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EXPLORATOR
Watching the Web for News of the Ancient World
Volume 3, Issue 5 -- June 4, 2000
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Plenty happening this week:
Two items strike me as qualifiying as 'big news', although they aren't receiving equal coverage. The first is the discovery by Goddio and his crew of what appears to be the submerged remains of the cities of Herakleion, Canopis, and Menouthis in Abukir Bay (most of the coverage comprises variations on AP and/or Reuters stories ... the Times of London coverage was a 'web special' and has photos etc.; BBC coverage is pretty good as well):
The second is the discovery of a lost city in Peru, although it seems to be only getting minimal coverage from the news sources:
OLD WORLD NEWS
The Times of London also reports on some recently-discovered petroglyphs in France:
The Telegraph reports on damage done to Silbury Hill by recent rains (watch the wrap):
Two items in the Irish Times refer to danger to various archaeological sites in the face of various building projects:
The Hindu reports on restructuring at the Archaeological Survey of India:
NEW WORLD NEWS
The Washington Post reports on the discovery of some very old and possibly ancient canoes in Florida:
The Miami Herald reports on what excavations at a sinkhole in Florida has been turning up:
CLASSICISTS' CORNER
Some items in the press which will appeal especially to the Classicists among us include Wilfred Stroh's reading of Book 4 of the Aeneid (in Latin) as part of Ohio University's 'Panathenaia' (thanks to William Owens for the heads up) (requires RealPlayer):
The Bergen Record has a feature on Dorothy Belle Pollack, a one-woman outreach machine:
The Courier Press has a nice feature on retiring Latin teacher Jane Ann Reinitz (watch the wrap):
A feature on the revival of Latin in Cleveland:
BOOK REVIEWS
The LATimes has a review of A.D. Marcus *The View from Nebo: How Archaeology is Rewriting the Bible and Reshaping the Middle East*:
The San Francisco Chronicle has a review (sort of) of A. Mayor's *The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times*
The Lebanon Star has a review (again, sort of) of the third revised edition of *Byblos Through the Ages*:
SAGAS
The Greek president was in Canada this week and Canadian Classical archaeologists might be surprised/dismayed/heartened to know that our government apparently is backing Greece's claim to have the Elgin Marbles returned to them (the story is buried in a long account of the president's visit ... it's the first article on the following page):
ON THE NEWSSTANDS
Discovering Archaeology has a number of items of interest this week, including features on the 'cradle of agriculture', Ancient Petra, revisionism in regards to an ancient Syrian goddess, and stuff about the tv-opening of the Barhariyah tombs. Access to all from:
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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