From dmeadows@idirect.com Sun Feb 18 05:48:32 2001 Received: from mxu1.u.washington.edu (mxu1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW00.12) with ESMTP id FAA136364 for ; Sun, 18 Feb 2001 05:48:31 -0800 Received: from deimos.idirect.com (deimos.idirect.com [207.136.80.182]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.02/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id FAA14347 for ; Sun, 18 Feb 2001 05:48:30 -0800 Received: from hk9k801.idirect.com (on-ham-a53-01-112.look.ca [216.154.51.112]) by deimos.idirect.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA17705; Sun, 18 Feb 2001 08:48:19 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.0.20010218084626.02264e10@idirect.com> X-Sender: dmeadows@idirect.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0.2 Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 08:48:04 -0500 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 the latest Explorator 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 ------------------------------------------------------ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks for heads ups (headses ups ... er, heads upses ... er, when does that coffee finally come up (actually it's green tea these days) to: rmhowe, Bill Kennedy, Sally Winchester, Michael Ruggieri, Chris Laning, Glenn Meyer, and DC Briscoe! OLD WORLD NEWS The Egyptian State Information Service (and others) reports on the discovery of a statue of Septimius Severus in Alexandria: http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/online/html3/o120221b.htm http://www.timesofindia.com/130201/13mide15.htm http://www.arabia.com/article/0,1690,Life|39843,00.html An AP story via NorthernLight reveals that the scaffolding will be removed from the Parthenon in time for the Olympics: http://library.northernlight.com/EC20010214530000082.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc Ekatherimini reports on four recently-acquired 6th/5th century B.C./B.C.E. Greek vases now on display at the Goulandris: http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?id=71655 Ekatherimini also has a nice feature on the Via Egnatia: http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?id=71477 The Tahoe Tribune reports on a recently-acquired Hellenistic-era mummy mask: http://www.tahoe.com/tribune/stories.2.16.01/YourTown/cultureflerun16Feb9437.html AlphaGalileo and Ananova report on the discovery of a (17th or 18th century) phallic drinking cup (photo at Ananova): http://www.alphagalileo.org/ReadNotice.cfm?releaseid=5571 http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_206635.html?menu= Frankfurter Allgemeine has a feature (in English ... don't worry) on the renewed interest in plaster cast collections (mind the wrap): http://www.faz.com/IN/INtemplates/eFAZ/docmain.asp?rub=%7BB1311FFE-FBFB-11D2-B228-00105A9CAF88%7D&doc=%7BCB6E0FA0-FFBE-11D4-A3B3-009027BA22E4%7D&width=1024&height=740&agt=explorer&ver=4&svr=4 ON THE NEWSSTANDS Bible Review has a new issue out, with an online feature on the earliest Christian inscription, among other things: http://www.bib-arch.org/br2.html CLASSICIST'S CORNER The Times has an interesting piece on naming of flowers with mentions of Theocritus, L&S, etc.: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,217-83260,00.html Folks might be interested to read a feature in Katherimini on director Philippos Koutsaftis: http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?id=71150 .... and the same source tells that Euripides' Hecuba will be playing at Epidaurus this summer: http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?id=70803 The LATimes has a feature on UCIrvine's *Dionysus 2001'* theatrical series: http://www.latimes.com/editions/orange/20010216/t000014219.html Charles Williams II has donated $16 million to UPenn's museum of archaeology and anthropology!: http://inq.philly.com/content/inquirer/2001/02/15/city/PENN15.htm http://www.mcall.com/html/news/regional/b_pg002b2_newgift.htm The Museum of Ancient Cypriot Art has opened in Athens: http://www.hri.org/news/cyprus/cypio/2001/01-02-14.cypio.html#01 http://library.northernlight.com/FB20010215600000145.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc The Tampa Tribune is reprising (?) an article on the Florida JCL's Regional Classics Forum: http://www.tampatrib.com/News/MGA4NHJL4JC.html FOLLOWUPS Claudius and the 'shrooms http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010210/us/emperor_poisoned_2.html Herculaneum papyri: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20010212/scrolls.html AT ABOUT.COM Ancient History Guide N.S. Gill's latest is on Hellenistic epigrams: http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa021301a.htm Latin Guide Janet Burns has a nice guest feature on Lupercalia: http://latin.about.com/library/weekly/aa021401a.htm OBITUARIES Geoffry Bibby http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,60-82827,00.html Brian Hope-Taylor http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/text_only.cfm?id=46927 .