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(v1.60q) Personal Reply-To: dmeadows@idirect.com X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <6512821690.20020922074729@idirect.com> To: classics@u.washington.edu CC: BRITARCH@JISCMAIL.AC.UK, ane@listhost.uchicago.edu, Latin@vlists.net, latinteach@vlists.net Subject: Explorator 5.20 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit ================================================================ explorator 5.21 September 22, 2002 ================================================================ Editor's note: Depending on your mail software, some urls may wrap (especially those from the Telegraph) which will require you to rebuild the url at your end; if you get a 'file not found', check to see if the url wrapped on you. Most urls should be active for at least eight hours from the time of publication. ================================================================ ================================================================ Thanks to Arthur Shippee, George Pesely, Albert Reiner, Bill Kennedy, Mark Elliot, John McMahon, Hernan Astudillo, Louis A. Okin, Adrian Murdoch, Michael Ruggeri, Mark Morgan, Karl Wittwer, Joseph Nicholas, Terry Gibson, Charles Jones, Donna Hurst, Michael Oberndorf, W. Richard Frahm, Susan Jaslow, 'alesmonetos', Paul Cowie, Janet Delaine, Barbara Barrett, Sara Orel, and Sally Winchester for headses upses this week (a.a.h.i.h.l.n.o.o.) Editor's Note: As of this week, the Times of London has made reading their newspaper online something that overseas types have to pay for (or so it claimed when I tried to search for items about an hour prior to typing the following sentence. However, it seems that sometimes links work anyway (I cannot figure it out myself); your mileage may vary. Editor's Note 2: ... a favour: Dr. J's Websites have received an SoTL grant to fund "Internet as Teaching/Learning Tool" study. This project won a Scholarship for Teaching and Learning grant - very unusual for our field of study - to assess the use and usefulness of the web as a teaching/learning tool by both students and teachers. Visitors are asked to fill out a questionnaire detailing their use of her two websites, the case studies in this project (please do this!!). Help Classics educators get more grants like this one by making this study a success. If you have ever used either of her websites, fill out her survey today and encourage your students to do the same if they use the sites as well. A large number of respondents is necessary for a successful study. The results will be published in the spring. http://lilt.ilstu.edu/drjclassics http://lilt.ilstu.edu/drjclassics2 ================================================================ ================================================================ AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA ================================================================ Oetzi's last meal has been analyzed: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_671483.html http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20020916/otzi.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci/tech/2262615.stm http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-2-417947,00.html In case you missed it, the robot they sent into the shaft of the Great Pyramid looked behind the 'door', and found .... another 'door' (the BBC links have links to video of the event ... did anyone else think of Al Capone's vault while watching this one?): http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/09/0910_020913_egypt_1.html http://www.msnbc.com/news/808702.asp http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/2002/604/eg6.htm http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_672005.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/2259838.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/2264123.stm http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=570&ncid=753&e=2&u=/nm/20020917/sc_nm/life_egypt_robot_dc http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-8-418444,00.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-2-418652,00.html http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/online/html7/o190922v.htm .... and then there's this comment by Zahi Hawass to the Egyptian State Information Service: http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/online/html7/o210922e.htm A number of important finds from Sakkara: http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/online/html7/o190922b.htm Gulf News has a feature on consumption of dates in the Bronze Age: http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=63606 This guy reaaaaaaaaaalllly likes ancient Egypt: http://www.indystar.com/article.php?pharaohs16.html This one -- on the close of the excavation season in Cyprus -- quite possibly wins the award for vaguest news item ever: http://www.hri.org/news/cyprus/cna/2002/02-09-19.cna.html#15 .... although this one gives it a run for its money: http://www.neftegaz.ru/english/lenta/show.php?id=27165 The Kiev Post has a feature on excavations at Olvia: http://www.thepost.kiev.ua/main/11859/ A first-century A.D./C.E. ossuary from Jerusalem is shedding light on what that city may have looked like in ancient times: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-09/uoc-crn091902.php Hopefully we'll hear more about this one ... a fourth century B.C/B.C.E. tomb of a Roman warrior has been found in the Sarno Valley (article in Spanish): http://www.elmostrador.cl/modulos/noticias/constructor/noticia.asp?id_noticia=68664 A pre-Roman-invasion Iron Age port has been found in Poole Harbour: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,793372,00.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/england/2266789.stm A pile of money has been pledged to save Norway's stave churches from the ravages of tourists (in Norwegian): http://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/article.jhtml?articleID=395757 Archaeologists claim to have found the Iceland home of Snorri Thorfinnsson: http://www.qctimes.com/internal.php?story_id=1000937&t=Nation+%2F+World http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/4082979.htm http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=570&ncid=753&e=4&u=/nm/20020916/sc_nm/life_viking_dc http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-viking16sep16002051.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dnation%2Dmanual An Italian historian is claiming Leonardo da Vinci might have been the son of an "eastern" slave (note the source of the article ... hmmmmm): http://www.irna.com/en/head/020921052527.ehe.shtml The Christian Science Monitor has a nice feature on the Harvest Moon and lunar calendars (etc.) in various cultures ancient and modern: http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0917/p18s01-hfgn.html Time for a "If These Walls Could Talk" English edition ... someone renovating their cottage in Cheshire came across some 200-year-old frescoes: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/england/2261073.stm ================================================================ THE AMERICAS ================================================================ The Dos Pilas glyphs have been translated and tell a tale of a major war: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/19/science/19MAYA.html http://www.msnbc.com/news/809704.asp http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/09/020920071859.htm http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36391-2002Sep18.html http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,405031723,00.html? http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=624&ncid=753&e=10&u=/ap/20020919/ap_on_sc/fighting_maya http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/09/0917_020919_pilas.html Some English armour has been found at Jamestown: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_674246.html A Spanish wreck may lie off Vero Beach: http://www.news-journalonline.com/2002/Sep/19/FLA7.htm Key West beach may be hiding an African cemetery: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020916/ap_wo_en_po/us_african_cemetery_1 Urban sprawl is threatening the canals of Xochimilco: http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0919/p12s01-woam.html ================================================================ ON THE NEWSSTANDS ================================================================ There's a new issue of Biblical Archaeology Review out: http://www.bib-arch.org/bswb_BAR/indexBAR.html .... and Archaeology: http://www.archaeology.org/magazine.php?page=curiss/index ================================================================ ON THE WEB ================================================================ Norman Gottwald, "The Politics of Ancient Israel": http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/politics.htm ================================================================ NEW ONLINE BOOKS ================================================================ Five recent editions of the Chicago House Bulletin have been put up at the Oriental Institute site: http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/EPI/CHB/CHB.html ================================================================ ON THE ARCHAEOLOGY CHANNEL ================================================================ ================================================================ CRIME BEAT ================================================================ Princeton has returned some questionably acquired artifacts to Italy: http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2002/09/17/news/5334.shtml ================================================================ AT ABOUT.COM ================================================================ A review of Steven Saylor's *A Mist of Prophecies*: http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/uc_bkrev_hahn7.htm Kennewick Man, Part VIII: http://archaeology.about.com/library/weekly/aa091802a.htm ================================================================ REVIEWS ================================================================ Hillel Halkin, *Across the Sabbath River* (searching for lost tribes of Israel): http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/18/books/18BERN.html Phaedra's Love (modern tragedy): http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/headline/entertainment/1583968 ================================================================ DON'T EAT THAT ELMER ================================================================ ================================================================ EXHIBITIONS ================================================================ Queen of Sheba: Treasures from Ancient Yemen (BM): http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/17/arts/design/17ARTS.html Facing the Mask (New York): http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/20/arts/design/20COTT.html Legacy of Genghis Khan: http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2002-09/treasures.html ================================================================ CLASSICIST'S CORNER ================================================================ I'm not sure whether to believe the coverage of Mel Gibson's movie about Jesus, supposedly being shot entirely in Latin and Aramaic: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020920/film_nm/leisure_gibson_christ_dc_2 Here's another person, possibly soon-to-be-well-known, with a classics degree: http://enquirer.com/editions/2002/09/20/loc_cincinnati_lawyer_to.html If Eratosthenes were alive today, he'd be using traceroute for his famous experiment: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nf/20020919/tc_nf/19454 Spoken Latin is gaining popularity: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-2023488,00.html http://www.hoosiertimes.com/stories/2002/09/19/nationworld.020919_HT_A8_CJW02067.sto?PREVURI=%2Fstories%2F2002%2F09%2F19%2Findex If you can read Croatian, here's a nice article on the new Library of Alexandria, with some decent photos: http://www.slobodnadalmacija.com/inc/print.asp?url=/20020922/samotako01.asp An interesting passing classical reference in a computer security newsletter: http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0209.html#8 Some conference looking to protect "intangible cultural heritage" has made mention of Greek mythology (where can this be going?): http://www.hri.org/news/greek/ana/2002/02-09-17.ana.html#17 Latin in Grand Forks (hopefully this comes up for you; I had problems with it): http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/4126178.htm Etymologies: http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20020922-11673460.htm (terra rubra) http://www.daily-times.com/Stories/0,1413,129%257E6572%257E875612,00.html (locum tenens) http://www.currypilot.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=4678 (sebastes nebulosus) http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/abs_news_body.asp?section=Opinion&OID=3901 (varus) http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2002/09/21/?nc=1 (-phile) http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Daily/Question/0,1144,1146,00.html (assorted wine terms) http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=5411342&BRD=97&PAG=461&dept_id=407698&rfi=6 (penna) http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=5386149&BRD=1600&PAG=461&dept_id=113322&rfi=6 (superstare) On scientists, Aphrodite, and sheep: http://tinyurl.com/1kps Perfess'r Harris: http://www.realchangenews.org/issue/current/classics/classics_corner.html Peter Jones: http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php3?table=old§ion=current&issue=2002-09-21&id=2285 Dot Wordsworth: http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php3?table=old§ion=current&issue=2002-09-21&id=2283 Radio Finland's Nuntii Latini http://www.yle.fi/fbc/latini/trans.html Radio Bremen's Der Monatsrückblick - auf Latein http://www.radiobremen.de/online/latein/ U.S. Weather in Latin: http://latin.wunderground.com/ ================================================================ OBITUARIES ================================================================ David Grene (Classicist): http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/17/obituaries/17GREN.html ================================================================ FOLLOWUPS ================================================================ Murder of Tut: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/media/story.jsp?story=335488 Napoleonic Soldiers: http://tinyurl.com/1kq0 Vinland Map: http://www.iht.com/articles/71123.html http://discover.com/science_news/features/gthere.html?article=feat_remap.html http://www.nationalpost.com/world/story.html?id={5CDECF4A-D5AD-468C-A644-87A090384474} ================================================================ EXPLORATOR is a weekly newsletter representing the fruits of the labours of 'media research division' of The Atrium. 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