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McMahon, Michael Ruggeri, 'Phipps', George Pesely, Yonatan Nadelman,
Steve Rankin, W. Richard Frahm, Andrew Schoenhofer,Mark Elliott,
and Sally Winchester for headses upses this week (a.a.h.i.h.l.n.o.o.).
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Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark, and Ilan Ramon ...
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AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA
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The earliest evidence for dairy farming in Britain has been
found:
Spy photos have revealed that Bronze Age villages in the Near
East were not as 'isolated' as was once thought:
The Denver Post has a lengthy piece on the history, ancient and
otherwise, of Iraq:
,1413,36%257E73%257E1132351,00.html
A statue of Queen Ti was recently found:
A nice chunk of a Roman road has been excavated in Koln:
A number of bronze relics from the Western Zhou Dynasty have been
found in China's Shanxi province:
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THE AMERICAS
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Excavation of a mound in North Carolina is shedding light on the
Conestee people:
A mystery wreck off the coast of Louisiana is getting some
coverage:
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ALSO OF INTEREST
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Again, construction of things for the Olympics in Athens seems to
be damaging archaeological sites:
The Washington Post has a somewhat strange (especially in light
of other coverage) piece on the similarities between the James
Ossuary and Jehoash Inscription discoveries:
A nice feature on mummies found in cold climes on various
continents:
,0,2879088.story
The Oxbow Books site has an interview with Anna Marguerite
McCann,who talks about her various underwater researches at Cosa and
Skerki Bank:
Ditto a piece on the Society for History Archaeology Congress
(has anyone ever written a piece on an academic conference with a
positive spin?):
Christianity Today has an interview with Dan Bahat on Temple
Mount and related matters:
The Egyptian Museum's guides face some high tech competition:
Research suggests the Maori traditions about the settlement of
New Zealand have some veracity:
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ON THE WEB
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William Dever, "Contra Davies" (on Minimalism and Anti-Semitism
in Biblical Studies):
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CRIME BEAT
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Vandals have damaged the Maiden Bower Fort (Iron Age):
Similiter, at Ancients National Monument in Colorado:
,1299,DRMN_21_1711680,00.html
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AT ABOUT.COM
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Ancient History Guide N.S. Gill's latest is a review of *Troy*,
a young adult fiction novel:
Archaeology Guide Kris Hirst has links to poetry about archaeology:
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BOOK REVIEWS
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John Noble Wilford reviews Gavin Menzies:
... another of the same book:
cf.
Lisa Jardine, *On a Grander Scale: The Outstanding Life of Sir
Christopher Wren*:
Larissa MacFarquhar, *Bark* (history of dogs):
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DON'T EAT THAT ELMER (A.K.A. CUM GRANO SALIS)
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Pravda is accusing the CIA of "concealing" Noah's Ark:
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EXHIBITIONS
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Dead Sea Scrolls (Grand Rapids):
Magna Graecia (Tampa):
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CLASSICIST'S CORNER
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Valentine's Day is a few weeks away, but Classicists are already
being asked their opinions:
Nice to know some priests (not mine, alas) still know Latin:
Another installment in the 'what to do with a Latin degree' (he
must have one, no?):
,1413,36%257E64%257E1148427,00.html
In case you missed it, Britain's Education Secretary is getting
flak for questioning the value of studying classics:
Some geologists have written a paper on how well Homer knew his
geography:
A Classicist will become Dean of Arts and Letters at UPenn:
... and another Classicist has apparently speculated on Jesus'
drug use:
ClassCon in a piece on a Sweetest Lips contest:
On being female and getting tenure at Yale:
Some suggestions that Roman numerals go beyond just designating
which Superbowl it is:
Etymologies:
(precatory)
(a latin motto)
(vigil)
(plum)
Peter Jones in the Spectator:
... and Dot Wordsworth:
Akropolis News in Classical Greek:
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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Mary Chubb (archaeologist):
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Hugh Trevor-Roper (historian):
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FOLLOWUPS
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Black Sea Ship (excellent article):
Cyclops in Crete (good photo):
Elgin/Parthenon Marbles Virtual Re-creation:
Jehoash Inscription:
UCLA Cultural Virtual Reality Lab:
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