From dmeadows@idirect.com Sun Apr 15 05:56:36 2001 Received: from mxu1.u.washington.edu (mxu1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.03) with ESMTP id f3FCuZ954318 for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2001 05:56:35 -0700 Received: from ares.idirect.com (ares.idirect.com [207.136.80.180]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.03) with ESMTP id f3FCuZU26229 for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2001 05:56:35 -0700 Received: from hk9k801.idirect.com (on-ham-a53-02-112.look.ca [216.154.52.48]) by ares.idirect.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA34663; Sun, 15 Apr 2001 08:44:06 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.0.20010415085202.03b071f0@idirect.com> X-Sender: dmeadows@idirect.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0.2 Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 08:53:32 -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 ------------------------------------------------------ Season's greetings to the various religious groups observing festivals this week! OLD WORLD NEWS The season has brought the annual reports speculating on whether the Exodus really did occur: http://www.latimes.com/news/state/20010413/t000031433.html .... and the pagan roots of Christianity: http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1002,53%257E21774,00.html http://www.Jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/041501/met_5916718.html http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=1673261&BRD=1130&PAG=461&dept_id=99675&rfi=6 .... and the historical aspects of the crucifixion: http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/2020/2020/010411_jesus.html A vague report from the Turkish Cypriot press suggests a bronze age tomb might have been found at Lapithos (maybe): http://www.hri.org/news/cyprus/tcpr/2001/01-04-11.tcpr.html#05 The Teheran Times briefly reports on the discovery of an ancient citadel near Tous: http://www.tehrantimes.com/News.asp?Da=4/12/01&Cat=3&Num=0#003 Franck Goddio has updated the world on progress mapping the underwater bits of Alexandria: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/04/0411_alexandria.html http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/science/story.jsp?story=66016 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=182466&thesection=news&thesubsection=world http://news.excite.com/news/r/010410/13/news-environment-city-dc The Telegraph has a feature on ten newly-recognized images of Cleopatra: http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=003100565149417&rtmo=lvknQPut&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/01/4/11/ncleo11.html cf. Guardian coverage of the BM's Cleopatra exhibition: http://www.guardian.co.uk/saturday_review/story/0,3605,472925,00.html More mummies from the Barhariya oasis: http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/online/html4/o100421c.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1270000/1270258.stm http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/04/09/egypt.mummies.ap/index.html eKatherimini has a very nice feature on Augustus' monument at Nicopolis: http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?id=78998 The Egyptian State Information Service has a brief item on the discovery of a Byzantine era camp: http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/online/html4/o080421L.htm Athens News reports (briefly) on the apprehension of a small time antiquities smuggler: http://athensnews.dolnet.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=12905&m=A35&aa=3&eidos=S There are new suggestions about what the victims of Vesuvius actually died from: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,3-113355,00.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1272000/1272171.stm http://news.excite.com/news/r/010411/17/health-heat The Telegraph has a nice piece on the joys of going on an archaeological dig: http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=003100565149417&rtmo=QwOx0z9R&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/01/4/14/toacti14.html CLASSICIST'S CORNER An Irish newspaper has a feature on classics at the National University in Maynooth: http://www.irelandclick.com/news/details.cfm?id=4276 eKatherimini has reprised a story from 1969 (supposedly ... I'm beginning to be skeptical about these '1969' dates) on the excavations at Koukounissi (Lemnos): http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?id=78492 Athens News has a touristy piece on ancient Megara: http://athensnews.dolnet.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=12905&m=A24&aa=1&eidos=S .... and Plato's Academy: http://athensnews.dolnet.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=12905&m=A39&aa=2&eidos=S The Miami Herald has a touristy piece on Ephesus: http://www.miami.com/herald/content/features/travel/digdocs/108381.htm EXHIBITIONS The AP via Northern Light has a review of Troy: Myth and Reality currently on in Stuttgart: http://library.northernlight.com/EB20010411790000046.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc REVIEWS The LA Times has a review of P. Jenkins, *Hidden Gospels: How the Search for Jesus Lost its Way*: http://www.latimes.com/news/state/20010414/t000031781.html FOLLOWUPS Bamiyan buddhas: http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/archaeology/2001-03-22-afghan-buddhas.htm Iron Age Queen burial: http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=003100565149417&rtmo=QwOx0z9R&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/01/4/12/ecncelt12.html Karachi mummy: http://www.timesofindia.com/090401/09hlth4.htm Temple Mount: http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2001/04/10/News/News.24345.html OBITUARIES Cyrus Gordon: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/09/obituaries/09GORD.html .