From dmeadows@idirect.com Sun Sep 16 05:50:04 2001 Received: from mxu102.u.washington.edu (mxu102.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.15]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f8GCo20104232 for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2001 05:50:02 -0700 Received: from mxu2.u.washington.edu (mxu2.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.9]) by mxu102.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.08) with SMTP id f8GCo2E03328 for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2001 05:50:02 -0700 Received: FROM ares.idirect.com BY mxu2.u.washington.edu ; Sun Sep 16 05:50:01 2001 -0700 Received: from raoul.idirect.com (on-ham-a53-02-162.look.ca [216.154.52.98]) by ares.idirect.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA06917; Sun, 16 Sep 2001 08:49:51 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20010916083259.02614140@idirect.com> X-Sender: dmeadows@idirect.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 08:33:27 -0400 To: classics@u.washington.edu, rome-arch@egroups.com, greek-arch@egroups.com, Roman_History_Books@egroups.com, PreModernWorldHistory@egroups.com, ancientmed@egroups.com, latinteach@vlists.net, latin@vlists.net From: David Meadows Subject: In Explorator 4.20 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed ================================================================ in explorator 4.20 classical world edition ================================================================ This issue is going out with sincerest condolences to all who were affected, directly, indirectly, or any other way by the terrible events this week. Libertas inaestimabilis res est! (Freedom is a thing beyond price) * * * * * Thanks to Jo Kirkham, William Peck, Michael Stowe, Bill Kennedy, Sujazz, Alastair Millar, Maurice O'Sullivan for headses upses this week (a.a.h.i.h.l.n.o.o.) ================================================================ AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA ================================================================ The Omaha World-Herald has a feature on what was found in this year's dig at Bethsaida and Qumran: http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_np=0&u_div=3&u_hdg=5&u_sid=195493 And as long as we're on the subject of Qumran, the Vatican is apparently going to rewrite bits of the Bible in light of things mentioned in the Dead Sea Scrolls: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4254177,00.html http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,3-2001313912,00.html A number of Bronze Age tombs have been found in Sidon: http://dailystar.com.lb/12_09_01/art16.htm The theatre at Aspendos -- or rather, the concerts being held there -- are causing much concern amongst archaeologists: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7409-2001Sep11.html The tomb of Alexander the Great's grandmother (Eurydice) was broken into and robbed some time this summer: http://news.excite.com/news/r/010912/13/odd-antiquities-dc http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?aid=99363 http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,3-2001314555,00.html http://us.news2.yimg.com/f/42/31/7m/dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010912/od/antiquities_dc_1.html ================================================================ ON THE WEB ================================================================ The Bath Postal Museum has an interesting site on the history of message delivery (this is the first relevant page; click on the timeline at the top to proceed through the history): http://www.bathpostalmuseum.org/Museum/1Egyptian/1egyptian.html ================================================================ AT ABOUT.COM ================================================================ Latin Guide Janet Burns showcases a feature by Wm. Harris, who has some poignant thoughts on the recent tragedy: http://latin.about.com/library/weekly/aa091101a.htm Archaeology Guide Kris Hirst's latest is a review of R. Castledon *Atlantis Destroyed*: http://archaeology.about.com/library/weekly/aa091201a.htm ================================================================ REVIEWS ================================================================ The Times has a review of F. Braudel *The Mediterranean in the Ancient World*: http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/09/16/stibooboo01007.html ================================================================ CLASSICIST'S CORNER ================================================================ The Post has a review of "Agamemnon and his Daughters": http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2137-2001Sep9.html There's a delay in the Diostomo reparations case: http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?aid=99680 Folks might like the suggestion for the creation of a neuter pronoun in English: http://www.charlotte.com/observer/natwor/docs/writers0915.htm Peter Jones in the Spectator: http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php3?table=old§ion=current&issue=2001-09-15&id=1096 Radio Finland's Nuntii Latini http://www.yle.fi/fbc/latini/trans.html U.S. Weather in Latin: http://latin.wunderground.com/ ================================================================ OBITUARIES ================================================================ Arpad Szabo: http://us.news2.yimg.com/f/42/31/7m/dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010914/wl/obit_szabo_1.html ================================================================ FOLLOWUPS ================================================================ Colosseum finaced by Temple booty: http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/689419.html Jason at Dimini: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4257787,00.html ================================================================ Useful Addresses ================================================================ Past issues of Explorator are available on the web at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Explorator/messages To subscribe to Explorator, send a blank email message to: mailto:Explorator-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To send a 'heads up' to the editor: mailto:dmeadows@idirect.com Many articles which don't expire will eventually show up with related items in the Atrium's Media Archive, which should debut before the end of August at: http://atrium-media.com/mediaarchive.html ================================================================ Explorator is Copyright (c) 2001 David Meadows. 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