From bazemore@massmed.org Sun Apr 22 07:31:49 2001 Received: from mxu1.u.washington.edu (mxu1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.03) with ESMTP id f3MEVm974880 for ; Sun, 22 Apr 2001 07:31:48 -0700 Received: from pegasus.ultra.net (pegasus.ultra.net [146.115.8.53]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.03) with ESMTP id f3MEVlU31224 for ; Sun, 22 Apr 2001 07:31:47 -0700 Received: from pavilion (216-164-247-71.s2293.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com [216.164.247.71]) by pegasus.ultra.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id KAA15342 for ; Sun, 22 Apr 2001 10:31:41 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <001301c0cb38$f314af00$47f7a4d8@pavilion> From: "Bob Bazemore" To: References: <5.0.2.1.0.20010422092453.00a4b9d0@idirect.com> Subject: Re: In the latest Explorator Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 10:31:40 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Dear Prof. Meadows, That would be great with me and THANK YOU so much for all you great work. Bob Bazemore, Classicist manqué ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Meadows" To: ; ; ; ; ; Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 9:25 AM Subject: In the latest Explorator > Pardon if this is a duplicate ... I'm getting strange error messages > > -------------------- > 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@yahoogroups.com > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > Greetings archaeophiles! Curiosity question: if this newsletter went to an > html mail format (which would help with the perpetual url wrap problem), > would it bother anyone? > > Thanks to Bill Kennedy and Gene Barkley for the headses upses this week > (a.a.h.i.h.l.n.o.o.) ... > > > OLD WORLD NEWS > > eKatherimini reports on the discovery of a 5th-century B.C./B.C.E. copper > cauldron at Argos: > > http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?aid=79099 > > eKatherimini also has a report on a 4th-century B.C./B.C.E mass grave found > at Pydna: > > http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?aid=79054 > > The Times reports on the restoration of Trajan's arch at Benevento: > > http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,3-113354,00.html > > The Independent reports on plans to locate and excavate a Roman ship which > sank in the Tyne estuary: > > http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=67471 > > This was actually announced already within the last year or so, but a group > at Stanford is going to use computer technology to reassemble the Forum Urbis: > > http://sanjose.bcentral.com/sanjose/stories/2001/04/16/daily37.html > > A large section of the Aurelian wall in Rome collapsed this week: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1280000/1280611.stm > http://news.24.com/News24/Technology/Science_Nature/0,1113,2-13-46_1011661,0 0.html > > http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/world.cfm?id=64721 > http://my.cnn.com/jbcl/cnews/Go?template=otmDetStory&art_id=6690997&uid=9874 37873088&page_exclude=1 > > The Architects' Journal supposedly has a report on the discovery of an > "ancient carving of a Roman warrior" but I can't get it to load properly at > my end; maybe it will work for you: > > http://www.ajplus.co.uk/news/news_article/?pid=2&aid=14379&sid=60&channelID= 4&NewsComingFrom=Construction > > The Irish Times reports on the discovery of an iron age skeleton: > > http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2001/0421/reg3.htm > > The Getty Museum has returned a second-century bust of an athlete to Italy: > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4171745,00.html > > Thor Heyerdahl is looking for the origins of the Vikings ... in Russia: > > http://news.24.com/News24/World/Europe/0,1113,2-10-19_1013838,00.html > > > CLASSICIST'S CORNER > > The Times has a piece on the benefits of a classical education (in > anticipation of the meeting of the Classical Association): > > http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,7-116056,00.html > > ... and Hollywood's depiction of gladiators: > > http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-117357,00.html > > eKathimerini has an article on learning ancient Greek via the internet: > > http://www.eKathimerini.com/news/content.asp?id=79064 > > ... and what's on at Herodes Atticus' theatre in the next month or so: > > http://www.eKathimerini.com/news/content.asp?id=79032 > > The Independent has a piece on the fifty best places to see in Rome (with > links!): > > http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=67582 > > ... and a passing mention on the influence of Thucydides on Colin Powell: > > http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=67848 > > I'm not sure what to make of this one ... claims of Egyptians in the FYROM: > > http://www.eKathimerini.com/news/content.asp?id=79017 > > Folks might be interested (for comparative purposes) in the Christian > version of the torch race: > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=003100565149417&rtmo=qxbLKd99&atmo=99999 999&pg=/et/01/4/16/wholy16.html > > ... and a new 'Slavocentric' view of history: > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=003100565149417&rtmo=asbXxHwL&atmo=99999 999&pg=/et/01/4/19/warth19.html > > The University of Pennsylvania's Museum of Archaeology has discovered some > Ming art in its storage rooms: > > http://worldnews.about.com/newsissues/worldnews/gi/news/~5a0e214.htm?PM=n304 2001e > > The hype is beginning in anticipation of the official opening of the new > Library at Alexandria: > > http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/online/html4/o150421y.htm > http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/online/html4/o170421p.htm > > AT ABOUT.COM > > Ancient History Guide N.S. Gill's latest is a piece on Artemis: > > http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa041701a.htm > > FOLLOWUPS > > > Cleopatra at the BM: > > http://library.northernlight.com/EC20010418040000036.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0# doc > > Herculaneum papyri (nothing new ... I wish they'd just get on with it): > > http://www.oweb.com/newslink/national/ScorchedPapyrusP0225.html > http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,270013890,00.html? > http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/04/20/scorched.papyrus.ap/index.html > http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/0,1643,500475007-500729186-504140 350-0,00.html > http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/breakingnews/US/0,3560,862492,00.html > http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_266946.html?menu=news.technology > http://www.msnbc.com/news/562226.asp > > Karachi mummy (with photo): > > http://www.time.com/time/asia/news/magazine/0,9754,106425,00.html > > Latest Bahariyah Oasis finds: > > http://www.egyptrevealed.com/042001-valleyofmummies.htm > > Vesuvius: > > http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,3-113355,00.html > http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/17/science/17OBSER-1.html > > > .