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A week of plenty of tidbits, although whether some would be included in
'high season' is questionable:
The Irish Times has a piece on the discovery of human remains from the 13th
century which belong to a victim of "medieval frenzied attack syndrome":
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The BBC reports on the rediscovery of the skeleton of the
barber-surgeon-travelling-tradesman guy, which was believed lost during WWII:
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LatinoLink has a report on the intended use of DNA tests on Olmec remains
to determine their origin (thanks to Michael Ruggieri for the heads up):
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The most interesting thing I read this week was easily a piece in the New
York Times on how the Church, prior to Galileo and numerous other
'herectics' was well aware of the problems of the traditional view they
were defending, from observations in their own 'cathedral-observatories':
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The National Post has a nice feature on the Epic of Gilgamesh:
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Discovering Archaeology has a number of items of interest; in order of
appearance below, the articles are on Monte Verde (which include a rather
repetitious stress on the fact that Discovering Archaeology is put out by
Scientific American ... significant?) and the Shroud of Turin (nothing new)
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Bible Review has a new feature online which looks at the parallels between
Buddha and Jesus:
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The World and I has a feature by David Slavitt on the demise of Latin (and
rise of English)(thanks to Dave Abbott for the heads up):
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Lebanon's Daily Star has a feature on an archaeological artist named Gerti
Bierenbroodspot, who has done some interesting renditions of sites such as
Petra and Baalbek (unfortunately not many of her works seem to be online,
not even at her own site, which has a link on the page as well):
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THE POLITICS OF ARCHAEOLOGY
It was a big week for politics in archaeology, it seems ... first comes
news from the Washington Post on Israel's argument with Jordan over the
site where Jesus was baptized:
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... then comes the news from Britain that pagans' noses were out of joint
when the remains of a Bronze Age man were given a burial by a Christian
cleric (two versions, from the Times and the Telegraph):
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... and of course, the official report on Kennewick Man is online (thanks
to Doug Weller for the heads up):
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... and the Times also reports on how UNESCO has made Sterktontein caves
World Heritage Site status:
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ARCHAEOLOGY'S TOP 100
This feature will resume next week (I promise! I should have my act
together again this week).
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REGULAR FEATURES
CTCWeb's Words of the Week
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English translation (probably delayed):
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CORRECTIONS:
Last week I mentioned a Romano-Egyptian exhibit reviewed in De Standaard
which I thought was being put on in Amsterdam; the actual location is
Tongeren, Belgium ... thanks to Francis Deblauwe for the heads up!
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