From dmeadows@idirect.com Sun Dec 24 08:41:05 2000 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW00.12) with ESMTP id IAA25922 for ; Sun, 24 Dec 2000 08:41:04 -0800 Received: from deimos.idirect.com (deimos.idirect.com [207.136.80.182]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.02/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id IAA26130 for ; Sun, 24 Dec 2000 08:41:03 -0800 Received: from default.idirect.com (on-ham-a53-03-178.look.ca [216.154.53.50]) by deimos.idirect.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA28622; Sun, 24 Dec 2000 11:40:57 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <5.0.0.25.0.20001224112900.01caa1e0@idirect.com> X-Sender: dmeadows@idirect.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0 Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 11:31:36 -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 premier free email newsletter devoted to matters archaeological and ancient, edited to the subject matter of the list you are reading it on; should you desire to subscribe to the full version (with archaeological news from around the world in various time periods), please send a blank email to: mailto:explorator-subscribe@egroups.com ================== Season's Greetings to all who have recently celebrated, are celebrating, or are about to celebrate one or more of the many festivals associated with this time of year!!!!! ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Gratias vobis ago for the heads up to: Alastair Millar and Sally Winchester (as always, with hopes that I haven't left anyone out). OLD WORLD NEWS Potentially big news this week (based on coverage) is a report on the discovery that ancient Egyptians may have successfully performed amputations and equipped a mummy with a prothetic toe (the Lancet article is the most detailed and requires registration; it's a bit of an annoying process, but worth tracking down): http://www.thelancet.com/journal/vol356/iss9248/full/llan.356.9248.editorial_and_review.14644.1 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1081000/1081368.stm http://www.dawn.com/2000/12/22/int11.htm A fair amount of coverage this week has been devoted to the restoration of one of the Queen of Sheba's temples (this is probably really a followup): http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1082000/1082648.stm http://www.news24.co.za/News24/World/Middle_East/0,1113,2-10-35_957224,00.html There's quite a bit of brief coverage (does that make sense?) of the discovery of a Thracian tomb: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20001218/wl/bulgaria_tomb_1.html http://www.timesofindia.com/191200/19wrap11.htm http://www.iol.co.za/general/newsview.php?click_id=588&art_id=qw977145540408B214&set_id=1 http://news.24.com/News24/Technology/Science_Nature/0,1113,2-13-46_956063,00.html The New York Times has an interesting piece on what construction of Athens' subway revealed about ancient Athens: http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/19/arts/19ARTS.html The International Herald Tribune has an item on 'the face of Cleopatra' (relating to the exhibition in Italy): http://www.iht.com/articles/5226.htm Also on the Cleopatran front (sort of) is an awful lot of coverage on the semiobvious claims that the various bits of Alexandria and other cities which lay at the bottom of Abukir Bay were victims of earthquakes: http://www.timesofindia.com/191200/19hlth13.htm http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/world.cfm?id=33617&keyword=the http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/121800/sunken_cities.sml http://www.msnbc.com/news/505048.asp?cp1=1 The Independent reports on the discovery of the 'original' Londinium: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/UK/This_Britain/2000-12/londinium241200.shtml The Scotsman has a brief item on the discovery of a Roman coin hoard: http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/scotland.cfm?id=33864 The Japan Times has a very nice piece on the "Great Wall of England": http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fv20001220hm.htm THE POLITICS OF ARCHAEOLOGY A couple of items this week relate to global treaties/agreements in regards to the sale of antiquities (Britain's just signing on; the Post article outlines some of the effects of such things): http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,413148,00.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43541-2000Dec22.html CLASSICIST'S CORNER Not a lot specifically 'classical' this week, but an awful lot related to proving various aspects of gospel accounts true (Bethlehem Stars, archaeological evidence for Nazareth being the birthplace, etc.): http://www.exn.ca/Stories/2000/12/19/53.cfm http://www.independent.ie/2000/358/an16g.shtml In a similar vein is a claim by the Bible Code set that the birth of Christ was 'codified' in Proverbs: http://www1.internetwire.com/iwire/release_clickthrough?release_id=21246&category=Lifestyle AT ABOUT.COM Ancient History Guide N.S. Gill's latest is on Cleisthenes' reforms: http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa121900a.htm?terms=a1 Latin Guide Janet Burns has a piece on the 'darkest evening of the year': http://latin.about.com/library/weekly/aa122399a.htm .