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Editor's note: Depending on your mail software, some urls may wrap
(especially those from the Telegraph) which will require you to rebuild the
url at your end; if you get a 'file not found', check to see if the url
wrapped on you. Most urls should be active for at least eight hours from
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[Apologies for lateness ... I slept in!]
In the news this week:
To judge by discussion on various lists, the big news of the week is
report, emanating ultimately from New Scientist, that Romans may have
reached the new world. Here's all sorts of coverage, all variations on the
same theme (thanks to plenty of folks who sent me heads up on this one):
The Telegraph has a nice report on how humans in the Mesolithic were rather
more sophisticated than previously thought (watch the wrap):
The Washington Post reports on Iraq's recovery of some 5,000 artifacts,
some dating from Sumerian times:
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The BBC has a tantalizingly brief report suggesting Abu Dhabi was inhabited
from at least the third century:
The Times of London also has a nice report on the recovery in Miami of a
number of artifacts stolen from Corinth:
The BBC reports on one scholar's claim that King Arthur was actually
Scottish (!):
According to CNN, an American is going to attempt to circumnavigate the
world in a reed boat, which will, no doubt, add more voices to the 'who
populated which continent when' debate (thanks to Karen Cunningham for the
heads up)
EXHIBITS
The Times reports that an impending exhibition of Pompeii erotica has
angered Vatican officials (watch the wrap):
The Art in the Age of the Pyramids exhibition has finally arrived at the
Royal Ontario Museum (just down the road!) and so there is plenty of
coverage in Canadian newspapers, including the Globe and Mail, which
undoubtedly has the most ridiculous url I've ever seen ... 'watch the wrap'
seems to be an understatement:
[if that doesn't work, just do a search for archaeology at
www.theglobeandmail.com ... thanks to William Kerr for the heads up on this
one] Other coverage at:
FOLLOWUPS
Last week we reported on the discovery near Pisa of the ancient remains of
a Roman and his dog; this week the Times of London has given some excellent
coverage to it at (watch the wrap):
OBITUARIES
The world of ancient history is much poorer off after the loss of G. de
Ste. Croix this week (thanks to various folks who passed along urls on this):
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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