From dmeadows@idirect.com Sun Sep 17 10:37:59 2000 Received: from mxu4.u.washington.edu (mxu4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id KAA59042 for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2000 10:37:58 -0700 Received: from ares.idirect.com (ares.idirect.com [207.136.80.180]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.02/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id KAA21066 for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2000 10:37:57 -0700 Received: from ns.idirect.com (on-ham-a53-03-159.look.ca [216.154.53.31]) by ares.idirect.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA78981; Sun, 17 Sep 2000 13:35:25 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.0.20000917133403.00b663b0@postoffice.idirect.com> X-Sender: dmeadows@postoffice.idirect.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 13:38:27 -0600 To: classics@u.washington.edu, ancIEN-L@LISTSERV.LOUISVILLE.EDU, rome-arch@egroups.com, greek-arch@egroups.com, Roman_History_Books@egroups.com, ancientmed@egroups.com From: David Meadows Subject: In the latest Explorator Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Items of interest from my newsletter: A week when hype appears to have hit an all-time high .... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Gratias vobis ago for the heads up to: Alastair Millar, Bill Kennedy, SuJazz, and Sally Winchester (as always, with hopes that I didn't leave anyone out!). THE BIG NEWS The big news, both in terms of importance and hype, is, of course, Ballard's discovery of what does appear to be human-made dwellings on a shelf in the Black Sea, supporting the Pitman-Ryan thesis about a major flood c. 7000 B.C. ... of course, all articles make reference to Noah in some way (watch the wrap on the Telegraph piece); the final item is the National Geographic's official 'Black Sea' site, which has rather more detail on what has been found: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59806-2000Sep12.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_923000/923400.stm http://web.philly.com:80/content/inquirer/2000/09/13/front_page/SEA13.htm http://www.foxnews.com:80/science/091300/blacksea.sml http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/09/15/p2s1.htm http://abcnews.go.com:80/sections/science/DailyNews/flood000914.html http://www.msnbc.com/news/336589.asp http://www.sunday-times.co.uk:80/news/pages/tim/2000/09/14/timopnedt01001.html http://www.sunday-times.co.uk:80/news/pages/tim/2000/09/14/timfgneur02001.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/People/Profiles/2000-09/profile170900.shtml http://www.independent.co.uk/news/UK/Science/2000-09/noahsark140900.shtml http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/20000913/hi_ap_flood.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=000405944438668&rtmo=QxkzemHR&atmo=hhhhhhhe&pg=/et/00/9/14/wnoah14.html http://www.nationalgeographic.com/blacksea/ax/frame.html OLD WORLD NEWS The CBC and National Geographic seem to be alone in telling of a major discovery in Yemen of what is being touted as the 'Queen of Sheba's palace' (personally I don't quite understand why this one didn't get the same reaction as some of the other stories this week) ... the CBC version has some nice video footage and an interview with the archaeologist (from the University of Calgary --- yay!) that are worth checking out: http://cbc.ca:80/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2000/09/12/sheba000912 http://www.ngnews.com/news/2000/09/09132000/sheba_3024.asp Also somewhat surprising in terms of lack of coverage is a piece on Discovery.com on the discovery of pine trees in a bog which appear to confirm a date for the eruption of Thera: http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/20000915/hi_ap_atlantis.html Perhaps the biggest hype this week (especially in proportion to the evidence which supposedly supports it) surrounds the discovery of a grave of a female/woman/first feminist gladiator (what ... no one has gladiatrix?) in London (the various items from the Times are probably most worthwhile reading) (watch the wrap on the thisislondon piece; ditto for the Telegraph) : http://www.foxnews.com:80/science/091300/times_gladiator.sml http://web.philly.com:80/content/inquirer/2000/09/13/national/GLADIATOR13.htm http://www.courierpress.com:80/cgi-bin/view.cgi?200009/13+grave091300_news.html+20000913 http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_61670.html http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_58717.html http://www.sunday-times.co.uk:80/news/pages/tim/2000/09/13/timnwsnws02039.html http://www.sunday-times.co.uk:80/news/pages/tim/2000/09/13/timnwsnws01038.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/UK/This_Britain/2000-09/gladiator130900.shtml http://www.ngnews.com/news/2000/09/09132000/gladiator_3023.asp http://www.thisislondon.co.uk:80/dynamic/lifestyle/review.html?in_review_id=315464&in_review_text_id=259305 http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=000405944438668&rtmo=QxkzemHR&atmo=hhhhhhhe&pg=/et/00/9/13/nglad13.html AT ABOUT COM Latin Guide Janet Burns' latest pair on on the various shades of meaning in agere, as well as a feature on Roman bread and grain (including recipes): http://latin.about.com/library/weekly/aa091100a.htm http://latin.about.com/library/weekly/aa090700.htm CLASSICISTS' CORNER The University of Pennsylvania is going to attempt to recreate 'Midas' Banquet' as a fundraising activity: http://dailynews.philly.com:80/content/daily_news/2000/09/13/features/ECOV13.htm The Christian Science Monitor has a piece on one person's efforts to read through the Harvard Classics library (passing Classical content): http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/09/14/p22s1.htm On the gossip front, the Montreal Gazette reveals who a certain Classics major is the beau thereof (scroll down a bit): http://www.montrealgazette.com:80/entertainment/pages/000911/4121706.html The Cincinnati Post has a brief thing on a play based on the life of Alexander the Great: http://www.cincypost.com:80/living/alex091200.html In light of recurring discussions on the Classics list, some folks might be interested in a lengthy article on 'masculinity studies' courses: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53477-2000Sep12.html ON THE NEWSSTANDS Military History Quarterly has an excellent article by Rosemary Sheldon on espionage in Ancient Rome: http://www.thehistorynet.com/MHQ/articles/2000/autumn003_cover.htm FOLLOWUPS More from the Barhariyah oasis (it's pretty much the same article, but both sites have short shelf lives): http://www7.mercurycenter.com:80/premium/local/docs/tomb16.htm http://www.latimes.com:80/news/state/20000916/t000087525.html MILESTONES This is utterly devoid of any ancient content, but since the guy is so important to the creation of this newsletter, I thought folks might like to read a nice little feature on the 40th anniversary/birthday of Juan Valdez and his donkey: http://www.thestar.com/editorial/updates/fyi/200009140_COLOMBIA-VAL.html .