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EXPLORATOR
Watching the Web for News of the Ancient World
Volume 3, Issue 12 -- July 23, 2000
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A somewhat quiet week, it seems ...
The big news of the week is the the fires in Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado are revealing all sorts of archaeological sites ... here's some of the coverage:
OLD WORLD NEWS
Coming in a very close second for the 'big news' title (it lost the coin toss), is a brief item from the Athenian News Agency on the discovery of substantial human remains and numerous artifacts dating from Mycenean times (thanks to Arnd Lis for the heads up):
Also apparently big news (to judge by coverage) is the news that Greek tragedies are being put in in a refurbished area of the Colosseum (thanks to numerous folks for the heads (headses?) up on this):
The Independent has a report on efforts to discover evidence for earlier inhabitation of Scotland:
Ananova tells of new evidence which brings syphilis to the UK rather earlier than previously thought:
The erstwhile Glasgow Herald reports on the discovery of quite a few millennium-old burials (thanks to Leo Boberschmidt for the heads up):
Excite News has an item from the University Wire on how technology from BYU is being used on ancient/medieval manuscripts:
According to the Hindu, assorted historians are asking for major changes in the administrative structure and purview of the Archaeological Survey of India:
NEW WORLD NEWS
Construction of a soccer field in Fall City (Washington) has revealed some Native American artifacts:
CLASSICISTS' CORNER
The University Wire brings news of the upcoming National Junior Classical League hoedown in Oklahoma:
The UW also brings a followup on the onlinicization (I think I'll trademark that word) of classics courses at various universities:
A Latin teacher is now on the staff of the Governor of Maryland:
I'm not sure whether folks will be interested in this, but I sense a 'classical' connection is lurking behind the views of Diane Ravitch, an apparently well-known education critic:
FOLLOWUPS
Those mummies from a Niagara Falls museum are back in the news, this time apparently with hopes that DNA tests prove one of them to be the mummy of Ramses I:
More on excavations of the Garamantes (thanks to Jennifer Wees for the heads up):
EXHIBITIONS
Radio Free Europe has a reviewish sort of thing on a the New York exhibition of artifacts from Ur:
USA Today has a similar thing on a new exhibit at the London Museum called "High Street Londinium":
CNN reports on a couple of new antiquities (oxymoron?) recently acquired by a museum in Fort Worth:
REVIEWS
Fans of historical fiction set in Egypt will be interested in the Washington Post's review of Elizabeth Peters' *He Shall Thunder in the Sky* (we'll ignore the use of shall with the second person in the title there ...)
WEBSITES
Today's scan picked up the companion website of a BBC documentary series called "Road to Riches", all about the development of wealth and monetary economies. There's quite a bit of ancient stuff on the website, plus transcripts, interviews, etc. ... definitely worth a look.
ON THE NEWSSTANDS
Egypt Revealed has a nice feature on our fascination with mummies:
Nature has a brief piece on our longstanding relationship with nits:
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