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explorator 10.45 March 2, 2008
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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Donna Hurst, Dorothy King,
'Duke Jason', Hernan Astudillo, John McMahon, Joseph Lauer,
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Toke Lindegaard Knudsen, and W. Richard Frahm for headses upses
this week (as always hoping I have left no one out).
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EARLY HUMANS
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Testing the Out-of-Africa hypothesis:
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/2008/02/21/2169093.htm
Toumai is apparently the oldest human ever found (is this new?):
http://tinyurl.com/3dasgy (AFP via Yahoo)
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Interesting 'false doors' in a First Intermediate Period necropolis:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/02/080225-egypt-tomb.html
http://tinyurl.com/2lvj7n
http://tinyurl.com/2oe69g
http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=27065
A few reports on the (possible?) discovery of the tomb of Imhotep:
http://www.ilmessaggero.it/articolo.php?id=19555&sez=HOME_SPETTACOLO
http://www.huliq.com/51405/pyramid-architect039s-final-resting-place
On Egypt's black pharaohs:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=34836288
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/02/black-pharaohs/robert-draper-text
The British Museum and the British Army are working to restore Iraq's
cultural heritage:
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/news/story/0,,2259948,00.html
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/article.asp?id=7570
http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/02/british_museum_22.shtml
Another interesting seal from the City of David excavations:
http://tinyurl.com/2sp5pz (IAA)
http://tinyurl.com/2yfd35 (MFA)
http://tinyurl.com/38wjtc (UPI)
http://tinyurl.com/2nrsov (JPost)
... I think this story on the 'postal system' is the same subject
matter:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/125407
A DSS symposium:
http://www.wellsvilledaily.com/state_news/x2052203261
An overviewish/state-of-the-saga sort of thing on damage to
antiquities
on Temple Mount:
Studying biblical Hebrew 'in context':
http://tinyurl.com/2ojg64 (JPost)
Approaching-touristy thing on Tel Hazor:
http://tinyurl.com/2o4tok (JPost)
A number of objects were damaged in a museum in Israel during a recent
earthquake:
http://tinyurl.com/388aes (JPost)
More coverage of the 'Red Snake':
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080218155534.htm
Egyptology News Blog:
http://egyptology.blogspot.com/
Egyptology Blog:
http://www.egyptologyblog.co.uk/
Dr Leen Ritmeyer's Blog:
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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A second century necropolis on Pantelleria:
http://a.marsala.it/index.php?mod=page&nw=3:10:02:2008:8189
That Mt. Lykaion story still has legs:
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=426729&sid=FTP
The Bacchae and the brain:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/03/01/bobacc101.xml
Somewhat vague item on building being approved on an ancient site
in Cyprus:
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=37870&archive=1
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:
Mediterranean Archaeology:
http://medarch.blogspot.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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A power line route has changed in order not to disturb an Iron
Age site in Scotland:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/7268557.stm
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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A 3000 b.p. burial from Drugdhamna:
http://tinyurl.com/36gqtn (ToI)
A Burmese-government-owned cement factory is damaging antiquities:
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=10543
On the popularity of Christianity during the Tang dynasty:
New Zealand Archaeology eNews:
http://www.nzarchaeology.org/netsubnews.htm
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NORTH AMERICA
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Honouring Washington's slave:
They need to get serious about archaeology in Orillia:
http://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=920280
Building out of Spite:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/29/travel/escapes/29away.html
More coverage of cannons etc. revealed by recent storms in Oregon:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/813128,oregon022608.article
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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"Grim evidence of religious head hunting in ancient Peru":
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080301/timeline.asp
A 5500 b.p. 'plaza' from Peru:
http://tinyurl.com/2p4k6e (SMH)
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/080226/9/46il.html
http://www.pr-inside.com/archaeologists-say-they-have-found-5-500-year-old-r456453.htm
http://tinyurl.com/2mrp3o (LAT)
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN2524245020080226
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2008/02/27/2003403086
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-peru26feb26,0,1279969.story
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hDxKNzz4xz7P8AnET2gMA8HFvJQgD8V29AVG1
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080227/ap_on_sc/peru_ancient_plaza_3
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/02/27/peru-monument.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/02/080226-peru-oldest.html
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/28/content_7685968.htm
http://tinyurl.com/2vnqab (El Pais)
Rethinking the 'politics' behind Maya temples:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080225134239.htm
http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=27047
http://tinyurl.com/2sq8gn (LS via Yahoo)
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/6362021.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23374053/
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-02/uoia-rwo022508.php
Unlocking the mystery behind 'Maya blue':
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/29/science/29bluew.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080227/sc_nm/maya_blue_dc_1
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-maya-blue-27feb27,1,1542068.story
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080227/sc_livescience/secrettomayanbluepaintfound
http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=27817
Termite hunters in Sao Paulo have found a 200 b.p. mummy:
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411366/1605827
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7266609.stm
That 'lost city of Paititi' discovery reported a few weeks ago
has been determined to be a 'natural formation' (hey ... send
these guys over to look at those Bosnian pyramids):
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/02/080222-lost-city.html
The Maya and climate change (again):
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/02/080229-servir-maya.html
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Vikings were flashier dressers than previously thought:
http://it.moldova.org/stiri/eng/98684/
http://tinyurl.com/2par7x
http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=26988
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080225101117.htm
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-02/uu-vdn022508.php
The Shroud of Turin is going to get some new carbon dating:
http://tinyurl.com/25up63
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/25/nshroud125.xml
... after it has been photographed in HD:
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/02/28/shroud-of-turin.html
On the apparent lack of knowledge of history of some U.S.
students:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/27/us/27history.html
Did daVinci illustrate a chess book?:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7265257.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/26/italy.chess
They've digitally 'rebuilt' Bach's face:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/01/arts/01arts-RECONSTRUCTI_BRF.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/7270795.stm
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSL2875687020080228
Your hair can reveal where you've been:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/02/080226-hair-water.html
The obligatory (for this time of year) pieces on calendar
reforms:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/29/opinion/29turney.html
http://tinyurl.com/39afs6
Review of David Anthony, *The Horse, the Wheel, and Language*:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/books/review/Kenneally-t.html
Review of Gary Wills, *What the Gospels Meant*:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/books/review/Gibson-t.html
Review of James McBride, *Song Yet Sung*:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/books/review/Bell-t.html
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Lives of the Week:
http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/lotw/
Arts and Letters Daily:
Past Preservers:
http://pastpreservers.blogspot.com/
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Athens:
http://www.newsobserver.com/2181/story/975975.html
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GENERAL MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS
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About.com Archaeology:
Archaeoblog:
http://archaeoblog.blogspot.com/
Archaeology Briefs:
http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/
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CRIME BEAT
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Some items smuggled out of Pakistan have turned up in Italy:
http://www.pakistantimes.net/2008/03/02/top15.htm
http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-22/0802287926005129.htm
... while some that were smuggled out of Turkey turned up in a
port in Sharjah:
http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Police_and_The_Courts/10192614.html
A pair of Bulgarians were accused of stealing some relics of
St. George:
http://www.balkantravellers.com/en/read/article/396
Those 'acroliths' are being returned to Italy (I thought they
already had been):
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/arts/26arts-TEMPELSMANSC_BRF.html
Looting Matters:
http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/
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NUMISMATICA
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Nice article on the Princeton numismatic collection:
http://tinyurl.com/2n9j2g (Newsday)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/114921
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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Jewish Mosaics from the Roman Empire:
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/state/x774171738
Poussin:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=af6IARs7yFd0&refer=muse
Audobon's Aviary:
Courbet:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/29/arts/design/29cour.html
Ginori Porcelain:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/29/arts/design/29anti.html
Museums are being encouraged to dispose of "burden collections":
http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/4638/
A Vermeer is heading westwards:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/29/arts/design/29arts-AVERMEERPAIN_BRF.html
Some damaged Goyas are to be restored:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/29/arts/design/29arts-GOYASGETANEW_BRF.html
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PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED
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Mark Twain's Blues:
http://theater2.nytimes.com/2008/02/27/theater/reviews/27twai.html
The Other Boleyn Girl:
http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/02/29/movies/29bole.html
Artefact:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/02/27/btartefacts127.xml
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OBITUARIES
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Raymond Smith:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/27/arts/27smith.html
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PODCASTS
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The Book and the Spade:
http://www.radioscribe.com/bknspade.htm
The Dig:
Stone Pages Archaeology News:
Archaeologica Audio News:
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/AudioNews.asp
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