From dmeadows@idirect.com Sun Oct 21 05:56:37 2001 Received: from mailscan6.cac.washington.edu (mailscan6.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.14]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.08) with SMTP id f9LCuaN56854 for ; Sun, 21 Oct 2001 05:56:36 -0700 Received: FROM mxu4.u.washington.edu BY mailscan6.cac.washington.edu ; Sun Oct 21 05:56:29 2001 -0700 Received: from deimos.idirect.com (deimos.idirect.com [207.136.80.182]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.08) with ESMTP id f9LCuSQ00394 for ; Sun, 21 Oct 2001 05:56:28 -0700 Received: from raoul.idirect.com (on-ham-a53-01-188.look.ca [216.154.51.188]) by deimos.idirect.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA72200; Sun, 21 Oct 2001 08:56:24 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20011021085352.0217cba0@idirect.com> X-Sender: dmeadows@idirect.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 08:54:22 -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 4.25 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed ================================================================ in explorator 4.25 classical world edition ================================================================ Thanks to the many folks who sent me heads upses ... unfortunately half way through this issue I had some sort of wonkiness hit my computer and the issue (three quarters done ... two hours' work 8^() disappeared. That was followed by my ISP experiencing some wonkiness of their own. I've hastily reconstructed it but time considerations have not allowed me to search through my deleted mail for the week to find who sent me what (if memory serves, Jean LaPlante, Terrence Lockyer, Trevor Watkins, and Arthur Shippee were mentioned, but there were more) ================================================================ AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA ================================================================ Some Neolithic art has been discovered on the Greek island of Andros: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011018/wl/greece_neolithic_dc_1.html A 17-year-old has deciphered an ancient Egyptian text which has "confounded historians ... for a 100 years": http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_424753.html?menu=news.quirkies A CT scan on a mummy has revealed an inveterate thumbsucker: http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/index.cfm?id=117526&keyword=the There appear to be some exciting things going on at the Egyptian Museum: http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/2001/556/tr2.htm Since it was a subject of discussion on many Egypt-oriented lists this week, folks might be interested in reading the Times' review of Channel 5's presentation "The Tutankhamun Conspiracy": http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,161-2001361406,00.html Cyprus Mail has a brief item on the discovery of some Bronze Age tombs: http://www.cyprus-mail.com/October/13/news4.htm Bronze Age tombs have also been discovered at Ras al Khaimah: http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/people-places.asp?ArticleID=29286 AlphaGalileo has a press release on recent research into the Maykop people: http://www.alphagalileo.org/ReadNotice.cfm?releaseid=7604 A Hellentistic/Roman era settlement has been discovered near Ioannina: http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=12932&m=A10&aa=5&eidos=S Although this is probably more of a follow up, there appears to be a debate bubbling up over why Herakleion and the other cities around Abu Kir bay slipped into the water: http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/2001/553/tr1.htm http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/10/1017_NileCities.html There is much excitement over DNA results from teeth purporting to hail from the mouth of St. Luke: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,7-2001361928,00.html http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/science/social/16TOOT.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1600000/1600751.stm http://www.iht.com/articles/36052.html ================================================================ ON THE WEB ================================================================ The Bible and Interpretation site has a piece by Paula McNutt entitled "Reconstructing the Society of Ancient Israel": http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/mcnutt_ancientIsrael.htm The High on Adventure site has a touristy feature on Ephesus: http://www.highonadventure.com/Hoa01oct/Ephesus/ephesus.htm ================================================================ CRIME BEAT ================================================================ [a new section devoted to articles about antiquities theft, return of stolen antiquities, etc.] A pile of antiquities from various periods has been found buried in the yard of a holiday home in Greece: http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?id=103897 http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_424334.html http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=12932&m=A10&aa=0&eidos=S Another case from Greece: http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=12932&m=A10&aa=7&eidos=S The British Museum has returned a stolen Egyptian statue to the Sudan: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1600000/1600389.stm http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-2001355635,00.html ================================================================ AT ABOUT.COM ================================================================ Archaeology Guide Kris Hirst's latest is on various virtual tours of various ancient sites which you can take part in: http://archaeology.about.com/library/weekly/aabyb101401a.htm Ancient History Guide N.S. Gill's latest is on "What and Where Was Troy?": http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/uc_wilson_troy1.htm ================================================================ REVIEWS ================================================================ The Guardian has a review of *Cassell's Dictionary of Classical Mythology*: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4280798,00.html The Independent has a review of S.R. Fischer *A History of Writing*: http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=100045 ================================================================ EXHIBITIONS ================================================================ AthensNews has a review of "Syria: Byzantine Times": http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=12932&m=A39&aa=1&eidos=S http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?id=104102 The Guardian reviews "Marble Mania": http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4277162,00.html ================================================================ CLASSICIST'S CORNER ================================================================ The Times has a brief history of ancient Afghanistan, with plenty of classical content: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,261-2001363056,00.html Another article with ancient precedents for bioterrorism: http://www.msnbc.com/news/644605.asp?0si=- .... and one on ancient epidemic type things: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2001350018-2001362497,00.html A review of a production of Sophocles' Oedipus: http://www.courierpress.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?200110/19+oedipus101901_features.html+20011019 Here's a bit about the nachleben of Gladiator: http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/10/21/stifgneur02003.html A Greek mythology theme park is in the works for a town south of Athens: http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?aid=104428 The Spectator's "Mind Your Language" feature is worth looking at: http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php3?table=old§ion=current&issue=2001-10-20&id=1218 Peter Jones in the Spectator: http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php3?table=old§ion=current&issue=2001-10-20&id=1220 Radio Finland's Nuntii Latini http://www.yle.fi/fbc/latini/trans.html U.S. Weather in Latin: http://latin.wunderground.com/ ================================================================ OBITUARIES ================================================================ Spencer Barrett: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4278813,00.html ================================================================ FOLLOWUPS ================================================================ Sarmat/Sarmati/Sarmatians: http://www.alphagalileo.org/ReadNotice.cfm?releaseid=7467 ================================================================ 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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