From dmeadows@idirect.com Sun May 27 06:00:33 2001 Received: from mxu1.u.washington.edu (mxu1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f4RD0V028516 for ; Sun, 27 May 2001 06:00:31 -0700 Received: from phobos.idirect.com (phobos.idirect.com [207.136.80.181]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f4RD0VF13291 for ; Sun, 27 May 2001 06:00:31 -0700 Received: from hk9k801.idirect.com (on-ham-a53-01-38.look.ca [216.154.51.38]) by phobos.idirect.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA86923; Sun, 27 May 2001 09:01:46 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20010527090348.048f3d10@idirect.com> X-Sender: dmeadows@idirect.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 09:04:16 -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 4.4 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 ------------------------------------------------------ Thanks to Michael Ruggieri, Allastair Millar, Bill Kennedy, Trevor Watkins, Curtis B. Edmondson, and Matt Glendinning for headses upses this week (a.a.h.i.h.l.n.o.o.) OLD WORLD NEWS Archaeologists have found evidence of the oldest site found in Scotland: http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/index.cfm?id=75522 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/scotland/newsid_1352000/1352091.stm An emergency excavation in Israel has turned up a Chalcolithic figurine and a 6000 year-old burial chamber: http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2001/05/23/News/News.26779.html A Croatian archaeologist is claiming to have deciphered Europe's oldest calendar: http://www.iol.co.za/html/frame_news.php?click_id=588&art_id=qw990505982455B263 The New York Times has a feature on the Etruscans: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/27/arts/27RIDI.html A Romano-Celtic temple has been discovered at Vindolanda: http://icnewcastle.ic24.com/0100news/0100local/page.cfm?objectid=11066936&method=full It appears they're going to put elevators in the Colosseum: http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-eur/2001/may/25/052506380.html I'm sure this is old news (since I took flak for not remembering who the Packard involved was), but the Telegraph is reporting on David Woodley Packard's funding of excavations etc. at Herculaneum: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=003100565149417&rtmo=V1jlGx4x&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/01/5/27/wherc27.html Another project in Athens to supposedly link all its archaeological sites has been announced: http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?id=83896 This one could be old world or new world, I suppose, since it looks at the reasons major ancient civilizations collapsed: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4191725,00.html ]|[=================================================================]|[ REVIEW The Times has a review of Richard P. Taylor *Death and the Afterlife: A Cultural Encyclopedia*: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,70-2001170074,00.html ]|[=================================================================]|[ ON THE NEWSSTANDS The Jewish Magazine's Archaeology in Israel feature this month is devoted to Jaffa: http://www.jewishmag.com/43mag/jaffa/jaffa.htm The Atlantic Monthly has a feature on Roman Africa: http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2001/06/kaplan.htm Egypt Revealed has a feature on women in ancient Egypt (noted in passing .... Zahi Hawass' "Weekly Updates" don't appear to be): http://www.egyptrevealed.com/052201-womeinegypt.htm There's a new issue of Bible Review out, with features on "Genesis as Rashomon", the history of the alphabet, et alia: http://www.bib-arch.org/br2.html ]|[=================================================================]|[ CLASSICIST'S CORNER I'm not sure why this took so long to hit the search engines ... it's an update on the Loyola situation: http://news.excite.com/news/uw/010521/business-78 Folks will probably be interested in the simulated archaeological dig (with Roman remains) going on at Germantown Friends School: http://www.gfsnet.org/history/mock_excavation.html The Guardian has a review of Marina Warner, *The Leto Bundle* which might be of interest: http://www.observer.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,497109,00.html eKatherimini has a feature on ancient Mediterranean cuisine: http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?id=84373 An item on Brown might be of interest: http://news.excite.com/news/uw/010524/business-66 The New York Daily News appears to be the first to deal with the story behind Disney's Atlantis: http://www.nydailynews.com/2001-05-27/New_York_Now/Movies/a-112515.asp ]|[=================================================================]|[ AT ABOUT.COM Ancient History Guide N.S. Gill's latest is on Aristophanes: http://ancienthistory.about.com/homework/ancienthistory/library/weekly/aa052201a.htm Latin Guide Janet Burns' latest is on the Latin roots which give rise to the names of rocks and minerals: http://latin.about.com/homework/latin/library/weekly/aa052800a.htm Archaeology Guide Kris Hirst is reprising her parody "The Very Model of a Modern Archaeologist": http://archaeology.about.com/science/archaeology/library/weekly/aa081797.htm ]|[=================================================================]|[ OBITUARY Dorothy Burr Thompson: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/24/obituaries/24BURR.html ]|[=================================================================]|[ FOLLOWUPS Cleopatra: http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/online/html4/o220521p.htm (New) Library at Alexandria: http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/online/html4/o220521d.htm http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/online/html4/o240521j.htm Marathon Rowing site: http://www.realcolumbus.com/rc/life/docs/08807372.htm http://www.msnbc.com/news/577555.asp Roman Shipwreck in the Tyne: http://icnewcastle.ic24.com/0100news/page.cfm?objectid=11066937&method=full Temple Mount (not really a followup, but nothing really new): http://www.jewishmag.com/42mag/templemount/templemount.htm Thor Heyerdahl: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1353000/1353343.stm ]|[================================================================]|[ Explorator is Copyright (c) 2001 David Meadows .