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EXPLORATOR
Watching the Web for News of the Ancient World
Volume 3, Issue 4 -- May 28, 2000
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Sorry for the delay today folks ... internet difficulties this a.m. (P.S. We'll miss you, Rocket!)
Not a lot of news, but a lot of coverage of a couple of items:
The big news of the week seems to be the excavation at Tell Hamoukar, which is pushing back the date for the creation of 'civilization'. Here's more coverage than you can shake your trowel at (thanks to John Carr and Louis Okin for some of what follows):
The Turkish Cypriot press has a brief item on the discovery of a 5th century B.C.E. cemetery:
Inside Denver has a nice feature on Paolo Visona and his excavation of what is possibly Mamertion:
The Times of London has a touristy piece on various amphitheatres which are found in the blessed realm:
The Times of India has a report on the discovery of an Ashoka stupa in India (thanks to Sally Winchester for the heads up):
ABCNews reports that there might be more tests on the Shroud of Turin (thanks to 'Sujazz" for the heads up):
EXHIBITS
The San Francisco Examiner has a report on an exhibit at SFSU on Daily Life in Ancient Rome:
The Art Newspaper has a report on and exhibition at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem which features various artifacts documenting the early history of Christianity:
FOLLOWUPS
The big followup news is the reportage which came hot on the heels of Fox's "Opening of the Tombs" special last week (which I missed, because it was a long weekend in Canada and so I thought Tuesday was actually Monday ... d'oh!). Here's all kinds of coverage, including (at the end) a link to Fox's own coverage (which has some video, but not, apparently, the whole two hour special) and a link to Zahi Hawass' site, which has more on the Barhariyah Oasis discoveries:
SAGAS
More on the Elgin Marbles in the wake of an international conference:
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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