From dmeadows@idirect.com Sun Aug 12 04:22:37 2001 Received: from mxu103.u.washington.edu (mxu103.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.14]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f7CBMZ0118526 for ; Sun, 12 Aug 2001 04:22:35 -0700 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by mxu103.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with SMTP id f7CBMYn23320 for ; Sun, 12 Aug 2001 04:22:35 -0700 Received: FROM ares.idirect.com BY mxu3.u.washington.edu ; Sun Aug 12 04:22:34 2001 -0700 Received: from raoul.idirect.com (on-ham-a53-04-66.look.ca [216.154.53.130]) by ares.idirect.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA86341; Sun, 12 Aug 2001 07:23:27 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20010812071452.00aaa290@idirect.com> X-Sender: dmeadows@idirect.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 07:15:11 -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 4.15 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed ================================================================ in explorator 4.15 classical world edition ================================================================ Happy Birthday to the PC, without which I'd probably sleep more. http://www.forbes.com/technology/communication/2001/08/12/0812pcanniv.html *** Thanks to Bill Kennedy, Maurice O'Sullivan, Sally Winchester, Bob White, Jo Kirkham, Michael Ruggieri, Alastair Millar and John Peterson headses upses this week (a.a.h.i.h.l.n.o.o.) ================================================================ AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA ================================================================ This seems to me to be a couple years late or a reprise, but the Times has a report on King Midas' tomb and the remains of the feast held there (and reenacted at UPenn): http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,61-2001270014,00.html Archaeologists in Israel have found remains which might have belonged to Herod's palace: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/world/998245 http://www.msnbc.com/news/611342.asp?cp1=1 A pair of undisturbed Roman tombs have been found in Greece: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010810/sc/greece_tombs_dc_1.html http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_372178.html?menu= A brief item in the Lebanon Daily Star on the excavation of a Byzantine tomb near Sidon (with photos!): http://www.dailystar.com.lb/08_08_01/art15.htm http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Lebaabro/lebpix4.htm Also on the Byzantine front, a monastery has been discovered in Bulgaria: http://news.24.com/News24/World/Europe/0,1113,2-10-19_1062901,00.html .... and it would appear that the Celts enjoyed a tipple of Byzantine wine on the beach: http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=87228 ================================================================ AT ABOUT.COM ================================================================ Ancient History Guide N.S. Gill's latest is on the chaos of the third century: http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa080701a.htm Latin Guide Janet Burns' latest is on how to make a gameboard for use in Latin class: http://latin.about.com/library/blgameboards.htm ================================================================ REVIEWS ================================================================ The Lebanon Daily Star has a review of a CD all about the excavation of the Roman ruins at Baalbek: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/features/04_08_01_a.htm ================================================================ CLASSICIST'S CORNER ================================================================ I'm not sure this is a review, so I'll include it here ... an Italian academic/author is suggesting a movie about Alexander the Great will be the next "Gladiator": http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,62-2001271904,00.html EDP24 has a nice feature by David Macauley on recent research into Roman maps: http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Features/RomanMaps/RomanMaps.asp Ever wonder what writers of Latin textbooks do when they retire? http://www.nj.com/entertainment/ledger/index.ssf?/life/ledger/140810f.html A review of a performance of the Medea: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=003100565149417&rtmo=V1ZuxwVx&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/01/8/8/bted2.html A review of a performance of Aristophanes'Plutus: http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=12922&m=A39&aa=1&eidos=S More on "The Year of Socrates": http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=12922&m=A35&aa=1&eidos=S There's going to be a Panhellenic Festival of Greek Poetry at Olympia next week: http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=12922&m=A35&aa=4&eidos=S Peter Jones in the Spectator: http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php3?table=old§ion=current&issue=2001-08-11&id=987 Radio Finland's Nuntii Latini http://www.yle.fi/fbc/latini/trans.html U.S. Weather in Latin: http://latin.wunderground.com/ ================================================================ FOLLOWUPS ================================================================ Elgin Marbles: http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/uk.cfm?id=95512&keyword=the ================================================================ 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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