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explorator 5.27 November 3, 2002
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Maurice O'Sullivan, Tom Elliott, 'alesmonetos', Hanna Orr, C.J. Feehan,
W. Richard Frahm, and Barbara Barrett for headses upses this week
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AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA
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Well, if the James Ossuary was the big news last week, I guess the
big news this week is that it was cracked en route to exhibition in
Toronto (I suspect I know which road the damage was cause by) ... more
'followups' in the Followups section below:
,1280,-2137300,00.html
I'm sure we'll hear more on this one ... new research suggests that
race is a more important factor than environment when it comes to
cranial shapes:
A brief item on the largest Neolithic site ever found in Germany
(article in German):
,2044,OID1242054,00.html
A new museum is planned for Egypt's Philae Island archaeological site:
Dam construction in Iraq threatens the site of Ashur:
Masada is now a UNESCO heritage site:
,1280,-2135355,00.html
Al-Ahram has a nice piece on the mining site of Mons Claudianus:
A hitherto unknown temple erected by Hadrian to commemorate his
beloved Antinous has been discovered in excavations at the villa:
,,1-3-464071,00.html
A metal detector guy has joined the ranks of archaeologists by
"stumbling" on a Roman burial near London:
One I missed: last weekend the New York Times had a nice piece on
the roots of modern Buddhism:
The oldest section of China's Great Wall has been identified:
Cave art in northern India was recently saved from a deconstruction
crew:
,,1-3-464073,00.html
A major ancient cemetery has been found somewhat near Bangkok:
The graves of many of those who took part in Nelson's 'Battle of the
Nile' have been discovered:
,3604,820361,00.html
Not sure how to classify this one, but the New York Times has an
interesting piece on the collection of Islamic Art (and other items)
housed in Doris Duke's 'Shangri-La' estate:
more at:
Also in the unsure classification category is an account of a
Ramadan-timed miniseries based on the Protocols of the Elders of
Zion:
... as is a piece on the alchemist Nicholas Flamel, who figures
in the Harry Potter series:
... as is a piece on the accessibility to scholars of the Glaser
collection of ancient Arabic manuscripts at the Austrian National
Library:
... and a piece on DNA evidence being used to identify Jack the
Ripper:
... and evidence supposedly exonerating the claim that the British
poisoned Napoleon:
An interview/press release thing with Ken Feder should be of interest:
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THE AMERICAS
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Pre-Incan remains have been found beneath the waters of Lake
Titicaca (haven't we heard of this before?):
A Civil War site has been saved from development:
Native health was apparently on the decline long before Columbus
came:
The New York Times has a touristy sort of thing on Native American
sites in New Mexico:
The burials recently found at Teotihuacan reveal a Mayan connection:
A horrible pun in the headline on the discovery of the Templo Mayor's
foundations in Mexico City:
The 'accidental mummies' of Guanajuato will be the subject of
an upcoming edition of the National Geographic's "Mummy Road Show":
NASA satellite technology is to be used to preserve Native sites
while restoring wetlands:
Plans are afoot to make one of the oldest depictions of the Stars
and Stripes in Europe more of a touristy thing:
There are plans to excavate the CSS Georgia:
,1282,-2136054,00.html
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ON THE NEWSSTANDS
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A new issue of British Archaeology is out, with a nice piece on
Roman roads, among other things:
Biblical Archaeology Review seems to have fasttracked the webbification
of its Nov/Dec issue (for obvious reasons):
Archaeology Odyssey is also on the web rather early:
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ON THE WEB
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The Roman site of Rosia Montana/Alburnus Maior is threatened by development
of a gold mine (by a Canadian company!); I'm not sure if this one
will get picked up by the press so here's the official site
of the planned protest:
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NEW ONLINE BOOKS
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A number of items in pdf format (pardon the redundancy there) from the
people at Textkit ... check out their homepage if you've never been
there before:
William W. Goodwin, *The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis* :
J.J. White, *An Illustrated Dictionary to Xenophon's Anabasis*:
North and Hillard, *Greek Prose Composition for Schools*:
(text)
(key)
Bennett, *A Latin Grammar*:
B. D'Ooge, *Select Orations*:
H. Pearson, *Latin Prose Composition based on Cicero*:
G.R.S. Mead, *Apollonius of Tyana*:
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CRIME BEAT
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Last week, the 'mafia' gangs in the Ukraine were looting sites; now
it's similar gangs in Afghanistan:
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AT ABOUT.COM
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Maria Fasolo, "Hipparchia: The World's First Liberated Woman":
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BOOK REVIEWS
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Umberto Eco, *Baudolino*:
C. Winterer, *The Culture of Classicism: Ancient Greece and Rome
in American Intellectual Life 1780-1910*:
C. Woodward, *In Ruins*:
K. Jobes and M. Silva, *Invitation to the Septuagint* (long .pdf)
J.L. Gaddis, *The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the
Past*:
Marina Warner, *Fantastic Metamorphoses*:
,6121,824655,00.html
M. Broshi, *Bread, Wine, Walls, and Scrolls*:
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STAGE REVIEWS
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Antigone (New York):
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EXHIBITIONS
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There's a brief item on an exhibition on the history of writing
(Athens) that looks kind of interesting:
Leonard DaVinci and the Splendor of Poland (Milwaukee):
Magna Graecia (Cleveland):
The Adventures of Hamza (New York):
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CLASSICIST'S CORNER
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The latest in the Elgin/Parthenon Marbles saga (this one appeared
repeatedly in the Athenian News Agency items this week):
... and a letter is up for sale which will add fuel to the fire:
The National Gallery (London) has acquired a nice painting of
Diana and Endymion (by Subleyras):
ClassCon in the Australian racing pages:
,8659,5407663-23829,00.html
... and a piece on Karl Rove:
Third grade 'celatores':
They'll be celebrating the arrival of spring in South Africa in
classical fashion:
A classics voice heard in Brown's debate over whether to allow
high school students to take summer college courses:
Hunter Rawlings will be returning to the classroom:
Folks following the Bellisles case might be interested in these:
Etymologies:
(ardiem!)
,1713,BDC_2477_1518369,00.html (columbarium)
(nemini parco)
(senex)
,4057,5402156%255E462,00.html (sagitta)
(caelum)
(occasio)
Perfess'r Harris:
Philologos:
Dot Wordsworth:
Radio Finland's Nuntii Latini
Radio Bremen's Der Monatsrckblick - auf Latein
U.S. Weather in Latin:
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OBITUARIES
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Ekrem Akurgal (Archaeologist):
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FOLLOWUPS
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James Ossuary:
(bone fragments mentioned!)
'%20Ossuary.htm
Pre-Columbian Chinese Visit to America:
Temple Mount Wall:
Monitor:
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