Explorator 4.17
Dan Goodman
In article <fZ4$jxApWW...@galatham.demon.co.uk>, dmea...@idirect.com
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> explorator 4.17 august 26, 2001
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> Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Jean Laplante, Maurice O'Sullivan,
> Michael Stowe, John Carr, Mark Elliott, Hernan Astudillo,
> John McChesney-Young, and Chris Renaud for headses upses
> this week (a.a.h.i.h.l.n.o.o.)
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> AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA
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> The Egyptian State Information Service reports on the discovery
> of a plaque for Thutmose IV:
>
> http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/online/html4/o230821k.htm
>
> A brief item in the same source gives an idea of who's digging
> where ...:
>
> http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/online/html4/o200821a.htm
>
> ... and something on the ancient Egyptians' etiquette:
>
> http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/online/html4/o210821n.htm
>
> The Star Tribune has a report on a lecture series "The
> Archaeology of Ancient Israel" recently hosted by the
> LA Museum of Ancient Art:
>
> http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/643796.html
>
> HumanOasis has a brief item on the excavations at Nemea, where
> the ancient hippodrome has been discovered:
>
> http://www.humanoasis.com/Feature%20Stories/082301-Tracks%20of%20Ancient%
> 20Athletes.html
>
> A "spectacular" pre-Greek-influence Scythian mound has been
> discovered:
>
> http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=7174
>
> The Times has a report on what Mount Caburn (in East Sussex)
> might really have been used for:
>
> http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,61-2001290444,00.html
>
> I don't know what readers will make of this, Space.com has a news
> item on the use of satellite technology to find Noah's Ark (there's
> a link there as well to similar technology being used to find
> Amelia Earhart's plane):
>
> http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/noahs_ark_010823-1.html
>
>
> A study of bones suggests that medieval Britons who lived in
> villages were actually better off health-wise than their country
> cousins:
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4244639,00.html
>
> The mystery of the location of William Wallace's Stirling bridge
> might not be a mystery for long:
>
> http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/08/26/stiscosco02013.ht
> ml
> http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/shtml/NEWS/P40S4.shtml
>
> This should be a followup, but it's getting renewed attention ...
> back in May we drew your attention to the discovery of stained
> glass which might be associated with Lady Godiva:
>
> http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-2001292274,00.html
>
> The BBC has a feature on Lady Godiva herself:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/in_depth/uk/2000/newsmakers/newsid_15070
> 00/1507606.stm
> http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/08/23/ngodi23.
> xml
> http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-2001292274,00.html
>
> Discovery.com (and others) have an interesting report on the
> 'rescue' of a Venetian island and two 700-year-old ships:
>
> http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20010820/venice.html
> http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991182
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010821/wl/italy_submerged_island_1.html
>
>
> Xinhua (via Northern Light) reports on the discovery of a HUGE
> Han Dynasty coin hoard:
>
> http://library.northernlight.com/FA20010823370000028.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc
> =0#doc
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> THE AMERICAS
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> It's deja vu all over again (8^)) ... the discovery of aboriginal
> remains have put a halt to development of some prime Miami real
> estate:
>
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010823/ts/miami_ruins_1.html
> http://www.usatoday.com/news/healthscience/science/anthro/2001-08-24-anci
> ent-miami.htm
> http://www.bergen.com/morenews/grave24200108247.htm
> http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0108240313aug24.story
> http://www.archaeology.org/cgi-bin/site.pl?page=0109/newsbriefs/miami
>
> [can't resist this one] The National Post reports on some stone
> circles in southern Alberta which didn't quite pan out:
>
> http://www.nationalpost.com/news/national/story.html?f=/stories/20010825/
> 666889.html
>
> OSU Research has a nice article on the fate of Mayan scribes who
> toiled for defeated kings:
>
> http://www.osu.edu/researchnews/archive/mayans.htm
>
> The first extensive archaeological survey of the South Puget Sound
> area is bearing fruit:
>
> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134331862_squaxin21m.html
>
>
> The Tampa Tribune reports on the discovery of a tool-making site:
>
> http://www.tampatrib.com/News/MGAFV14KSQC.html
>
> A 17th century tobacco-manufacturing factory has been discovered
> in Providence (Maryland):
>
> http://sunspot.net/news/local/annearundel/bal-ar.digs24aug24.story?coll=b
> al%2Dlocal%2Dheadlines
>
> A dig in Idaho has failed to come up with evidence for the Ward
> Massacre of 1854:
>
> http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpID=347&NewsID=164731&Categor
> yID=2143&show=localnews&om=2
>
> More light is being shed on Annapolis' historical African-American
> community:
>
> http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=2242736&BRD=2101&PAG=461&dept_i
> d=392169&rfi=6
>
> Nasa has put up some new images of the Nazca lines:
>
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=51
> 03
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> ON THE NEWSSTANDS
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> Archaeology Magazine has a new look and new online content, including
> a guide to Nero's Domus Aurea:
>
> http://www.archaeology.org/cgi-bin/site.pl?page=pdfs/nero/index
>
> and abstracts of items in the current print issue on mummies, Israel
> Finkelstein's work, and other things:
>
> http://www.archaeology.org/cgi-bin/site.pl?page=curiss/index
>
> Speaking of Archaeology magazine, if you haven't checked out their
> ongoing coverage of the Anglo-American Project in Pompeii's dig
> this summer, it's worth a look:
>
> http://www.archaeology.org/cgi-bin/site.pl?page=online/features/pompeii/i
> ndex
>
>
> Archaeology Today has some new online content, including a piece
> on tool use by early hominids:
>
> http://www.archaeologytoday.net/web%20articles/081401-Tools,%20Termites%2
> 0and%20Hominids.htm
>
> ... and some items stemming from the analysis of Oetzi's stomach
> contents:
>
> http://www.archaeologytoday.net/web%20articles/081401-otzi.htm
>
> Egypt Revealed has a feature on mapping Egyptian sites:
>
> http://www.egyptrevealed.com/081501-mapping%20egypt.htm
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> ON THE WEB
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> The Whitehall Farm Roman Villa project has its latest field
> reports online:
>
> http://www.whitehallvilla.co.uk/
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> AT ABOUT.COM
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> Ancient History Guide N.S. Gill's latest is a review of Karen
> Essex's *Kleopatra*:
>
> http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa082801a.htm
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> REVIEWS
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> The Bible and Interpretation site has a review of K. Armstrong,
> *Jerusalem*:
>
> http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/Jerusalem_OneCity.htm
>
> Athens News has a reviews of the "Oxford Archaeological Guide to
> Greece":
>
> http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=12924&m=A38&aa
> =2&eidos=S
>
> CAA has a review of Katherine Dunbabin's *Mosaics in the Greek and
> Roman World*:
>
> http://www.caareviews.org/reviews/dunbabin.html
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> CLASSICIST'S CORNER
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> A pair of reviews of Medea at Epidavros:
>
> http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?id=96763
> http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=12924&m=A39&aa
> =1&eidos=S
>
> ... and Seven Against Thebes, with some commentary on relevance:
>
> http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?id=96243
>
> Mike DiMaio's De Imperatoribus Romanis site is getting media
> attention:
>
> http://24hour.modbee.com/24hour/technology/story/684117p-745269c.html
>
> Peter Jones in the Spectator:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/in_depth/uk/2000/newsmakers/newsid_15070
> 00/1507606.stm
>
> Radio Finland's Nuntii Latini
> http://www.yle.fi/fbc/latini/trans.html
>
> U.S. Weather in Latin:
> http://latin.wunderground.com/
>
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> OBITUARIES
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> E.T. Hall:
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/21/obituaries/21HALL.html
> http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,60-2001292239,00.html
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4241884,00.html
>
> Julian Pitt-Rivers:
>
> http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=90490
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> FOLLOWUPS
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> Elgin Marbles (yes, there is something new):
>
> http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=12924&m=A35&aa
> =1&eidos=S
>
> Genghis Khan:
>
> http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/0823/p14s2-stgn.html
> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/08/0820_wiregenghis.html
>
> Queen Anne's Revenge:
>
> http://www.charlotte.com/observer/local/pub/blackbeard0825.htm
>
> Temple Mount:
>
> http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,285-2001292015,00.html
> http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-me/2001/aug/20/082009211.html
>
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> ALIA
>
> One I missed: the New York Times had a brief item on why the
> Dog Days of summer are so named:
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/10/science/space/12SKYWATCH.html
>
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