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Watching the Web for News of the Ancient World
Volume 3, Issue 19 -- September 10, 2000
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Not a lot of news this week, but a lot of coverage of a few stories:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Gratias vobis ago for the heads up to: rmhowe, Bill Kennedy, Andrew Schoenhofer and Michael
Ruggeri (as always, with hopes that I didn't leave anyone out!).
THE BIG NEWS
The big news this week is one of those 'hidden in plain sight' things ... it turns out the long-known site of Can Cuen in Guatemala was once a major palace/trading centre of the Maya folk. Most of the coverage comes from an AP wire story in various incarnations, but there are some nice things in the Washington Post, MSNBC, ABC, and the BBC:
OLD WORLD NEWS
ABCNews has an interesting piece on how prehistoric man might have shaped rocks for musical purposes:
Xinhua via Northern Light reports on the threat to the sculptures on Mount Nemrut in Turkey:
The Hindu has a brief piece on the discovery of a hoard of copper swords:
The Telegraph has a nice article on life in a Roman military camp near Hadrian's wall (watch the wrap):
Coming in a close second for 'big news' is the much-reported-on story of one paleoecologist's suggestion that a catastrophic event (i.e. a comet) ushered in the 'Dark Ages' in 540 A.D.:
Ananova tells of the discovery of a major Viking hoard in Sweden:
The St. Louis Tribune tells of the discovery of some early 11th-century wax tablets in Russia:
The BBC has an interesting piece on the discovery of what appear to be the 'secret graves' of George III's 'secret grandaughter' and daughter:
NEW WORLD NEWS
Coming in a close second for big news this week is what appears to be really good evidence (for a change) of cannibalism among the Anasazi:
The Washington Post has a nice little article on what excavations of 19th-century Annapolis are revealing about an early African-American community:
WEBSITES
The Persian Gallery at the Oriental Institute has reopened and the associated webpage has some interesting stuff to look at:
The Stoa has an interesting update ... a subsection called Metis by Bruce Hartzler which has Quicktime views of a number of important Greek archaeological sites. Definitely worth a look:
AT ABOUT COM
Archaeological guide Kris Hurst's latest is a review of William Isbell's *Mummies and Mortuary Monuments*:
Latin Guide Janet Burns' latest is on the Olympic games:
Ancient History Guide N.S. Gill's latest is on the Roman 'labour day' (a guest column by William Harris):
CLASSICISTS' CORNER
The Irish Times reveals that "Gladiator" has spurred interest in ancient history:
The University Wire has an interesting piece on the 'online notes' phenomenon:
Back in August, a British politician-type criticized universities for 'joke-majors' (like golf course management); the BBC had a sort of online chat thing and there were some interesting comments made about classics and archaeology in the process (you'll have to scroll through it a bit):
FOLLOWUPS
On thawing Otzi (watch the wrap):
Zeugma (someone's suggesting moving the whole thing!):
Thracian city:
REGULAR FEATURES
CTCWeb's Words of the Week
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Radio Finland's Nuntii Latini
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