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explorator 10.52                               April 20, 2008
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EARLY HUMANS
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What Neanderthals would have sounded like:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080416/sc_nm/neanderthals_voice_dc
http://tinyurl.com/5p973f
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/04/16/scinean
der116.xml

Pondering the social implications of cooking food:

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/inconversation/stories/2008/2211981.htm
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Rather vague piece on the discovery of a pile of items indicating
the oldest human presence in Yemen:

http://www.sabanews.net/en/news151853.htm

A 3000 b.p. 'board game' from Kharg:

http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2008/April2008/19-04.htm

All sorts of interesting things are being found in the bed of
the Nile:

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/893/he1.htm

Seti I's tomb is larger than previously thought:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080417-seti-tomb.html

They've put a face on a mummy in the Berkshire Museum:

http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_8969010?source=most_emailed

They're going to 'reunite' the various Colossi of Memnon:

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i3NkGDWMD6uksLCFwvgG--6-PPPg
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080417/lf_afp/egyptculturediscoveryarchaeol
ogy_080417072047
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article3768070.ece

Some Western Wall stones are in danger of crumbling:

http://tinyurl.com/5yrx9m (JPost)

More coverage of that 'accord' between Israeli and Palestinian
archaeologists:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/976273.html

Tourism is booming in Syria:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7346100.stm

Egyptology News Blog:

http://egyptology.blogspot.com/

Egyptology Blog:

http://www.egyptologyblog.co.uk/

Dr Leen Ritmeyer's Blog:

http://blog.ritmeyer.com/

Paleojudaica:

http://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/

Persepolis Fortification Archives:

http://persepolistablets.blogspot.com/

Archaeologist at Large:

http://spaces.msn.com/members/ArchaeologyinEgypt/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Interesting Roman staircase found:

http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-04-17_117196593
.html
http://www.wantedinrome.com/news/news.php?id_n=4378

A Roman sarcophagus from outside of Rome:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/18/arts/18arts-001.html

A Greek temple near Alexandria:

http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Culture/000001/020300000000000000098
0.htm

A retelling of Eos and Tithonus:

http://tinyurl.com/55h5xx

A "cybercarpet" tour of Pompeii has been developed:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/technology/7346325.stm
http://tinyurl.com/5gggxb
http://www.computeractive.co.uk/computeractive/news/2214434/let-pompeii
http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=48190

... which might be a good thing, in light of plans to make money
off Pompeii:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/132027

Coverage of a Ross Scaife memorial:

http://tinyurl.com/6zjy8c

More coverage of the Archimedes Project:

http://tinyurl.com/5lwjkv

More coverage of the pollution threat to the remaining Parthenon
metopes:

http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=166385
http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=193693
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i5nnOnhHQxEPwxOgJ22WqjrkmNCw
http://www.physorg.com/news127310319.html

Reviewish sort of thing of Mary Lefkowitz, *History Lessons*:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120821739801814533.html

Recent reviews from BMCR:

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/recent.html

Recent reviews from Scholia:

http://www.classics.und.ac.za/reviews/2007.htm

Visit our blog:

http://www.atrium-media.com/rogueclassicism

Blegen Library News:

http://blegen.blogspot.com/

Mediterranean Archaeology:

http://medarch.blogspot.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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I think we've had this druid burial before:

http://tinyurl.com/6fomq3 (Independent)

They're wrapping up the dig at Stonehenge:

http://tinyurl.com/579vqz (CTV)

A tenth century ring found by a metal detectorist has been declared
treasure:

http://www.wetherbynews.co.uk/wetherby/Treasure-hunter-unearths-ancient-r
ing.3994973.jp

What we're learning from medieval cod bones:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article3
738383.ece

Review of Susan Nagel, *Marie-Therese: Child of Terror*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/books/review/Steiker-t.html

Archaeology in Europe Blog:

http://www.archaeology.eu.com/weblog/index.html
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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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Dental work on homo floresiensis may cause some questioning of
the antiquity of the 'hobbit' (or not):

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=flores-hobbit-root-canal

More coverage of that 'burial cave' in the Philippines:

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/gen/2008/04/18/news/ancient.artifacts.fo
und.in.cave.html
http://mindanao.com/blog/?p=3611

Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog:

http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/

New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

http://www.nzarchaeology.org/netsubnews.htm
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NORTH AMERICA
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An overviewish sort of thing on Clovis sites in Texas:

http://www.corsicanadailysun.com/news/local_story_110204439.html

The latest video at the Archaeology Channel is an interview with
Dennis Jenkins about matters pre-Clovis:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/vidint/jenkinsint.html

Nice profile of Connecticut's state archaeologist (Nicholas
Bellantoni):

http://tinyurl.com/57wpyq

Somewhat strange fundraising suggestion for Florida's state
coffers:

http://www.news4jax.com/news/15856965/detail.html
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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A state-of-the-situation piece on the Yale-Machu Picchu saga:

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n13427115-peru-yale-machupicchu/
http://tercera.cl/contenido/27_4244_9.shtml
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080414/sc_nm/peru_yale_machupicchu_dc_1
http://news.mobile.msn.com/en-us/articles.aspx?aid=24108346&afid=1

The implications of some textiles from Honduras:

http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/539875/
http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=49134
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/231765.php/Ancient-Mayans-were-highly-skil
led-spinners-and-weavers

Bandurria is the oldest site in Peru (and possibly the Americas):

http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?id=wGAafA+K3GA=

Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:

http://web.mac.com/michaelruggeri

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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A bit out of our date range, but folks might like this collection
of photos etc. from the 1908 Olympics:

http://tinyurl.com/69oc76 (DM)

With the Indiana Jones movie on the way, I suspect we'll be reading
a lot about crystals skulls and their (in)authenticity:

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i0MtZtshBPW5OUhodfTDezFkR5_Q
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/19/wskull119
.xml

... and no doubt we'll read more about the 'prophecies' of the
Mayan calendar:

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/15/2217547.htm

Darwin's private papers are hitting the Internet:

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/l16852315-britain-darwin/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/7351980.stm
cf: http://darwin-online.org.uk/

On the Titanic's rivets:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/science/15titanic.html

'Earthquake' archaeology:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/04/17/earthquake-archaeology.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080416174634.htm

How epidemics shape cities:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/science/15chol.html

Old(est?) photos and the problems of dating them:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/arts/design/17phot.html

Recreating Jefferson's library:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/10/AR2008041
004241.html

You can now get married in Kent's Cavern:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7346069.stm

Interesting item on endowment funds:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/education/13endow.html

Some Kabbalah history in this one:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/magazine/13kabbalah-t.html

The Odyssey Marine saga is beginning to get confusing:

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1832990720080418

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Lives of the Week:

http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/lotw/

Arts and Letters Daily:

http://aldaily.com/

Past Preservers:

http://pastpreservers.blogspot.com/
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Pergamum:

http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=139115&bolu
m=117

Palazzo Massimo:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/travel/15frescoes.html

Rome:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/travel/20rome.html

Alabama:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/04/18/travel/escapes/18alabama.html
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DIG DIARIES/BLOGS
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[please send in suggestions! current digs only please!]

Tel Dan:

http://teldan.wordpress.com/

Hopkins in Egypt Today:

http://www.jhu.edu/egypttoday/index.html
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GENERAL MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS
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About.com Archaeology:

http://archaeology.about.com/

Archaeorama:

http://blogs.discovery.com/news_archaeorama/

Archaeoblog:

http://archaeoblog.blogspot.com/

Archaeology Briefs:

http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/
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CRIME BEAT
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I think we've mentioned this recovered bust of Marcus Aurelius
(now returning to Algeria) before:

http://www.ansamed.info/en/news/ME03.@AM19594.html
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2008/04/12/looted-antiquities-foun
d.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080414-emperor-picture.ht
ml
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/12/arts/12arts-ANEMPERORFOU_BRF.htm

... and the restitution to be paid by that family of forgers:

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Payback-time-for-trio-in.3996165.jp

A followup to that story of a Greek environmental agency's official's
(awk) possession of antiquities:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100006_15/04/2008_
95541

An antiquarian in Italy has been charged with possession of
antiquities:

http://www.arezzonotizie.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=562
65&Itemid=2

A number of historic synagogues in Tehran have been demolished:

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=1.0.2075294012

An update on the Oded Golan trial:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/974483.html

Items revealed as Alpine glaciers melt are being looted:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3761080.ece

More coverage of the recovery of assorted antiquities, especially
a bust of Lucius Verus:

http://www.dailymail.com/News/200804110411
http://www.elpasotimes.com/nationworld/ci_8892079
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jaJh0pvQRAtZ2pc6r46X6l3ny7L
A

Looting Matters:

http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/
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NUMISMATICA
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A teacher has found a box full of old coins in Russia:

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080414/105021944.html

A Princeton numismatist has received a Guggenheim:

http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2008/04/09/20801/

Trying to get a Trafalgar medal:

http://tinyurl.com/6mt5gz

1794 Large Cents:

http://www.1794largecents.com/1794/index.html

Ancient Coin Collecting:

http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

Ancient Coins:

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/
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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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Babylon/Iraq:

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/news/story/0,,2273427,00.html

Egypt's Sunken Treasures (very misleading headline on the first one):

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=4&Article_i
d=91094
http://tinyurl.com/5j5fmu
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&i
nt_new=23882
Lindow Man:

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/arts/s/1045851_2000y
earold_murder
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1045895_lindow_man_returns_
home

Homer's Influence:

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5ikZNXHZh5CiEcuOfqqn9BwkZCD4
g

Woven Splendor from Timbuktu to Tibet:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/18/arts/design/18wove.html

Reflecting Antiquity:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/18/arts/design/18anti.html

Illuminating the Medieval Hunt:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/18/arts/design/18morg.html

This seems like the right category for this one ... a small
private university in Cleveland has found an antiquities
collection which it might use to solve its financial problems:

http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=8167826

The Nevada Historical Society has acquired a nice collection:

http://www.newsreview.com/reno/Content?oid=651193

Artifacts from the State Museum in New Orleans are returning:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89785610

An Egyptian mummy in India (among other items) is in serious
need of conservation:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Why_a_mummy_might_die/articlesho
w/2964656.cms

A two-headed Roman sculpture is coming up for auction at
Bonham's:

http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=23913

... as are some Ur 'grocery lists':

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=23923

A Peaceable Kingdom comes to auction too:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/18/arts/design/18voge.html
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PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED
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Trojan Women:

http://tinyurl.com/5j3p93

Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/19/arts/music/19akad.html

Pondering Dvorak's *New World* influences:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89785616
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OBITUARIES
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Krister Stendahl:

http://www.hds.harvard.edu/news/article_archive/stendahl.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/us/16stendahl.html

David Freedman:

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-freedman17apr17
,1,3210473.story

Nicolas Coldstream:

http://tinyurl.com/6oknvo
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DON'T EAT THAT ELMER (A.K.A. CVM GRANO SALIS)
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Ruins found in Antarctica:

http://www.lauralee.com/news/kadath.htm

... and the Severn Boat is said to have crossed the Atlantic:

http://www.lauralee.com/news/severnboat.htm

This (spoof) touches on a number of items in today's Explorator:

http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s5i33977
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The Dig:

http://www.thedigradio.com/

Stone Pages Archaeology News:

http://news.stonepages.com/

Archaeologica Audio News:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/AudioNews.asp
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