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explorator 6.17                                  August 24, 2003
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Thanks to Arthur Shippee,  Bill Kennedy, Dave Sowdon, David
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Joseph I. Lauer, Kris Curry, Louis A. Okin, Leanne Archer,
Paul Cowie, Richard Heli, R.M. Howe, Steve Rankin, Mike Ruggeri,
W. Richard Frahm,  and Yonatan Nadelman for headses upses this
week (as always hoping I have left no one out)

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AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA
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The New York Times has a somewhat late report on that discovery
of petroglyphs in Australia a few months ago (but at least they
have a photo!):

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/22/international/asia/22AUST.html
http://www.iht.com/articles/107442.html

A 7000 B.P. terracotta of a male (just the lower half) has been
found during pipeline construction in Germany:

http://tinyurl.com/l0f6 (Yahoo)
http://tinyurl.com/l0hj (Telegraph)

Al-Ahram has a lengthy piece on the antiquity of Ethiopia:

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/652/heritage.htm

BBC Radio had a thing on the diseases suffered by ancient Egyptians;
article and a link to the audio at:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/unearthingmysteries_20030812.shtml

A Bronze Age village and a first-century A.D./C.E. Jewish farmhouse
have been excavated in Israel:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=330859
http://tinyurl.com/l0e8 (Jerusalem Post)
http://tinyurl.com/l0dj (Newsday)

The submerged ancient port of Agrigento (possibly with a temple)
has been found:

http://tinyurl.com/l0ed (AGI)

There is much concern that the new museum being built to house
the Elgin/Parthenon Marbles is doing quite a bit of damage to
ancient sites:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3160203.stm

An excavation at the Duke of Westminster's Eaton estate had
revealed some nine millennia of occupation:

http://tinyurl.com/l0hz (Daily Post)

The largest painted Roman wall ever found north of the alps has
been excavated in Salzburg (hopefully we'll hear more of this):

http://salzburg.orf.at/oesterreich.orf?read=detail&channel=5&id=276009
(article in German with some photos)

This may be a repeat, but I can't find it if it is ... the so-
called 'Portland Vase', usually considered to be a product of
the first century B.C., is possibly a product of the
Renaissance:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3169929.stm

The Cramond Lioness is returning to the Roman ruins whence it
was found:

http://www.edinburghnews.com/index.cfm?id=920942003

A ninth-century A.D./C.E. church has been found in Bulgaria
(I think something was lost in the translation of this one):

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=25365

Ayodhya update:

http://tinyurl.com/l0f0 (Yahoo)

A recently-discovered letter sheds some light on the pope's
involvement in Galileo's 'case':

http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=39885

It appears St. Andrews sits atop a medieval cemetery:

http://www.sundayherald.com/36229

As promised, archaeologists had a major announcement about the
Mary Rose ... they've found the front section:

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_810185.html
http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/index.cfm?id=910102003
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/dorset/3159301.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/dorset/3157767.stm
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THE AMERICAS
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The Meadowcroft Rock Shelter site is still causing debate:

http://www.msnbc.com/news/956001.asp

A 1500 B.P. tomb has been found in Oaxaca, Mexico:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/08/030819072927.htm
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-08/fm-fma081403.php

Ground penetrating radar has been used to locate what might be
a campsite associated with the Donner Party:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/20/national/20BRFS1.html
http://tinyurl.com/l0da (Reno Gazette-Journal)

A number of buffalo-hide shields have been returned to the
Navajo Nation:

http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Aug/08182003/utah/84915.asp (Photo)

Human remains have been found beneath Ben Franklin's house:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20030811/franklin.html

The Titanic is deteriorating much quicker than expected:

http://www.msnbc.com/news/955061.asp

You know it's a slow news week when one of the longest articles
to read is about problems New York is having finding a home for
a statue of one of its early mayors:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/22/nyregion/22STAT.html
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ALSO OF INTEREST
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Another indication of a slow news week: extended coverage on why
humans lost most of their body hair:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/19/science/19HAIR.html

... and how lice reveal when they (humans) began to wear clothing
(interesting span of time between the previous event and this one):

http://tinyurl.com/l0eh (SF Chronicle)
http://www.msnbc.com/news/954058.asp
http://www.iht.com/articles/107093.html
http://tinyurl.com/kf11 (Yahoo)

Japan Times has a lengthy feature on prehistoric art and what it
tells us about human behaviour:

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20030817a1.htm

Medieval babies apparently thrived because of extended breast-
feeding:

http://tinyurl.com/l0cq (Telegraph)

Venice has sunk roughly two feet over the past three centuries:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20030818/venice.html

The public can once again bathe at Bath:

http://tinyurl.com/l0iy (Telegraph)

A rather lengthy piece on Saddam Hussein's project to rebuild
ancient Babylon:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/19/international/worldspecial/19BABY.html

... and an interesting editorial which mentions it in the
context of 'manipulating history':

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/opinion/22_08_03_b.asp

A sort of overview piece on what's happening in art museums in
Washington, D.C.:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/22/arts/design/22SMIT.html
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MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS
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Archaeology 56.5 (Sept./Oct. 2003):

http://www.archaeology.org/magazine.php?page=curiss/index
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ON THE WEB
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Sergei V. Rjabchikov, "On Some Scythian and Sarmatian Symbols" (pdf)

http://anthro-globe.com/docs/articles/47.pdf

Charles David Isabell, "'History' and 'Writing'" [on whether
writers of scripture thought they were writing history]:

http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/Isabell_history.htm

Dana Huntley, "The Coming of Rome" (from British Heritage)

http://www.historynet.com/bh/blcomingofrome/

All about Colliery Checks (no, I didn't know what they were
either):

http://freespace.virgin.net/mark.smith30/PitchecksanIntroduction.htm

Potentially useful is an online catalog/database/compendium of
catalogs of German medieval manuscripts (i.e. manscripts from
Germany, not necessarily in German):

http://www.manuscripta-mediaevalia.de/
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NEW ONLINE BOOKS
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J.Th. Bakker, *Living and Working with the Gods. Studies of
Evidence for Private Religion and its Material Environment
in the City of Ostia*

http://www.ostia-antica.org/privrel/privrel.htm

Daphnis and Chloe (trans. Thornley):

http://www.efn.org/~callen/Daphnis%20and%20Chloe,%201657.txt
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BOOK REVIEWS
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Robert Harris, *Pompeii* (fiction):

http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/generalfiction/0,6121,1028237,00.htm
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Tom Holland, *Rubicon: Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic*:

http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/history/0,6121,1028233,00.html

Daniel Farber, *Lincoln's Constitution*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/24/books/review/24POSNERT.html

Jack Wasserman, *Michelangelo's Florence Pieta*
Matthew Battles,*Library: an Unquiet History*

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/24/books/review/0824br-briefs.html
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PERFORMANCES
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Duchess of Malfi:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/22/arts/theater/22MALF.html
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DON'T EAT THAT ELMER (A.K.A. CVM GRANO SALIS)
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A good example (maybe?) of how art can change someone's life:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/20/arts/20ARTS.html

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EXHIBITIONS
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Fakes, Forgeries, and Facsimiles (Shakespearean):

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/19/arts/theater/19FAKE.html (photo)
http://www.iht.com/articles/107289.html

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CLASSICIST'S CORNER
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A Latin teacher has been charged with murder:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/20/nyregion/20LATI.html

Some NJCL coverage (all different):

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wxxi/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTI
CLE_ID=534201
http://66.220.130.210/cgi-bin/LiveIQue.acgi$rec=106898?news
http://www.thevictoriaadvocate.com/local/local/story/1275443p-1518108c.h
tml

Another sport with Greek origins:

http://www.dailynewstranscript.com/news/local_regional/dedh_horseshoes08
212003.htm

Well, this is is definitely different ... stalking someone by means
of ancient Greek?:

http://tinyurl.com/l0jo (Telegraph)
http://tinyurl.com/l0jj (Daily Record)

Peter Jones:

http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php3?table=old&section=current&issue=
2003-08-23&id=3441

Perfess'r Harris:

http://www.realchangenews.org/issue/current/classics/classics_corner.htm
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Akropolis News in Classical Greek:
http://www.akwn.net/

Radio Finland's Nuntii Latini
http://www.yle.fi/fbc/latini/trans.html

Radio Bremen's Der Monatsrückblick - auf Latein
http://www.radiobremen.de/online/latein/

U.S. Weather in Latin:
http://latin.wunderground.com/
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REPEATS
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Drake's 'Secret Voyage':

http://tinyurl.com/k9oa

German 'Stonehenge':

http://tinyurl.com/l0cx

NC's Bill of Rights Copy:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/22/opinion/22MORG.html

SS Republic Discovery:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/08/0821_030821_republic.htm
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http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=434763
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/6552068.htm
http://www.msnbc.com/news/953482.asp
http://tinyurl.com/l0cr (Telegraph)

Viking Burial in Dublin:

http://www.ptd.net/webnews/wed/bs/Qireland-history.RkSr_DaC.html
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OTHER SOURCES OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL NEWS
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About.com Ancient History (blog):

http://ancienthistory.about.com/

About.com Archaeology (blog):

http://archaeology.about.com/mbody.htm

Ancient World Web Breaking News Page:

http://julen.net/ancient/breaking.html

Archaeologica:

http://www.archaeologica.org/NewsPage.htm

Archaeology Magazine's Newsbriefs:

http://www.archaeology.org/magazine.php?page=0305/newsbriefs/index

Bible and Interpretation Breaking News:

http://www.bibleinterp.com/news.htm

CBA Newsfeed:

http://www.britarch.ac.uk/newsfeed/index.html

CBA Archaeoblog:

http://www.britarch.ac.uk/archaeoblog/

Classics in Contemporary Culture (blog):

http://www.people.memphis.edu/~mhooker/ccc.html

Cronaca (blog):

http://www.cronaca.com/

Francis Deblauwe's 'Iraq War and Archaeology' site:

http://cctr.umkc.edu/user/fdeblauwe/iraq.html

Maritime Underwater Archaeological News:

http://www.munarchaeology.com/munarchaeology/news/main.htm

Michael Ruggeri's Ancient America and Mesoamerica News:

http://community-2.webtv.net/@HH!35!F6!26C030D734B7/Topiltzin-2091/Ancie
ntAmericaand/

Mirabilis.ca (blog):

http://www.mirabilis.ca

Paleojudaica (blog):

http://paleojudaica.blogspot.com

Phluzein (blog):

http://www.binref.com/phluzein/

Stone Pages Archaeo News:

http://www.stonepages.com/news/

Texas A&M Anthropology News Site:

http://www.tamu.edu/anthropology/news.html

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