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Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 08:17:48 -0400
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From: David Meadows <dmeadows@idirect.com>
Subject: In the latest explorator ... and not:
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>From issue 2.41:

Il Messaggero reports on the recovery of a 2nd century A.D. vase:

http://www.ilmessaggero.it/hermes/19990814/01_NAZIONALE/24/H.htm
<url:http://www.ilmessaggero.it/hermes/19990814/01_NAZIONALE/24/H.htm>

Il Messaggero also reports on inscriptional evidence which apparently lends
weight to the tradition that St. Paul did visit Cyprus:

http://www.ilmessaggero.it/hermes/19990813/01_NAZIONALE/18/CULT.htm
<url:http://www.ilmessaggero.it/hermes/19990813/01_NAZIONALE/18/CULT.htm>

Last week we reported on plans of a dig near Seaham Hall, to find out why
bones keep turning up ... initial investigation has revealed a 7th century
Christian burial ground, according to the Evening Chronicle (watch the wrap):

http://www.evening-chronicle.co.uk/ec_cfm/body_story_1.cfm?ID=160989&Row=1&P
rev=3&Next=5
<url:http://www.evening-chronicle.co.uk/ec_cfm/body_story_1.cfm?ID=160989&Ro
w=1&Prev=3&Next=5>

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

The following virus hoax description will no doubt warm the cockles of the
hearts of all those who have written theses, dissertations, research
papers, etc. and/or those who have had to read them (thanks to Carol
Bateson for the heads up):

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/pluperfect-hoax.html
<url:http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/pluperfect-hoax.html>

.... and not in the latest Explorator:

A piece in the latest online issue of the New York Review of Books brings
together three threads which have gained mention on this list: Gary Wills,
Jesse Ventura, and Greek tragedy:

http://www.nybooks.com/nyrev/WWWfeatdisplay.cgi?19990812040R

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