From dmeadows@idirect.com Sun Apr 27 06:09:05 2003 Received: from mxu7.u.washington.edu (mxu7.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.165]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW03.04/8.12.1+UW03.02) with ESMTP id h3RD941M039530 for ; Sun, 27 Apr 2003 06:09:04 -0700 Received: from photon.look.ca (photon.look.ca [207.136.80.123]) by mxu7.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW03.04/8.12.1+UW03.02) with ESMTP id h3RD92f7016240 for ; Sun, 27 Apr 2003 06:09:02 -0700 Received: from on-ham-a53-03-125.look.ca ([216.154.52.253] helo=raoul) by photon.look.ca with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 199ltp-0007TT-00 for classics@u.washington.edu; Sun, 27 Apr 2003 13:08:57 +0000 To: classics@u.washington.edu From: David Meadows MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 09:08:15 -0400 Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed Subject: Explorator 5.52 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.5 required=6.5 tests=NORMAL_HTTP_TO_IP,USER_AGENT version=2.53 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp) X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=XXXIIIIIII, Probability=37%, Report="NORMAL_HTTP_TO_IP, RCVD_IN_OSIRUSOFT_COM, SPAM_PHRASE_00_01, TO_BE_REMOVED_REPLY, USER_AGENT, X_OSIRU_DUL, X_OSIRU_DUL_FH, __EVITE_CTYPE" ================================================================ explorator 5.52 April 27, 2003 ================================================================ 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. 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Richard Frahm, Dave Sowdon, and Sally Winchester for headses upses this week (a.a.h.i.h.l.n.o.o.) ================================================================ ================================================================ AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA ================================================================ Again, the news from Iraq has been making the email rounds and is likely a repeat for many Explorator readers, and so it's at the end of the issue (and again, that isn't a comment on its importance). Some remains from the Sterkfontein caves may be a million years older than previously thought: http://www.msnbc.com/news/904853.asp http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/04/030425071144.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2973083.stm http://news.uns.purdue.edu/html4ever/030424.Granger.hominid.html A number of tombs from the Old Kingdom have been found necropolis- style in Egypt: http://www.msnbc.com/news/902890.asp http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/online/html9/o240423b.htm (I think this is the same) They'll be soon searching for more underwater remains from Egypt: http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/online/html9/o240423p.htm We'll soon be hearing about another mummy 'reconstruction': http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030422.wmumm422/GTStory Laser technology is being used to clean the frieze of the Parthenon, among other things: http://optics.org/articles/news/9/4/16/1 There was much coverage of the 'first tasting' of some recreated wine from Pompeii: http://www.msnbc.com/news/904246.asp http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2003%2F04%2F24%2Fwpomp24.xml http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2630713 http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=44493092 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=3&art_id=qw1051112881860B234&set_id=1 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;$sessionid$JTIFMF54HVV1VQFIQMGSFFOAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2003/04/24/wpomp24.xml .... and the claim that a woman named Rhome actually founded Rome: http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/04/22/wrome22.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/04/22/ixworld.html http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/22/1050777253133.html (original article at: http://ilmessaggero.caltanet.it/hermes/20030419/01_NAZIONALE/29/O.htm ) A previously-unknown Roman fort has been found in (gasp) Wales: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/wales/south_west/2970729.stm http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/page.cfm?objectid=12883465&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=Fort%20discovery%20solves%20a%20riddle%20of%20Roman%20Wales .... and "proof" has been found of a Roman fort in Cumbria: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/england/cumbria/2965811.stm The Scotsman has a feature on the Antonine Wall and associated sites: http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/index.cfm?id=456702003 An artifact which would have come in handy when driving a Roman chariot one-handed is on display (no photo, alas): http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100local/page.cfm?objectid=12878929&method=full&siteid=50081&headline=Chariot%20tool%20goes%20on%20show The James Ossuary is getting more coverage: http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~28~1348844,00.html http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=7771 http://tinyurl.com/af1j SpaceDaily has a nice feature on the astronomical connections to Loughcrew's Passage Tomb Cemetery: http://www.spacedaily.com/news/archaeoastronomy-03a.html The latest from the Ayodhya excavation: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=44396035 Early evidence for the settlement of Samoa: http://www.goasiapacific.com/news/GoAsiaPacificBNP_840256.htm The battle to save the 'Welsh Mary Rose' alas, has been lost, it seems: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,940332,00.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,940496,00.html ================================================================ THE AMERICAS ================================================================ A Late Woodland period village has been found in Illinois: http://www.msnbc.com/news/902889.asp http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/22/national/22BRFS2.html http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=624&e=3&cid=624&u=/ap/20030421/ap_on_sc/archaeological_find http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/04/20/archaeological.find.ap/index.html?floc=MM7-news A legbone found in south Florida likely predates Columbus: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-bc27boneapr27,0,6254959.story?coll=sfla%2Dnews%2Dpalm Did Late Woodland and Middle Mississippian cultures mingle in Wisconsin?: http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/apr03/136633.asp ================================================================ ALSO OF INTEREST ================================================================ The war in Iraq is affecting digs in other countries: http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=12875908&method=full&siteid=50061&headline=War%20calls%20halt%20to%20work%20on%20ancient%20Persian%20citadel Scientists have determined that an ancient poem by a Japanese empress is actually in honour of a virus: http://www.msnbc.com/news/904238.asp http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/04/24/ancient.virus.reut/index.html Folks might be interested in a reinterpretation of 'render unto Caesar': http://hnn.us/articles/480.html#jesus4-22-03 .... and an explanation of what a 'cakewalk' is/was: http://hnn.us/articles/480.html#cakewalk4-21-03 The New York Times has a piece on aboriginal art, ancient and modern (despite the headline): http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/24/arts/design/24ABOR.html An Australian is researching whether ancient languages spread with the plough: http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/scitech/SciTechRepublish_839901.htm Virtual Reality technology is 'preserving' Scottish petroglyphs: http://www.newsandevents.warwick.ac.uk/index.cfm?page=pressrelease&id=1002 The Morgan Library is closing for renovations (leading to nice exhibitions on loan): http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/25/arts/design/25INSI.html The Archaeological Museum in Dubai (I think) is also undergoing renovations: http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=85356 There's a new museum in Greece devoted to the olive: http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/civ__7269340KathiLev&xml/&aspKath/civ.asp?fdate=23/04/2003 The BBC is working on a televised version of the Canterbury Tales: http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/04/26/nchauc26.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/04/26/ixhome.html ================================================================ MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS ================================================================ American Journal of Archaeology 107.2 (full text): http://www.ajaonline.org/issues/i_toc.html American Journal of Philology 124.1 (Spring 2003 -- abstracts/MUSE) http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/american_journal_of_philology/toc/ajp124.1.html Athena Review 3.2 (featured articles online): http://www.athenapub.com/index.htm Biblical Archaeology Review (May/June 2003): http://www.bib-arch.org/bswb_BAR/indexBAR.html Bulletin of the History of Medicine 77.1 (Spring 2003 -- abstracts/MUSE): http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/bulletin_of_the_history_of_medicine/toc/bhm77.1.html Cambridge Archaeological Journal 12.2 (October 2002 -- abstracts): http://journals.cambridge.org/bin/bladerunner?REQUNIQ=1051437022&REQSESS=2875228&117000REQEVENT=&REQINT1=134830&REQAUTH=0 Council for British Archaeology Briefing (May 2003 -- full text): http://www.britarch.ac.uk/briefing/briefing.html Internet Archaeology 13 (Winter 2002 -- full text ejournal): http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue13/index.html Minerva 14.2 (March/April 2003 -- selected articles): http://www.minervamagazine.com/ ================================================================ ON THE WEB ================================================================ Steve Mason, "Flavius Josephus and the Pharisees": http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/Flavius_Josephus.htm Bruce Chilton, "Another Look at the James Ossuary": http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/Another_look.htm Larry Hurtado, "Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity": http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/Devotion_to_Jesus.htm The École français d'Athènes has made its library catalogue available online: http://www.efa.gr/ The proceedings of the Old Bailey are making their debut on the web: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/24/technology/circuits/24diar.html cf. http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/ A nice collection of historical and commemorative medals (mostly European, pre-19th century): http://www.historicalartmedals.com/TOC.htm ================================================================ NEW ONLINE BOOKS ================================================================ *Orations of Lysias*: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=6969 *Agamemnon* (trans. Browning): http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0224 *Olynthiacs and Philippics of Demosthenes* (trans. C.R. Kennedy): http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=6878 *Poemata: Greek, Latin, and Italian poems by John Milton*: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=6929 *The Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus* (trans. G. Long): http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=6920 ================================================================ ON THE ARCHAEOLOGY CHANNEL ================================================================ Poverty Point Earthworks: http://www.archaeologychannel.org/ ================================================================ CRIME BEAT ================================================================ The University of Alabama is seeking help recovering artifacts which were stolen two decades ago: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/04/22/tech/main550440.shtml A number of 4th century B.C./B.C.E. coins which were illegally taken from Cyprus have been returned: http://www.hri.org/news/cyprus/cypio/2003/03-04-22.cypio.html#02 The New York Times has a nice feature on Italy's "Art Cops": http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/23/arts/artsspecial/23HORO.html A teenage 'collector' of pottery fragments in Arizona was caught this week: http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm?storyID=64733 Illegal digs are on the rise in Florida: http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Site=LL&Date=20030423&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=304230367&Ref=AR&Profile=1004 ================================================================ AT ABOUT.COM ================================================================ Ancient History Guide N.S. Gill's latest is on early Mesopotamian religion: http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/nemythology/a/mesopotamiarel.htm Archaeology Guide Kris Hirst has the latest on the James Ossuary: http://archaeology.about.com/cs/neareastern/a/bonebox2.htm ================================================================ BOOK REVIEWS ================================================================ ================================================================ PERFORMANCES ================================================================ Women of Troy (UNC): http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-345737.html ================================================================ DON'T EAT THAT ELMER (A.K.A. CVM GRANO SALIS) ================================================================ Unfortunately, this is probably true ... "dozens" of women, apparently, want to have Oetzi's baby (the mind boggles): http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_773753.html ================================================================ EXHIBITIONS ================================================================ The New York Times has a special section devoted to museums this week ... rather than present each link individually, here's the 'master page': http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/23/arts/artsspecial/23WALD.html The Bull in the Ancient World (Athens): http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/civ__6102283KathiLev&xml/&aspKath/civ.asp?fdate=21/04/2003 Mad, Bad, and Dangerous: The Cult of Lord Byron: http://www.studentnewspaper.org/view_article.php?article_id=20030422180227 ================================================================ CLASSICIST'S CORNER ================================================================ In case you don't read the Iraq news below, here's the next installment of "what to do with a classics degree": http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/24/international/worldspecial/24MUSE.html .... and I'm not sure whether he has a degree, but he's studied Classics: http://www.sundayherald.com/33431 Coalition forces are "walking in the footsteps of Alexander the Great" (foreshadowing?): http://www.nynews.com/newsroom/042003/e01w20greeks.html http://www.nyjournalnews.com/newsroom/042003/e01w20greeks.html Classicists have a history of protecting patrimony from the aftereffects of invasion, it seems: http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/5705535.htm An editorial/feature on Victor D. Hanson: http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/110/editorials/RATIONALIZING_WAR+.shtml Roman kitty: http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1247963&nav=0Ra7FQj7 They get all dressed up in Rome for Parilia: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/22/international/europe/22BRIE3.html (scroll down a bit) .... speaking of which, fans (and foes) of 'reality television' will want to keep their eye open for PBS's 'Warrior Challenge', which will feature folks recreating life as a Roman soldier: http://u.sbsun.com/Stories/0,1413,216~24287~1353390,00.html eKathimerini has a piece on the ancient Olympics: http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_732720_25/04/2003_29032 UTA conducted their annual Homerathon in the rain: http://www.theshorthorn.com/archive/2003/spring/03-apr-25/n042403-04.html .... and the Odyssey cracked the 'top fifty adventure books of all time' list: http://www.msnbc.com/news/903818.asp http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15045-2003Apr22.html .... while across the pond authors began to gather to create something in imitation of the Odyssey: http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=132&fArticleId=135528 http://www.modbee.com/24hour/sports/story/863469p-6035472c.html More coverage of the location of Homer's Troy (not quite a 'repeat'): http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030424-080757-9152r Will Duckworth go the way of the dodo?: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,943059,00.html Perfess'r Harris: http://www.realchangenews.org/issue/current/classics/classics_corner.html Akropolis News in Classical Greek: http://www.akwn.net/ Radio Finland's Nuntii Latini http://www.yle.fi/fbc/latini/trans.html Radio Bremen's Der Monatsrückblick - auf Latein http://www.radiobremen.de/online/latein/ U.S. Weather in Latin: http://latin.wunderground.com/ ================================================================ OBITUARIES ================================================================ Lucy Taxis Show Merritt (classicist): http://www.utexas.edu/depts/classics/events/lucy_shoe_meritt.html Franz Rosenthal (Near Eastern Scholar): http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/20/obituaries/20ROSE.html ================================================================ REPEATS ================================================================ Ballard's Grants: http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtball0421/GTStory Oldest Writing: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20030421/writing.html ================================================================ IRAQ ================================================================ I think it appropriate to begin with a piece on attempts to recover lost items from Afghanistan: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/23/arts/artsspecial/23WALD.html .... and that "ordinary Iraqis" are also trying to help recover their country's looted heritage: http://www.iht.com/articles/94264.html .... and that some items are being returned/recovered: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=400763 http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20030422_201.html http://www.wsbtv.com/sh/news/stories/nat-news-215222920030423-050449.html More accounts of what has been lost and who did it: http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/5727228.htm http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18527-2003Apr22.html http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/111/living/Reconstruction_time_again+.shtml http://www.dailystar.com.lb/features/22_04_03_e.asp http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/20/weekinreview/20MANG.html http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/24/international/worldspecial/24MUSE.html http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/04/21/wloot21.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/04/21/ixnewstop.html http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=13010&m=A40&aa=1&eidos=S .... and clear evidence that 'pros' were involved: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5944-659352,00.html http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-hsold243255536apr27,0,7341052.story?coll=ny-health-headlines Now we're also getting the reflective pieces on the looting and what is required to get all that has gone missing, back, among other things: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/27/arts/27RICH.html http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0424/p11s02-woiq.html http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/20/weekinreview/20GOOD.html http://www.opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110003399 http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/635/sc6.htm http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/635/cu3.htm http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030428-444984,00.html http://ads.specificpop.com/code?pid=303&gid=17&rid=787138685&dom=27&dow=0&hod=8 http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,3605,942471,00.html http://www.post-gazette.com/World/20030427lootingworld3p3.asp .... and suggestions that the 'Lord Elgin approach' (more or less) might be a good thing: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/20/weekinreview/20TIER.html .... and opinion pieces on the impact of the looting on scholarship: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/118423_firstperson21.html .... and impending exhibitions: http://81.112.115.148/allemandi/TAN/news/article.asp?idart=10998 An Italian site notes the existence since 1997 of a Bureau for the Investigating and Recovering of Iraqi Looted Antiquities (BRILA?): http://www.beniculturali.it/news/comunicati/dettagliocomunicati.asp?Id=1367 The AIA has set up a 'Task Force' on Iraq's cultural heritage: http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10214 The Oriental Institute's efforts continue: http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/iraq.html Vassar's slideshow and catalogue of stolen objects: http://artlibrary.vassar.edu/Baghdad/ A brief bibliography and links to museums with collections of artifacts from Iraq: http://icom.museum/iraq.html Information on the 'Baghdad Museum Project': http://www.baghdadmuseum.org/ Francis Deblauwe's site is the last word, as usual: http://cctr.umkc.edu/user/fdeblauwe/iraq.html ================================================================ EXPLORATOR is a weekly newsletter representing the fruits of the labours of 'media research division' of The Atrium. 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