From dmeadows@idirect.com Sun Jun 24 07:02:54 2001 Received: from mxu2.u.washington.edu (mxu2.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.9]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f5OE2r038336 for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2001 07:02:53 -0700 Received: from deimos.idirect.com (deimos.idirect.com [207.136.80.182]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f5OE2rK26187 for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2001 07:02:53 -0700 Received: from hk9k801.idirect.com (on-ham-a53-02-46.look.ca [216.154.51.238]) by deimos.idirect.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA77723; Sun, 24 Jun 2001 10:02:38 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20010624100327.00a60b00@idirect.com> X-Sender: dmeadows@idirect.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 10:04:59 -0400 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 Explorator 4.8 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 ------------------------------------------------------ OLD WORLD NEWS Athens News has a feature on the Helike project: http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=12915&m=A25&aa=1&eidos=S (check out the project website at: http://www.geoprobe.org/helike/index.html ) A body has been found for Livia's head in the Ashmolean: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,61-2001210561,00.html They've re-erected the obelisk which once graced the hippodrome at Caesarea: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010618/wl/israel_obelisk_1.html Robert Ballard is heading back to the Black Sea to look for evidence of the/a Flood: http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/06/17/stifgneeu01002.html A university in Britain will be offering an MA in Archaeology for Screen Media in an attempt to reduce the number of howlers in programs like Time Team: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=003100565149417&rtmo=qKqpJte9&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/01/6/24/ndeg24.html REVIEWS Archaeologists will certainly want to read the review of Edward Fox, *Palestine Twilight: The Murder of Dr Edward Glock and the Archeology of the Holy Land: http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/06/24/stibooboo01014.html National Review has a review of Page Dubois *Trojan Horses: Saving Classics from the Conservatives*: http://www.nationalreview.com/weekend/books/books-kopf062301.shtml ON THE NEWSSTANDS There's a new online edition of Biblical Archaeology Review out, with articles on the evidence for early Christianity at Yattir and King Hezekiah's seal: http://www.bib-arch.org/bar2.html CLASSICIST'S CORNER Latin continues to make a comeback: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/06/0614_wirelatin.html .... and folks might want to look at a similar sort of article from a German newspaper (in German, of course): http://www.ngz-online.de/ngz/news/korschenbroich/2001-0623/latein.html .... and one from the beeb: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/education/newsid_1396000/1396858.stm There's an interesting analogy (sort of) between the Colosseum and the Temple of Janus: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010619/wl/italy_death_penalty_1.html Someone's gone and reconstructed an ancient Greek organ and it will actually be played: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-2001210658,00.html The idea of an Olympic Truce is still kicking around: http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?id=86740 Folks might be interested in a review of *Hercules in Love*: http://jumpfn.123jump.com/story.htm?news_id=6449021&sid=3 I think I missed the original of this in Athens News, but John Carr has written a not-so-complimentary piece on the London Hellenic Society: http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=12912&m=A11&aa=2&eidos=A .... and a recent letter to the editor is interesting as well: http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=12914&m=A08&aa=3&eidos=S AT ABOUT.COM: Ancient History Guide N.S. Gill's latest is on the Battle of Adrianople: http://ancienthistory.about.com/homework/ancienthistory/library/weekly/aa061901a.htm Latin Guide Janet Burns brings us a timeline of Roman emperors: http://latin.about.com/homework/latin/library/bltimelineemper.htm FOLLOWUPS Bamboula: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/06/010605074203.htm Colosseum Restoration: http://www.cnn.com/2001/TRAVEL/NEWS/06/19/italy.colosseum.ap/index.html Elgin Marbles: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/arts/newsid_1402000/1402072.stm http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=79471 Herakleion: http://www.exn.ca/Templates/webisode.asp?story_id=2001062251 (a discovery.ca "webisode") http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/online/html4/o180621n.htm (an amazingly unedited piece) http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/online/html4/o160621x.htm (nothing really new except the date) Marathon Rowing row: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010621/sc/olympics_grave_dc_1.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/newsid_1400000/1400587.stm Roman Fleet near Sardinia: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1385000/1385326.stm .