From dmeadows@idirect.com Sun Jun 2 06:08:57 2002 Received: from mailscan1.cac.washington.edu (mailscan1.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.16]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.01) with SMTP id g52D8uw3028752 for ; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 06:08:56 -0700 Received: FROM mxu4.u.washington.edu BY mailscan1.cac.washington.edu ; Sun Jun 02 06:08:55 2002 -0700 Received: from deimos.idirect.com (deimos.idirect.com [207.136.80.182]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.01) with ESMTP id g52D8tKQ015916 for ; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 06:08:55 -0700 Received: from on-ham-a53-03-22.look.ca (on-ham-a53-03-22.look.ca [216.154.52.150]) by deimos.idirect.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA08580; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 09:08:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 09:09:34 -0400 From: dmeadows@idirect.com X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.54 Beta/45) Personal Reply-To: dmeadows@idirect.com X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <5914930003.20020602090934@idirect.com> To: explorator@yahoogroups.com Subject: Explorator 5.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ================================================================ explorator 5.5 June 2, 2002 ================================================================ Editor's note: Depending on your mail software, some urls may wrap (especially those from the Telegraph) which will require you to rebuild the url at your end; if you get a 'file not found', check to see if the url wrapped on you. Most urls should be active for at least eight hours from the time of publication. ================================================================ ================================================================ Thanks to W. Richard Frahm, Bert Lusnia, James Thiele, Martin Roseveare, Gene Barkley, Rick Pettigrew, 'alesmonetos', and Kathy Tang for headses upses this week (a.a.h.i.h.l.n.o.o.) ================================================================ ================================================================ AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA ================================================================ I'm sure we'll hear some more about this one ... it appears that chimps create archaeological remains much like those of early humans: http://www.mpg.de/news02/news0211.htm http://dsc.discovery.com/news/reu/20020520/chimp.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/05/0523_020523_0523TVchimps.html http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/05/020524073245.htm Is the National Geographic buying into Graham Hancock's theories?: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/05/0528_020528_sunkencities.html What *might* be the oldest lifelike images of humans have been discovered/are about to be reassessed in France(they look like medieval monks to me): http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2012000/2012385.stm A childbirth seat has been found in Egypt: http://www.itechnology.co.za/index.php?click_id=31&art_id=qw1022429340979B221&set_id=1 A brief item on the discovery of a mosaic in Palmyra: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020529/ap_wo_en_ge/syria_mosaic_1 As with many ancient monuments, Persepolis is showing the effects of pollution etc.: http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAMKZFFR1D.html http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020528/ap_wo_en_po/iran_persepolis_in_peril_2 .... and a rising water table is threatening Egypt's monuments: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/05/0531_020531_TVwatertable.html Meanwhile, there's a big conference going on focussing on how to save Afghanistan's cultural heritage: http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_2010000/2010104.stm John Noble Wilford has penned a little piece on Tell Hamoukar: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/28/science/social/28DIGS.html Further complicating matters in Ethiopia's dispute with Italy over an obelisk, the latter was struck by lightning this week: http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_2018000/2018814.stm http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,724055,00.html http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020531/od_nm/obelisk_dc_1 A brief item on using LIBS technology on a Minoan knife: http://optics.org/article/news/08/5/32?year=2002&month=6&show=heads Goddio's still finding things in and around Herakleion: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020528/ap_wo_en_ge/egypt_antiquities_1 eKathimerini reports on a report on recently reported finds in Athens: http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/content.asp?aid=17107 AthensNews has a touristy piece on Knossos: http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=12964&m=A24&aa=1&eidos=S .... and one on Lesbos too: http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=12963&m=A22&aa=1&eidos=S FAZ has a nice piece on the Kalkriese Museum and the site of Varus' debacle: http://www.faz.com/IN/INtemplates/eFAZ/docmain.asp?rub=%7BB1311FFE-FBFB-11D2-B228-00105A9CAF88%7D&doc=%7BA86F2509-AA2E-4B05-A1C6-A7E16E6CBBE5%7D An ancient Buddhist shrine has been found in Uttar Pradesh: http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/300502/dlnat19.asp Chinese archaeologists have found some leather shoes dating to the Han dynasty: http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200205/29/eng20020529_96715.shtml A pair of submerged towns have been found in China's Zhejiang province: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2002-05/31/content_418092.htm The latest in the Fujimura scandal: http://www.asahi.com/english/national/K2002052800500.html The remains of the last Tasmanian aborigine are being returned for burial: http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,725297,00.html Probably a little late for this newsletter, but a Columbia U. historian is suggesting the British Empire was hardly a civilizing influence: http://observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,722384,00.html Also probably a little late, but with some interesting comparative possibilities as suggested from an appeal to ancient precedent (Egypt): http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/06/02/BA84610.DTL The new Library of Alexandria, by the way, continues to be in the 'opening this year' stage: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30652-2002May29.html A school in the US has its own mummy: http://www.edweek.org/ew/newstory.cfm?slug=38take.h21 ================================================================ THE AMERICAS ================================================================ Must be handy to be able to do a real dig right on campus: http://tampatrib.com/News/MGAD0FRPW1D.html http://tampatrib.com/News/MGAYJHPPW1D.html A number of sites have been found in the Nevada desert: http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2002/May-26-Sun-2002/news/18829204.html The digging is about to commence at the Fort Pierre Chouteau site (South Dakota): http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=4266461&BRD=1130&PAG=461&dept_id=99675&rfi=6 Exxon has come across a 'mystery ship' in the Gulf of Mexico: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/28/science/28SHIP.html .... and there might be mystery ships in the Delaware too: http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/3350016.htm A golf course on Mackinac Island is hosting a dig for War of 1812 artifacts: http://www.mlive.com/news/statewide/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/news/1022271001167810.xml ================================================================ ON THE WEB ================================================================ Josep Marti, "The Cultural Frames Approach as an Alternative View to the Ethnocratic Idea of Culture.": http://anthro-globe.com/bin/artdetail.cgi?download=34 ================================================================ ON THE ARCHAEOLOGY CHANNEL ================================================================ There's an audio interview with Jessica Palladini on "Saving the Black Creek" site: http://www.archaeologychannel.org/blackckint.html ================================================================ CRIME BEAT ================================================================ A pair of Afghan smugglers were apprehended this week: http://www.dawn.com/2002/05/30/nat21.htm ================================================================ AT ABOUT.COM ================================================================ Bruce Heydt, "Bath's Sacred Spring": http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/prm/blsacredspring1.htm Archaeology Guide Kris Hirst has put together a short piece on the history of glassmaking: http://archaeology.about.com/library/weekly/aabyb052602a.htm ================================================================ REVIEWS ================================================================ Ian Pears, *The Dream of Scipio* (novel): http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0530/p15s01-bogn.html ================================================================ EXHIBITIONS ================================================================ ================================================================ CLASSICIST'S CORNER ================================================================ Queen's University (Belfast) is facing budget cuts which might affect Classics: http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/northern_ireland/newsid_2017000/2017205.stm The next installment of what to do with a degree in Classics: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14695-2002May26.html .... and the secret to winning spelling bees: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2002/05/31/MN90880.DTL Classcon in a piece about wedding toasts: http://www.nandotimes.com/entertainment/story/419249p-3341430c.html An account of an experience with the online "Daily Life in the Eastern Roman Empire" course might be of interest: http://www.msnbc.com/news/758868.asp This could be interesting ... the Colosseum is going to be online 24 hours a day: http://www.itechnology.co.za/index.php?click_id=31&art_id=qw1022689261708B242&set_id=1 More political pressure to return the Elgin Marbles: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/arts/newsid_2014000/2014626.stm http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/153/nation/Greece_homes_in_on_ancient_marbles+.shtml Oliver Stone's Alexander the Great flick is scouting venues, it appears: http://reuters.com/news_article.jhtml;jsessionid=OQRHPOGHP1SNACRBAEKSFEYKEEATIIWD?type=entertainmentnews&StoryID=997869# I definitely missed this one (three years ago!), but it turned up while poking around another search engine ... it's (not seriously) about the discovery of a lost drama by Sophocles: http://www.cnsnews.com/dtSearch/dtisapi6.dll?cmd=getdoc&DocId=5294&Index=C%3a%5cInetpub%5cCns%5cmainsearch%5cEntireSite&HitCount=4&hits=2+d+5b+5a6+&SearchForm=%25%25SearchForm%25%25 Peter Jones in the Spectator: http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php3?table=old§ion=current&issue=2002-06-01&id=1924 .... and Dot Wordsworth: http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php3?table=old§ion=current&issue=2002-06-01&id=1913 Radio Finland's Nuntii Latini http://www.yle.fi/fbc/latini/trans.html U.S. Weather in Latin: http://latin.wunderground.com/ ================================================================ FOLLOWUPS ================================================================ Herculaneum Library: http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/2002/05/15/0514conn.html Stonehenge King (nice slideshow): http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20020520/stonehenge.html ================================================================ EXPLORATOR is a weekly newsletter representing the fruits of the labours of 'media 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