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EXPLORATOR
Watching the Web for News of the Ancient World
Volume 3, Issue 1 -- May 7, 2000
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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
the time of 'publicatio'.
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Our third year begins with a good variety of stuff:
OLD WORLD NEWS
The big news of the week appears to be the discovery that humans may have migrated up the coast of Africa rather than taking the 'Nile route' (thanks to Bill Kennedy for the heads up)(watch the wrap in some cases):
Also qualifying as rather big news would be the discovery of what is described as a "five star hotel" in Pompeii (watch the wrap in some cases):
The Sunday Times has an article on the 'thumbs down' gesture in the arena (which doesn't even mention Wallace-Hadrill!):
The Sydney Morning Herald has a conventional feature on the Colosseum:
The New York Times has a feature on how the site of Belkis is being threatened by rising waters:
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Also getting a lot of press (again) is the suggestion that Napoleon might have been poisoned:
NEW WORLD NEWS
ABCNews has a nice piece on what recent research into the Inca Mummies has revealed (thanks to Michael Ruggieri for the heads up):
ON THE NEWSSTANDS
Time Magazine has a nice cover article on the Vikings:
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Egypt Revealed has a short piece on how Egyptian religion spread across the Mediterranean:
SAGAS
A researcher has suggested that Lord Elgin's letters might ultimately solve the problem of the Elgin marbles (yeah ... right):
FOLLOWUPS
The LA Times has a feature on the Cactus Hill site in Virginia:
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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EXPLORATOR is a weekly newsletter (but posted every two-three days when
there's a lot going on) representing the fruits of the labours of 'media
research division' of The Atrium. Various on-line news and magazine sources
are scoured on a daily basis for news of the ancient world (broadly
construed: practically anything relating to archaeology or history prior to
about 1700 or so is fair game) and when a sufficient number of urls are
gathered (usually a minimum of three stories), they are delivered to your
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