From dmeadows@idirect.com Sun Jun 17 02:50:51 2001 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f5H9oo074376 for ; Sun, 17 Jun 2001 02:50:50 -0700 Received: from ares.idirect.com (ares.idirect.com [207.136.80.180]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f5H9ooX15146 for ; Sun, 17 Jun 2001 02:50:50 -0700 Received: from hk9k801.idirect.com (on-ham-a53-02-54.look.ca [216.154.51.246]) by ares.idirect.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA55463; Sun, 17 Jun 2001 09:36:30 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20010617055224.03480ba0@idirect.com> X-Sender: dmeadows@idirect.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 05:53:34 -0400 To: classics@u.washington.edu, ancien-l@listserv.louisville.edu, rome-arch@egroups.com, greek-arch@egroups.com, Roman_History_Books@egroups.com, PreModernWorldHistory@egroups.com, From: David Meadows Subject: In Explorator 4.7 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed What follows is an abbreviated version of Explorator, the free weekly email newsletter devoted to matters archaeological and ancient, tailored to the focus of this list. If you would like to subscribe to the full version, with archaeological news from around the world and in various time periods, send a blank email message to: mailto:explorator-subscribe@yahoogroups.com ------------------------------------------------------ OLD WORLD NEWS A number of Sassanid dynasty coins have been found: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010613/sc/syria_archaeology_1.html http://europe.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/06/13/syria.coins.ap/index.html The Cyprus PIO has a brief item on the excavation of the theatre at Paphos: http://www.hri.org/news/cyprus/cypio/2001/01-06-13.cypio.html#03 There is now more evidence that the Colosseum was built from spoils from the sack of Jerusalem: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000579381554028&rtmo=wKtet5fb&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/01/6/15/wcol15.html Also in regards to the Colosseum, plans are in the works to restore it to its original colour: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010614/wl/italy_colosseum_2.html http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-eur/2001/jun/14/061400786.html http://www.iht.com/articles/22999.html (spelling!) A dozen or so Roman ships found near the Sardinian port of Olbia are beginning to give up their secrets: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1385000/1385326.stm CLASSICIST'S CORNER A bunch of runners have retraced the gruelling 110km route of Euchidas: http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=12913&m=A48&aa=1&eidos=S The Independent has a touristy sort of piece with plenty of classical references on Italy: the land of myths: http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=77459 FAZ has a feature on the temple of Zeus at Olympia: http://www.faz.com/IN/INtemplates/eFAZ/docmain.asp?rub={B1311FD3-FBFB-11D2-B228-00105A9CAF88}&doc={6C641DF5-5FE1-11D5-A3B5-009027BA22E4}&width=800&height=572&agt=netscape&ver=4&svr=4.7 There's a big article on Atlantis kicking around various newspapers: http://news.excite.com/news/ap/010613/12/ent-wkd-atlantis-myths FOLLOWUPS Herakleion: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,3-2001200227,00.html http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/online/html4/o090621ka.htm http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=194471&thesection=news&thesubsection=world http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,503588,00.html Phillipeion returned antiquities: http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=12914&m=A39&aa=3&eidos=S OBITUARIES Graham Webster: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,60-2001200161,00.html AT ABOUT.COM Ancient History Guide N.S. Gill's latest is on Teiresias in Ovid's Metamorphoses: http://ancienthistory.about.com/homework/ancienthistory/library/weekly/aa061201a.htm Latin Guide Janet Burns' latest is on the origins of words like host etc.: http://latin.about.com/homework/latin/library/weekly/aa080199.htm .