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Watching the Web for News of the Ancient World
Volume 3, Issue 18 -- September 3, 2000
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Happy long weekend in North America (and happy beginning of the NFL season!)! Here's our usual eclectic selection of what happened in the world of archaeology this week:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Gratias vobis ago for the heads up to: Sally Winchester and Michael Ruggeri (as always, with hopes that I didn't leave anyone out!).
THE BIG NEWS
The big news this week appears to be the discovery of -- and subsequent damage to -- a cache of some 80 prehistoric canoes in Florida (watch the wrap):
OLD WORLD NEWS
The Telegraph reports on plans to briefly thaw the Tyrolian Ice Man in order to help answer some nagging questions (watch the wrap):
The BBC has a report on the dangers being faced by some recently-discovered petroglyphs in Norway:
Ananova reports on the discovery of a "German Stonehenge", which is much older than its British 'namesake':
Ananova also reports that a house on a remote Scottish island has proven to be some 2000 years old (much to everyone's surprise):
A Norwegian newspaper has an article (in Norwegian) on the discovery of some 4000-year-old graves (I'm taking Sally Winchester's word for in on this one!):
FoxNews has a report on the discovery of a major Thracian site, probably a capital, with some remains dating from the Bronze Age:
The New York Times has a really nice piece on Aphrodisias:
The Lancet has a really interesting article on archaeological evidence for a successful Roman amputation (the site requires registration, but it's free):
The Independent has a touristy guide to Roman Britain which is pretty decent:
The Irish Times has a touristy sort of piece on early ecclesiastical archaeological remains in Ireland:
Northern Light brings a Xinhua report on the discovery of some tombs in Beijing:
The Times of London has a nice piece on Afghanistan's efforts to recover antiquities:
I think this might actually be a followup, but there was quite a bit of press coverage this week devoted to evidence that syphilis existed in Europe prior to the 'discovery' of the New World:
FoxNews reports on the discovery of a medieval tower during excavations to install fibre optic cables:
In what might have also qualified as big news, an Israeli court has ruled that a scholar does have copyright in regards to his restoration of a section of the Dead Sea Scrolls:
This probably isn't really Explorator fodder, but some folks might be interested in reading an AP report on what some 300-year-old wine recovered from a shipwreck tasted like:
NEW WORLD NEWS
The Times has a very nice article on Nazca:
The Arizona Star has a piece on the excavation of a Hohokam village:
The Christian Science Monitor has a nice article on what might have happened to the Anasazi:
Returning to the Times, there is more Columbian revisionism going on as one scholar claims Columbus to have been backed primarily by the pope, not Isabella and her hubby:
ON THE NEWSTANDS
Discovering Archaeology has some new 'front page' material, including a nice piece on what the real Viking legacy was, the search for Cambyses' lost army in Egypt, and assorted other things:
AT ABOUT COM
Archaeological guide Kris Hurst's latest column is on the importance of Opal Phytoliths:
Latin Guide Janet Burns' latest is on etymology:
CLASSICISTS' CORNER
Classicists might be interested to know that Kofi Annan has called for the world to observe the traditional cessation of hostilities during the Olympics:
Another school gets Latin via distance education:
William Crowell can be added to the list of successful businessfolks with a deep love of classics:
FOLLOWUPS
On *explorer* (i.e. not archaeologist) Gene Savoy setting out to explore that recently-discovered Incan city:
Bolivian officials are now casting doubts on an Italian archaeology team's claim to have found a temple beneath the surface of Lake Titicaca:
OBITUARY
A.C. Moorhouse:
REGULAR FEATURES
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Radio Finland's Nuntii Latini
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