From dmeadows@idirect.com Sun Aug 19 06:30:23 2001 Received: from mxu101.u.washington.edu (mxu101.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.14]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f7JDUL078202 for ; Sun, 19 Aug 2001 06:30:21 -0700 Received: from mxu1.u.washington.edu (mxu1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.8]) by mxu101.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with SMTP id f7JDULu07216 for ; Sun, 19 Aug 2001 06:30:21 -0700 Received: FROM ares.idirect.com BY mxu1.u.washington.edu ; Sun Aug 19 06:30:21 2001 -0700 Received: from raoul.idirect.com (on-ham-a53-03-110.look.ca [216.154.52.238]) by ares.idirect.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA60863; Sun, 19 Aug 2001 09:31:45 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20010819092608.033e7ec0@idirect.com> X-Sender: dmeadows@idirect.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 09:26:32 -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 4.16 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed ================================================================ in explorator 4.16 classical world edition ================================================================ Thanks to Maurice O'Sullivan, Michael Stowe, Bill Kennedy, Chris Salter, Richard Pettigrew, Jean Laplante, Sujazz, Arnd Lis and Trevor Watkins for headses upses this week (a.a.h.i.h.l.n.o.o.) ================================================================ AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA ================================================================ There is more evidence that cannibalism was something that was not uncommon in Neolithic and Bronze Age Europe: http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20010813/643567.html British scientists believe they have found evidence for what destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1497000/1497476.stm The Times has a nice piece on the search for Homer's Troy: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,7-2001284132,00.html The New York Times' Science Page's Question and Answers thingie asks and answers the question "Why did the ancient world use amphorae?" http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/14/science/social/14QNA.html The Athens News Agency has a sort of summary of discoveries made recently on Cyprus: http://www.hri.org/news/greek/ana/2001/01-08-13.ana.html#08 The Economist has a nice feature on Butrint: http://www.economist.com/books/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=739297 A somewhat confusing report from Ananova relates the discovery of a "large Roman complex" near Lewes: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_373834.html Somewhat more clear is the Herald's report of the discovery of a Roman-era farm near East Lothian (Scotland): http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/archive/14-8-19101-1-17-41.html The Times reports on the discovery of what might be the curia of the Silures (ancient Welsh): http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,61-2001284481,00.html This one's only semi-archaeological in focus, looking at legends and other assorted things associated with the Mangup kingdom: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/monitoring/media_reports/newsid_1488000/1488798.stm ================================================================ AT ABOUT.COM ================================================================ Latin Guide Janet Burns' latest is on Vesuvius: http://latin.about.com/library/weekly/aa082300a.htm Archaeology Guide Kris Hirst has put together some archaeology crosswords: http://archaeology.about.com/library/weekly/aa081501a.htm Ancient History Guide N.S. Gill's latest is on Asclepius: http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa082101a.htm ================================================================ REVIEWS ================================================================ The IHT has a review of Nicholas Capp, *Sheba: Through the Desert in Search of the Legendary Queen*: http://www.iht.com/articles/29451.html ================================================================ EXHIBITIONS ================================================================ Not an exhibition per se, but the Guardian has a semi-rant/touristy thing on visiting various archaeological sites and museums around the world: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4240846,00.html ================================================================ CLASSICIST'S CORNER ================================================================ The Natchez Democrat has a nice little feature on Linda Rodriguez' Latin class: http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/NF/omf/nddaily/news_story.html?[rkey=0010288+ssiuname=WebOSTTN+ssipwd=TTN88EA812F A gladiator school in Rome is enjoying immense popularity, it seems: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,32464,00.html We've got (p)reviews of productions of Seven Against Thebes: http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=12923&m=A39&aa=1&eidos=S .... and the Clouds: http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?id=96228 .... and Plutus (the first's not a review really, but a good photo I think): http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?id=95917 http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?id=95426 A.C. Grayling in the Guardian is of interest: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4236863,00.html There's a nice piece circulating on the history of debt: http://www.msnbc.com/news/615940.asp The New York Times travel page has a touristy sort of thing on the appeal of Greece: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/12/travel/GREECE.html?ex=998788582&ei=1&en=0a38c11af9bd81a2 Peter Jones in the Spectator: http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php3?table=old§ion=current&issue=2001-08-18&id=1011 Radio Finland's Nuntii Latini http://www.yle.fi/fbc/latini/trans.html U.S. Weather in Latin: http://latin.wunderground.com/ ================================================================ FOLLOWUPS ================================================================ Marathon Rowing Row: http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?id=96203 Roman Tombs in Greece: http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=12923&m=A35&aa=2&eidos=S Delphic Oracle: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/08/0814_delphioracle.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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