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(v1.60q) Personal Reply-To: dmeadows@idirect.com X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <5412635175.20021006080854@idirect.com> To: classics@u.washington.edu CC: BRITARCH@JISCMAIL.AC.UK, ane@listhost.uchicago.edu, Latin@vlists.net, latinteach@vlists.net Subject: Explorator 5.23 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit ================================================================ explorator 5.23 October 6, 2002 ================================================================ Editor's note: Depending on your mail software, some urls may wrap (especially those from the Telegraph) which will require you to rebuild the url at your end; if you get a 'file not found', check to see if the url wrapped on you. 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Richard Frahm, Hernan Astudillo, Joseph Nicholas, Pat Kessler, Donna Hurst, Bill Kennedy, Maurice O'Sullivan, and Paul Cowie for headses upses this week (a.a.h.i.h.l.n.o.o.) .... some connection difficulties this a.m. (again!); the present issue is not as thorough as I would have liked ... ================================================================ ================================================================ AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA ================================================================ The Guardian has a piece on what prehistoric Brits were up to: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,3605,803041,00.html The face of one of London's 'original' inhabitants -- the 'Shepperton Woman' -- has been reconstructed (she kind of looks familiar): http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_683602.html Also in reconstruction news this week has been a reconstructed face of Tut, as part of the hype for a television documentary about his death (actually, it's interesting to compare the photos at the various news sites ... they seem to be reflecting different, er, agendas): http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci/tech/2288952.stm http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/09/30/king.tut.reut/ http://www.msnbc.com/news/815077.asp http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/news/100202_nw_king_tut_likeness.html http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1033424055206_28833255/?hub=SciTech Some major Bronze Age finds have been made at the site of Qatna (article in German; hopefully we'll hear more about this one): http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/uni/qvo/highlights/h23-syrien.html They're packing up artifacts in Iraq, in anticipation of war: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=337982 Al Ahram has a piece on the Royal Ontario Museum's commencement of new projects in Egypt and Nubia: http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/2002/606/hr1.htm That bulge in Temple Mount is turning into a major political dispute: http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,804154,00.html http://www.timesdispatch.com/frontpage/MGB1H3ZVW6D.html A pair of Finnish archaeologists have rather different views of the Qumran settlement: http://www.helsinki-hs.net/news.asp?id=20021001IE18 Italy is planning to return/lend a non-Elgin Parthenon marble to Greece: http://asia.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/10/04/italy.marbles/ The excavation of a Roman vicus near Hadrian's Wall is showing a rather well-off citizenry: http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100local/page.cfm?objectid=12256705&method=full&siteid=50081 They're going to be digging up the RAF base at Suffolk: http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/News/story.asp?tbrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=NEWS&category=News&brand=EDPOnline&itemid=NOED02+Oct+2002+23%3A41%3A51%3A857 Yuan-dynasty river control works have been found in Shanghai: http://english.eastday.com/epublish/gb/paper1/683/class000100005/hwz88930.htm The New York Times has a nice feature on efforts to restore monuments in Beijing: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/30/international/asia/30BEIJ.html .... and the Taj Mahal is getting an 'interesting' cleanup: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_681618.html The New York Times also has a touristy sort of thing about the monuments of Sri Lanka: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/06/travel/LANKA.html Archaeologists are issuing warnings about the preservation of the Newport ship: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,802851,00.html ================================================================ THE AMERICAS ================================================================ This should be a followup, but what the heck ... a tomb has been found in the Pyramid of the Moon at Teotihuacan(!): http://www.thenewsmexico.com/printedformat.asp?id=36391 Also at Teotihuacan, there are concerns about the preservation of the Temple of Quetzalcoatl In Peru, archaeologists have found the site of massive human sacrifices dating to 1350 A.D./C.E. or thereabouts: http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992885 http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.hts/world/1596733 http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20021001/od_nm/peru_sacrifices_dc http://www.enn.com/news/wire-stories/2002/10/10022002/reu_48570.asp http://news1.iwon.com/odd/article/id/271410|oddlyenough|10-01-2002::09:07|reuters.html Some 'new' Nazca-like lines have been found at Palpas, lending credence to theories the lines are connected with water and fertility (article in Spanish): http://www.tercera.cl/diario/2002/10/01/01.19.3A.CYT.ARQUEO.html Always nice to hear about new archaeology labs getting funding: http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/bal-md.ar.lab05oct05,0,2186773.story?coll=bal-local-headlines A nice report on the excavation of the palaeo-Indian site near St. Louis, Saskatchewan (which I've been waiting for for a couple of weeks now ... there was a good interview on the radio that doesn't seem to have made it to the web): http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1033398018640_25/?hub=SciTech Wonder what's behind this one ... a New Zealand archaeologist is being deported from the US for working in violation of his visa: http://www.bangornews.com/editorialnews/article.cfm?ID=74635&byline=WayneBrown&cname=Statewide§ion=County&tt=9AM ================================================================ ON THE WEB ================================================================ The Theatron site has a demo of its technique of rendering theatres in 3D -- the example is the Theatre of Dionysus. You have to download Cosmo Player, but it's rather well done: http://www.theatron.org/index.html (main site) http://www.theatron.org/download.html (demo with ToD) ================================================================ CRIME BEAT ================================================================ Yeavering Bell Iron Age hill fort has been 'plundered' by a bunch of "metal detectorists" http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100local/page.cfm?objectid=12253543&method=full&siteid=50081 ================================================================ REVIEWS ================================================================ Two books on the Bar-Kochba period: http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=215927 Christopher Woodward, *In Ruins*: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/02/books/02EDER.html ================================================================ DON'T EAT THAT ELMER ================================================================ Some guy is claiming that a skeleton found in a cave in Wyoming, which dates to 710 A.D./C.E., is European in origin: http://sundaygazettemail.com/news/Valley+%26+State/2002092835/ Some French geochemist is claiming that the pyramids are built from "pierre reconstituée" (article in French): http://www.lemonde.fr/article/0,5987,3244--292762-,00.html ================================================================ EXHIBITIONS ================================================================ Roman Marbles (Rome) [interesting article ... check out Matidia!]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2293759.stm ================================================================ CLASSICIST'S CORNER ================================================================ A nice feature on a 'new' Latin teacher: http://www.dailynewstribune.com/news/local_regional/newt_latinteacher10012002.htm What to do with a philology degree (!): http://miva.jacksonsun.com/miva/cgi-bin/miva?NEWS/news_story.mv+link=200210064229666 The ampersand was invented by Tiro?: http://www.news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1087112002 In case you missed it, Athens' National Archaeological Museum is now closed until April, 2004: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20021001/ap_en_ot/archaeological_museum_1 An item which mentions some 'facts' about dogs in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds: http://www.roanoke.com/roatimes/news/story137662.html John Bodel has tenure: http://www.browndailyherald.com/stories.cfm?S=1&ID=7400 An interesting thesis topic (scroll past the various diseases): http://www.arbiteronline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2002/09/30/3d97cd95bd8ca Etymologies: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20021004/tc_nm/tech_veritas_dc_6 (veritas) http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/4204434.htm (ars magirica?) http://www.saljournal.com/stories/100502/new_dome.html (ad astra per aspera) http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=101955&command=displayContent&sourceNode=99871&contentPK=2739763 (mimo memri??) http://www.fayettevillenc.com/story.php?Template=news&Story=5191547 (sine die) http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2002/oct/04/top_stories/20021004top10.html (via omnis carnis) http://pennlive.com/news/expresstimes/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1033635921173981.xml (nolle prosequi) http://www.al.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/newsflash/get_story.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?j3415_BC_AL--ToySoldiers&&news&newsflash-al (de bellis multitudinis) http://allafrica.com/stories/200210010025.html (Ex nilil nihilo nil?) Peter Jones: http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php3?table=old§ion=current&issue=2002-10-05&id=2344 Dot Wordsworth: http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php3?table=old§ion=current&issue=2002-10-05&id=2342 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/ ================================================================ OBITUARIES ================================================================ Norman Brown (Classicist/Humanist): http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2002/October/04/local/stories/04local.htm ================================================================ FOLLOWUPS ================================================================ Bronze Age Star Map (find site now revealed!): http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/10/06/wdisc06.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/10/06/ixhome.html http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=588&art_id=qw1032973740198B265&set_id=1&f&f http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~dfischer/mirror/243.html http://www.faz.com/IN/INtemplates/eFAZ/docmain.asp?rub=%7BB1311FFE-FBFB-11D2-B228-00105A9CAF88%7D&doc=%7BA281FBE3-A50C-4FB2-82A2-501A529C67B0%7D ================================================================ EXPLORATOR is a weekly newsletter representing the fruits of the labours of 'media research division' of The Atrium. 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