times has an interesting pair of pieces on Hereward the Wake and his
soft spot for the canine set (doggy burials in England!):
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An important medieval fresco depicting seasonal cycles etc. has been
discovered in a church in Rome:
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The Times also reports on the excavations of Somerset House:
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Not quite archaeology, but probably of interest is a piece at ABCNews
debunking the 'Bible Codes' theories which gained a lot of media attention
a couple of years ago:
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The Times reports on the sale of a Renaissance sculpture, originally
purchased for peanuts in a market in London, which fetched a huge price:
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In light of the fact that the Christmas season will soon be here and the
lists deluged with questions about the Bethlehem Star, folks might be
interested in Lingua Franca's review of a couple of books on the subject:
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This month's update of Archaeology Magazine is a bit disappointing, but
there is plenty of info in the Newsbriefs section of interest:
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USA Today has a touristy piece on Syria:
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There is quite a bit of media interest in the 'AsiaQuest' team, which is
retracing Marco Polo's route and keeping folks up to date on the web etc.
Here's some of the coverage (most have links to the project site)
HIGH TECH ARCHAEOLOGY
An awful lot of stuff of late focuses on the use of technology in
archaeology, so it seems worthy of a section of its own. The first piece
deals with high tech archaeology in Essex (thanks to Dave Abbott for the
heads up):
The Telegraph has a piece on various high tech tools available to
archaeologists (watch the wrap):
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The Times has an interesting piece on high tech methods used to recover
manuscripts of some 'lost' medieval music:
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The Washington Post has an item on a new type of sonar:
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FOLLOWUPS
The 'Angel Scroll' is back in the news, with more of its claims revealed in
the Times:
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More info on Miami's Circle has come to light, including a date and more
associated archaeological remains:
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THE POLITICS OF ARCHAEOLOGY
Also much in the news are items which focus mostly on the political side of
archaeology. The first is an editorial on the trend towards 'restitution'
of artifacts currently in museums (watch the wrap):
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The 'return the Elgin marbles' battle is heating up, with some scholars
claiming the Greeks did more damage to their own marbles than that which
they claim the British did cleaning the Elgin marbles:
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The 'where was Jesus baptized' conflict continues:
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Last, but not least, Ze'ev Herzog wrote a piece for Ha'aretz on how much of
what is believed on the basis of biblical evidence simply can't be
confirmed by archaeology. The article caused a stir on various scholarly
lists (and was posted to many ... unfortunately it has expired on the
server), and as can be seen from the following news reports, elsewhere:
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REGULAR FEATURES
CTCWeb's Words of the Week
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Radio Finland's Nuntii Latini
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English translation (probably delayed):
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