From dmeadows@idirect.com Sun Apr 8 04:31:45 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+UW01.03) with ESMTP id f38BViK09042 for ; Sun, 8 Apr 2001 04:31:44 -0700 Received: from phobos.idirect.com (phobos.idirect.com [207.136.80.181]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.03) with ESMTP id f38BVhM02671 for ; Sun, 8 Apr 2001 04:31:44 -0700 Received: from hk9k801.idirect.com (on-ham-a53-04-81.look.ca [216.154.53.145]) by phobos.idirect.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA09181; Sun, 8 Apr 2001 07:32:02 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.0.20010408072837.00aa8a00@idirect.com> X-Sender: dmeadows@idirect.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0.2 Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2001 07:30:13 -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 the latest Explorator 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@yahoogroups.com ------------------------------------------------------ The mummy of a wife of a pharaoh has been found in the Bahariyah Oasis: http://www.msnbc.com/news/553701.asp http://news.excite.com/news/r/010403/07/odd-mummy-dc The Egyptian State Information Service has a feature (it seems) on the anniversary of the foundation of Alexandria: http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/calendar/html/cl070497.htm A BBC investigation suggests plenty of artifacts from Jordan are being smuggled into Britain: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1263000/1263662.stm The Telegraph reports that there is a crackdown on Etruscan tomb raiders: http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=003100565149417&rtmo=3SAK3HBM&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/01/4/8/wtomb08.html The Times has a piece on the discovery of Britain's "other Boadicea" (so does the Telegraph ... and Independent ... and Guardian): http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-110997,00.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=003100565149417&rtmo=wefowfMb&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/01/4/7/ncelt07.html http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=65346 http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4166971,00.html The Telegraph reports on plans to excavate Nero's Golden Palace: http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=003100565149417&rtmo=3SAK3HBM&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/01/4/7/wrome07.html CLASSICIST'S CORNER The Prince of Wales is being asked to intervene in plans to build a new structure to house the Ara Pacis: http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=003100565149417&rtmo=Lx3tLLtd&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/01/4/5/wrome05.html eKathimerini reprised a piece from 1969 this week (as far as I can tell) which involved a nice interview with Jean-Pierre Vernant and Francois Frantisi-Ducroix: http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?id=78131 Also in eKat ... Stuart Wheeler has written a letter in defense of keeping Athens' Saarinen-designed airport terminal: http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?id=77778 Athens' subway apparently won't be completed to the airport in time for the Olympics because they keep finding artifacts: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1256000/1256380.stm The headline says it all: "Caesar's Atlantic City Offers a Modern-Day Bacchanal": http://www.sltrib.com/04082001/travel/86051.htm FOLLOWUPS Bamiyan Buddhas: http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=004708943623310&rtmo=LxNSb7dd&atmo=rrrrr%0Drrq&pg=/et/01/4/1/wbud01.html http://www.timesofindia.com/040401/04nbrs9.htm http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=64432 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1256000/1256394.stm Cleopatra's 'beauty': http://www.arabia.com/article/0,1690,Life|43472,00.html Herculaneum Papyri: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/010409/scrolls.htm Marathon rowing row: http://athensnews.dolnet.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=12904&m=A05&aa=2&eidos=S http://athensnews.dolnet.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=12904&m=A05&aa=1&eidos=S The Real Jesus (possibly offensive): http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=65538 .