explorator 11.22

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explorator 11.22 September 21, 2008
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this week (as always hoping I have left no one out).
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EARLY HUMANS
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A Neanderthal recreation has been dubbed 'Wilma':

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080917-neanderthal-photo.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/HealthSci/Meet_Wilma_the_Neanderthal_woman/articleshow/3507761.cms
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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A temple (and bits of statuary) of Ramses II found in Cairo:

http://www.middle-east-online.com/ENGLISH/?id=27895
http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/09/16/Ramses_II_temple_discovered_in_Cairo
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/16/2365549.htm
http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/World/Story/A1Story20080916-87973.html

Bob Brier is checking out the 'Braided Lady':

http://www.wibw.com/localnews/headlines/28720254.html
http://www.koamtv.com/global/story.asp?s=9045332

A Hittite site from Aslantepe:

http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/9917671.asp?scr=1
http://www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=28338

A theory on those 'nail burials' from Pahluj (which last week
was spelled Tahluj):

http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=752991

... in case you missed last week's:

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8706201032

Achaemenid fort from Bam:

http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=61512&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs

Overviewish/sidebar sort of things on Tut:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-tut_bio_00gl.ART.State.Edition2.27537db.html
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-tut_toys_00gl.ART.State.Edition2.27635c4.html

... and more on his twins:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080914/sc_livescience/kingtuthadtwinsbutwhy

Will Smith will play the role of Taharqa:

http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2008/09/08/Will_Smith_to_play_Pharaoh_Taharqa/UPI-41841220881508/

Still looking for bits of the Aleppo Codex:

http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/39711/

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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This one hasn't made it to the English press yet (but surely
will, depending on how it is spun), but Franck Goddio has found
a very (!) early cup inscribed with 'dia chrestou':

http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/09/17/ciencia/1221645751.html

... Tom Elliott is collecting links and bibliography at:

http://www.bibsonomy.org/user/paregorios/alexandria-cup

Bronze Age finds from Paphos:

http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=41472&cat_id=1

Roman burials from Leicestershire:

http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-22518.html
http://tinyurl.com/4bmnwl

... and more from Enderby:

http://www.inloughborough.com/news/2008/09/11541_cemetry.php
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/273279.php

A possible earliest TB victim from the UK:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-09/uoy-rys091608.php
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7619343.stm
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART60897.html

Nice coverage of SFSU's Pompeii field school:

http://www.sfsu.edu/~news/2008/fall/7.html

So so piece about the 'real' Cleopatra:

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/09/17/2367156.htm

The facade of a Temple of Hadrian has been restored:

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/CultureAndMedia/?id=1.0.2492798544

On the Roman origins of Venice:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4769204.ece
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/2975502/Ancestor-city-of-Venice-unearthed.html

Troy was even bigger than previously thought:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article4782271.ece
http://www.newkerala.com/fs/f/a-3941.htm
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=afwbfeBA35og&refer=home

Sophocles at West Point:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/nyregion/19nyc.html

More on the cessation of digging in Knidos:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080914/ap_on_re_mi_ea/turkey_ancient_city_1
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/14/ap/middleeast/main4448055.shtml
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/14/AR2008091401176.html

More (rather late) coverage of that Roman temple at Zippori:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1022549

A followup to those Cypriot sarcophagi:

http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=41446&cat_id=1
http://www.cyprusweekly.com.cy/default.aspx?articleID=7857&heading=Features

You've no doubt already heard of a German radio station's plans to
broadcast in Latin on European languages day:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080918/od_nm/latin_dc

Review of Mary Beard, *Pompeii*:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/non-fiction/article4782336.ece

Recent reviews from BMCR:

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

Recent reviews from Scholia:

http://www.classics.ukzn.ac.za/reviews/2008.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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Danish archaeologists have uncovered a 1000 b.p. Viking shield:

http://www.startribune.com/science/28595434.html
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/080918/ap/d93928sg0.html
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/living/health/story/473632.html
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/232513%2Carchaeologists-find-viking-era-shield.html
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i1Okkcpgncoea88JaPXV2sn9LayAD939C7I81
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,425260,00.html

Was the Viking Age triggered by a shortage of women?:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/17/viking-women.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26755692/

Strange medieval horse burial from Russia:

http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/7074/

... and a medieval pottery kiln from Tula:

http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/7054/

The Cerne Abbas Giant is getting a 'makeover':

http://tinyurl.com/3ovxrs (Daily Mail)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/sep/16/heritage.ruralaffairs

Interesting story behind the search for the Nancy:

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article4775914.ece

More on the lost capital of the Khazars:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,425687,00.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080920/ap_on_re_eu/russia_lost_capital

I think we mentioned this Saxon burial before:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7617772.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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Neolithic burials from Sarawak:

http://www.newkerala.com/fs/f/a-3906.htm

... and from Malaysia/Borneo:

http://tinyurl.com/3jk8al

Some very interesting petroglyphs from Australia:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/the-rock-art-that-redraws-our-history/2008/09/19/1221331206960.html

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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Strange spin being put on evidence of rabbit hunting by early
paleoIndians:

http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-23449.html

Archaeologists have found the original site of Fort Morris:

http://www.publicopiniononline.com/ci_10504426?source=most_emailed

Hurricane Ike has revealed a 'mystery shipwreck' off the coast of
Alabama:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080919/ap_on_re_us/ike_mystery_ship_1
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jD335poFsiXACgyERE5aspaTZZpg
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i0OB9hCrLy8t-qivo9YSiy7LkkTAD939UUAG0
http://www.wztv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.al/3256af94-www.fox17.com.shtml

DNA analysis suggests humans were in North America 14,300 b.p. (not
really; the headline is misleading):

http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2008/09/21/dna_indicates_humans_in_n_america_14300_years_ago/

On Sally Hemings:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/20/books/20hemings.html
cf:
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2008/09/22/080922crbo_books_lepore

The last Jews of Calcutta:

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Last-Jews-of-Calcutta.html

Latest video on the Archaeology Channel is about Camp Amache:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/

Followup to that Saskatchewan shipwreck story from last week:

http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/story.html?id=0a2b6405-fb6d-4fd4-9829-7b09c5409d33
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Mass burials near Macchu Pichu:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080915-machu-picchu.html
http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-23016.html

More coverage of those 'sacrifice burials' from Peru:

http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411366/2085148
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/080917/3/3p71f.html
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-35528520080917

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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Theoretically pushing back the date for domestication of crops:

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/research_pushes_back/
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080919075005.htm

On the origins (maybe) of 'the finger':

http://tinyurl.com/3f4a7a

David is in danger of falling over:

http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-09-19_119269110.html

Did a Spaniard invent the telescope?:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/15/spain.telescope
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/7617426.stm

A lost piece by Mozart?:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080918/ap_on_en_mu/eu_mozart_discovery
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7623663.stm

Review of S. Gundle, *Glamour: A History*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/books/review/Weber-t.html

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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Mount Ida and environs:

http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=153788&bolum=117

The 'Maine Woods':

http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/travel/escapes/19american.html

Hueco Tanks:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/travel/escapes/19Pict.html
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DIG DIARIES/BLOGS
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[please send in suggestions! current digs only please!]

Norton Community Archaeological Group:

http://nortoncommarch.wordpress.com/

Tel Kadesh:

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/kelseymuseum.digdiary/read_our_blog

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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A silver cross -- once thought to be the oldest Christian artifact
in the UK -- has been declared a fake:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4783042.ece
http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-24371.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/sep/19/archaeology.anglicanism
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/2982490/Ancient-Christian-amulet-declared-a-fake.html

Antiquities smuggling is a growing problem at US ports:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080914/ap_on_re_us/smuggled_artifacts_1
http://www.kentucky.com/471/story/523669.html
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hF_95WVQ_r4FVapKjYyOQZGqy8RgD936LTP00
http://news.mobile.msn.com/en-us/articles.aspx?aid=26705244&afid=1

Some 'unregistered' Mayan artifacts from Belize:

http://www.lovefm.com/ndisplay.php?nid=8669

I wonder why they're bringing up Roxana Brown's death again:

http://tinyurl.com/3fu6vs (LAT)

A pair of smugglers were arrested in Greece:

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/20/europe/EU-Greece-Antiquities-trafficking.php

A stolen Jewish manuscript is being returned:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1107ap_israel_stolen_manuscript.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-09-09-3831892621_x.htm
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/5991393.html

The US returned some purloined antiquities to Iraq:

http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-09-15-voa55.cfm

... and to Mexico:

http://www.imperialvalleynews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2761&Itemid=1

Looting Matters:

http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/
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NUMISMATICA
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A pile of Mughul era gold coins was found near an Indian village:

http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Sep192008/national2008091990890.asp?section=updatenews

An ancient Asian coin was found during a tavern dig in upstate
New York:

http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/coin_1257296___article.html/ancient_new.html

A metal detectorist in Wales has found one of the oldest coins
ever found in Wales:

http://www.eveningleader.co.uk/news/Coin-found-by-Wrexham-pensioner.4495810.jp

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:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/sep/13/heritage.exhibition

Dead Sea Scrolls:

http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=26211
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/sep/21/history-mystery-found-in-caves-in-an-ancient-land-/
http://www.nypost.com/seven/09182008/news/regionalnews/scroll_over_naysayers__end_of_worlds_old_129632.htm
http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/own-this-city/59671/the-dead-sea-scrolls

Van Gogh:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/arts/design/19gogh.html

America and the Tintype:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/arts/design/19tint.html

Some upcoming exhibitions from the IAA's collection:

http://www.antiquities.org.il/about_eng.asp?Modul_id=14&title=1

More delays for the Acropolis Museum:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/17/2366731.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6qrgzk

The DSS are coming to the ROM (woohoo!):

http://www.cjnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15374&Itemid=86
http://tinyurl.com/3lw4ky

A gold book pointer is coming to auction:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aX4AnEzcFvyU&refer=muse

They're talking underwater museum at Alexandria again:

http://tinyurl.com/4nnjln (NP)
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/photogalleries/Egypt-underwater-museum-photos/index.html

Big changes at the Smithsonian?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/arts/15smit.html

Some Chippendales furniture:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/arts/design/19anti.html
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PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED
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The Tempest:

http://theater2.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/theater/reviews/19temp.html
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-Theater-Review-Tempest.html

Tale of Two Cities:

http://theater2.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/theater/reviews/19tale.html

Oresteia:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/arts/music/15xena.html
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OBITUARIES
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Georgi Kitov:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/18/world/europe/18kitov.html
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/18/news/obits.php
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2984482/Georgi-Kitov.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080918/ap_on_re_eu/eu_obit_kitov_1
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/502844
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Sep18/0,4670,EUObitKitov,00.html
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hh57rOfxCYvlxao9ufoOOUJbjaMg
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=115372
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/georgi-kitov-the-thracian-kings-hunter-dies-at-65/id_31758/catid_66
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=97121
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iVhJBNwN-kmrDM4Q9FoVe6Hd2yygD939AF8O1
http://news.mobile.msn.com/en-us/articles.aspx?aid=26791252&afid=1

George Zarnecki:

http://tinyurl.com/42yvkn (Independent)

Avraham Biran:

http://www.huc.edu/news/08/9/biranobit/

cf:
http://www.bib-arch.org/archive.asp?PubID=BSBA&Volume=25&Issue=5&ArticleID=2&extraID=16
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PODCASTS
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The Book and the Spade:

http://www.radioscribe.com/bknspade.htm

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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