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EXPLORATOR
Watching the Web for News of the Ancient World
Volume 3, Issue 27 -- November 5, 2000
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Thanks to the many folks who sent me the text of the Ottawa Citizen article last week!
I've added quite a few new sources to the search stable, which have turned up quite a bit more than usual! Enjoy!
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Gratias vobis ago for the heads up to: Alastair Millar(as always, with hopes that I didn't leave anyone out, which is a distinct possibility since I've been migrating between a couple of computers this week! P.S. to SW ... I appear to have misplaced the Kerryman piece ... can you resend?).
THE BIG NEWS
Two stories seem to qualify as big news, although both are technically followups. The first is quite a bit of coverage on the 5,000-year-old Abydos boats (watch the wrap):
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The second bit of big news, of course, is Ballard's discovery of a 1500-year-old ship with mast intact (!), and passing mention that evidence for human structures on a shelf of the Black Sea have proven rather more recent:
OLD WORLD NEWS
On the 'Out of Africa' front, the latest news is that our genetic Eve doesn't seem to have ever met our genetic Adam:
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Unisci brings a story on the discovery of remains of the Sarmati people (shouldn't that be Sarmatian?):
The Guardian reports on the restoration of a Roman cavalryman's visage:
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In Britain, archaeologists have rediscovered a 'lost' section of Hadrian's wall:
They've also found evidence which suggests the Romans paid the Scots off to keep them out (hmmm ... that reminds me of a very bad joke about Romans and Scots ...):
Northern Light brings us Xinhua's regular wrap up of archaeological discoveries in China (watch the wrap):
A Japanese archaeologist has been accused of seeding a site:
According to UniSci, technology has revealed that the Canterbury Tales originally had a different title (but not that much different):
NEW WORLD NEWS
Sparse news from the New World this week, save for an article on the earliest evidence for plant cultivation:
CLASSICISTS' CORNER
The closest thing to 'classical content' this week is in a nice little feature on the history of Halloween (late, I know, but maybe for next year?):
My desperation to find something for this section can also be seen in my actually including a couple of articles on how a woman has decided to name her son after the lead character in Gladiator, and subsequently has not been allowed to baptize him (even though the two things aren't really connected ... sort of):
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ON THE NEWSSTANDS
British Archaeology has a new issue out with online features devoted to a Neolithic campsite in the blessed isle, the Neolithic site of Skara Brae, and the decline of Roman influence in Britain in the early 200's, along with some news links:
Current Archaeology has a new issue out with online content devoted to medieval Norwich:
REVIEWS
The Sunday Times has a review of A. Gottlieb *The Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance." (watch the wrap)
The Independent has a review of sorts of the *Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World*
FWIW
A couple of ancient-related stories defy classification, but should be of interest. The first is that the modern 'mummy' made by Bob Brier and co. made a visit to a mortician's convention:
The second is an e-book preview on something billed as an Egyptian stone tablet which baffles scientists ... it looks kind of nutty to me:
FOLLOWUPS
Oldest Cave Paintings:
Witches' Bottles:
New Library at Alexandria:
Mummy from Karachi (this one has potential saga written all over it; just check out the diverse coverage):
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Midas' feast:
Helike:
Ovid's Villa (note to discutants on various lists ... this discovery was originally reported back in September in the Times of London)(watch the wrap as necessary):
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AT ABOUT.COM
Latin Guide Janet Burns' latest is a nice list of term paper starters:
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 ... hasn't been updated since August):
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