From dmeadows@idirect.com Sun Sep 30 05:43:14 2001 Received: from mailscan2.cac.washington.edu (mailscan2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.16]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.08) with SMTP id f8UChDN19878 for ; Sun, 30 Sep 2001 05:43:13 -0700 Received: FROM mxu3.u.washington.edu BY mailscan2.cac.washington.edu ; Sun Sep 30 05:43:09 2001 -0700 Received: from phobos.idirect.com (phobos.idirect.com [207.136.80.181]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.08) with ESMTP id f8UCh8U30199 for ; Sun, 30 Sep 2001 05:43:09 -0700 Received: from raoul.idirect.com (on-ham-a53-01-138.look.ca [216.154.51.138]) by phobos.idirect.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA09143; Sun, 30 Sep 2001 08:48:15 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20010930084201.00aa86f0@idirect.com> X-Sender: dmeadows@idirect.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 08:42:37 -0400 To: classics@u.washington.edu, rome-arch@egroups.com, greek-arch@egroups.com, Roman_History_Books@egroups.com, PreModernWorldHistory@egroups.com, ancientmed@egroups.com, latinteach@vlists.net, latin@vlists.net From: David Meadows Subject: In Explorator 4.22 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed ================================================================ in explorator 4.22 classical world edition ================================================================ Thanks to Curtis B. Edmundson, Michael Ruggieri, Michael Stowe, Trevor Watkins, Maurice O'Sullivan, Alastair Millar, Mark Elliott, Lee Bradshaw, and Bill Kennedy for headses upses this week (a.a.h.i.h.l.n.o.o.) ================================================================ AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA ================================================================ Here's some interesting noggin fodder: Greece recently passed a law which requires archaeologists to publish within a certain time frame or lose their right to direct excavations: http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?aid=100849 The Roman camp at Carnuntum (Austria) has been located using ground-penetrating radar: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010923/sc/austria_roman_ruins_1.html The Times (et al) reports on the discovery of a pair of Roman-era water lifting machines in London: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-2001333960,00.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/england/newsid_1564000/1564325.stm http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991343 The AP wire has a feature on a mini-sub called the Thetis which will prove useful in underwater archaeology situations: http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/09/24/archaeology.sub.ap/index.html http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010923/sc/exp_archaeology_by_sub_1.html I'm not really sure how to classify this one, but it's a piece on a modern-mummyish sort of thing about a woman whose corpse basically turned to soap: http://www.msnbc.com/news/635364.asp http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20010928_397.html ================================================================ REVIEWS ================================================================ The Guardian has a review of M. Reynolds (ed.) *The Sappho Companion*: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4266248,00.html ================================================================ EXHIBITIONS ================================================================ A proposed exhibition of the Dead Sea Scrolls at the 2002 Winter Olympics has been cancelled: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/arts/newsid_1563000/1563398.stm The Science Museum of Minnesota is hosting an exhibit on Catal Huyuk: http://www.pioneerplanet.com/news/mtc_docs/146814.htm cf.: http://www.smm.org/mysteries/top.html The British Museum is hosting an exhibition focussing on the effect visits to archaeological sites had on Agatha Christie's works: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-2001335510,00.html cf.: http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/agathachristie/index.html ================================================================ CLASSICIST'S CORNER ================================================================ Folks wondering about possible descendents of Alexander the Great's forces in Afghanistan will want to read an item in eKathimerini: http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?id=100700 A letter by Stephen Miller (yes, the guy who excavates at Nemea) puts another spin on recent events: http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?id=101430 And some fallout at Yale: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/30/national/30EDUC.html?ex=1002513600&en=fd6b4702a71b7e9e&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVER cf.: http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=16171 and: http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=16126 Radio Finland's Nuntii Latini http://www.yle.fi/fbc/latini/trans.html U.S. Weather in Latin: http://latin.wunderground.com/ ================================================================ OBITUARIES ================================================================ Michael Katzev http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/134347995_katzevobit30.html ================================================================ FOLLOWUPS ================================================================ Abu Qir bay: http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/2001/553/tr1.htm Atlantis off Gibraltar: http://www.metimes.com/2K1/issue2001-38/cultent/atlantis_lies_off.htm Ballard/Black Sea: http://www.ctnow.com/scripts/editorial.dll?fromspage=CG/articles/life.htm&categoryid=&bfromind=1221&eeid=5340255&eetype=article&render=y&ck=&userid=206553684&userpw=.&uh=206553684,2,&ver=3.0 Khufu cult: http://www.metimes.com/2K1/issue2001-38/cultent/great_pyramid_builder.htm ================================================================ Useful Addresses ================================================================ Past issues of Explorator are available on the web at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Explorator/messages To subscribe to Explorator, send a blank email message to: mailto:Explorator-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To send a 'heads up' to the editor: mailto:dmeadows@idirect.com Many articles which don't expire will eventually show up with related items in the Atrium's Media Archive, which should debut before the end of August at: http://atrium-media.com/mediaarchive.html ================================================================ Explorator is Copyright (c) 2001 David Meadows. 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