From dmeadows@idirect.com Sun Mar 4 05:42:33 2001 Received: from mxu2.u.washington.edu (mxu2.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.9]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW00.12) with ESMTP id FAA57174 for ; Sun, 4 Mar 2001 05:42:29 -0800 Received: from deimos.idirect.com (deimos.idirect.com [207.136.80.182]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.02/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id FAA32151 for ; Sun, 4 Mar 2001 05:42:28 -0800 Received: from hk9k801.idirect.com (on-ham-a53-03-25.look.ca [216.154.52.153]) by deimos.idirect.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA23793; Sun, 4 Mar 2001 08:42:17 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.0.20010304084034.0226eec0@idirect.com> X-Sender: dmeadows@idirect.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0.2 Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 08:41:45 -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@egroups.com ------------------------------------------------------ Happy Zoroastrian New Year everyone: http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/local/docs/onpen02.htm OLD WORLD NEWS The Lebanon Daily Star has a piece on the origins of the Arabic language: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/features/02_03_01_b.htm The Times has a touristy piece on various ancient sites in Libya: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,71-92671,00.html http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,71-92682,00.html As you've no doubt seen on countless news reports, the Taliban in Afghanistan is deliberately damaging several ancient Buddhist monuments: http://www.archaeology.org/online/news/afghanistan/index.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1197000/1197900.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1196000/1196363.stm http://www.msnbc.com/news/536573.asp http://www.independent.co.uk/news/World/Asia_China/2001-03/tal030301.shtml http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Afghanistan-Buddha.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10297-2001Mar1.html http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?id=73512 If you'd like some background on the Bamiyan site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1198000/1198379.stm ITAR-TASS via Northern Light has an item on the discovery of a coin of the Bosporan Kingdom: http://library.northernlight.com/FB20010223630000149.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc ON THE NEWSSTANDS There's a new online issue of Archaeology out, with online features on Timbuktu, the deepwater Greek shipwreck mentioned last week, an interview with Rosalie David, among other things: http://www.archaeology.org/main.html CLASSICIST'S CORNER A review of a production of Prometheus in Athens: http://www.independent.co.uk/enjoyment/Theatre/Theatre/Reviews/2001-02/prometheus230201.shtml .... and of Mister Hercules: http://www.independent.co.uk/enjoyment/Theatre/Theatre/Reviews/2001-02/slaughter280201.shtml Athens News has a touristy piece on Rome and the "Coliseum": http://athensnews.dolnet.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=12890&m=A20&aa=1&eidos=S Portland Press has an item on homeschooling Latin: http://www.portland.com/news/state/010304homeschool.shtml A pile of classicists have weighed in on the Marathon rowing venue thing: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,59-93391,00.html FOLLOWUPS Herculaneum library: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/UK/Science/2001-02/latin110201.shtml Malaria and Rome: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,74-90312,00.html Archaeology guide Kris Hirst has announced the creation of a moderated chatroom at her site; the first chat is with Tom Dillehay from 9-11 a.m. Today!!!: http://archaeology.about.com/science/archaeology/library/weekly/aa022601a.htm N.S. Gill tells us about the ancient Roman New Year celebrations and their links to Lent: http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa022701a.htm Latin Guide Janet Burns has a nice piece on Latin heteronyms (including those words which change meaning according to macron placement): http://latin.about.com/library/weekly/aa022501a.htm OBITUARY Brian Hope-Taylor: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,60-92815,00.html Robert Coleman (scroll down a bit): http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,60-90713,00.html .