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Watching the Web for News of the Ancient World
Volume 3, Issue 8 -- June 25, 2000
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Plenty on the web this week:
The big news of the week is probably the discovery of a number of Anglo-Saxon graves at Sutton Hoo; here's plenty of coverage:
OLD WORLD NEWS
Coming in a close second for big news is the report of the discovery of various tombs of folks who worked on the pyramids, who apparently weren't slaves (thanks to Tom Simms and Pat Ryan for the heads up on this one):
This really should be a followup, but since it happened so long ago ... The Times reports that a couple of lads with metal detectors will financially benefit from their discovery of a massive Roman coin hoard a couple of years ago:
The Irish Times reports on the discovery of a 6th century AD wooden crozier in County Offaly:
Discover magazine has a brief item on the discovery of aquaculture ponds in a byzantine site:
There has been plenty of coverage of the discovery of a number of tombs in the ruins of a 10th century Spanish church (all the following are varying themes on the same AP story):
The Hindu has a feature on the discovery of what might be a provincial capital of the Harappan civilization:
The BBC also has a report on some finds in India:
The Times has a couple of items relating to the Venerable Bede:
The Times also reports on the discovery of another version of the Last Supper, apparently done by Leondardo's workshop, with contributions from the master himself:
NEW WORLD NEWS
The Salt Lake Tribune has a nice piece on a Mayan panel excavated by a BYU professor:
The Evansville Courier Press reports on a prehistoric site in Indiana currently being excavated:
Another development in Miami might be halted because of the discovery of prehistoric remains:
The Times of London has a nice article on the fraud associated with the Frobisher expedition:
The Philadelphia Inquirer has a report on the discovery of a number of early colonists' graves:
A brief report on plans to 'excavate' the CSS Alabama:
CLASSICISTS' CORNER
The San Francisco Examiner reports on the recent rise in the price of Classical art; the implications for the illicit trade of such items are strangely ignored:
Greece will be adopting the Euro and so the drachma will be no more ... the locally-made Greek Euros will still have some Classical content:
There's a mote of Classical content in Michael Dirda's column in the Post on the imperiousness of bestseller lists:
FOLLOWUPS
More on Tell Hamoukar this week (with some new info in the piece from Ananova):
Also in regards to Tell Hamoukar, CBC Radio's "Quirks and Quarks" interviewed one of the excavators from the Oriental Institude (Gibson ... apologies, I missed the first name). The program is available today in RealAudio format at the following page (it's part of the program with the main feature 'Is Menstruation Necessary' ... I *think* it was the feature after this first one, but may have been a bit later ... social historians might find things of interest in the Menstruation story as well, although there is nothing specifically ancient mentioned there):
Those interested in what went on at Stonehenge during the solstice can read about it in the Times:
REVIEWS
The Times has a review of Monk and Raphael's *From Socrates to Turing*
ON THE NEWSSTANDS
Biblical Archaeology Review has new online content, with articles on ancient Sepphoris and the veracity of Exodus (there's also a review of a book on the latter subject):
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Radio Finland's Nuntii Latini
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