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Richard Frahm, 'alesmonetos', Dave Sowdon, Glenn Woodley, Steve Rankin, and Shiela Winchester for headses upses this week (a.a.h.i.h.l.n.o.o.) ================================================================ ================================================================ AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA ================================================================ The oldest burial object (an axe) may have been found in Atapuerca Cave in Spain: http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,871235,00.html Meanwhile, hunting skills may not have been so 'evolutionary' as previously believed: http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993222 9000 B.P. tools have been found in Ireland's County Antrim: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/2639223.stm http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=367727 Bypass construction in Toome (Northern Ireland) has revealed a number of finds from various periods: http://www.4ni.co.uk/industrynews.asp?id=6689 A Bronze Age ring cairn has been found near Kettlewell (UK): http://www.thisisbradford.co.uk/bradford__district/the_dales/news/SKIP_NEWS5.html Late Neolithic artifacts have been excavated near Abu Dhabi airport: http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=73047 The pyramid of Mykerinos is going to reopen to the public: http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/online/html8/o040123.htm A funerary temple of Rameses II has been found near Qai: http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/online/html8/o120123k.htm A 4000 B.P. cemetery has been found near Abnasia: http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=3877 Al Ahram has a nice piece on the Nabataeans: http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/620/heritage.htm I'm not sure what to make of this one ... it's a claim that a 'secret chamber' has been found at Qumran: http://web.baytownsun.com/archive.lasso?WCD=10181 Bulgarian archaeologists have found the 5th century B.C./B.C.E. Thracian aristocrat (who was a devotee of Orpheus) burial: http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=18089 A touristy thing on Italica (Spain): http://www.examiner.com/travel/default.jsp?story=t.keating.0110w Archaeologists have found five more (large) chambers in Qin's tomb: http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAUM6AKRAD.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-2309487,00.html .... and a number of Zhou dynasty battle chariots: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/12/1041990185433.html An iron cannon dating back to Cromwell has been found (first we had the Mary Rose, then the 'Welsh Mary Rose', now the 'Scot Mary Rose' ... I guess the Monitor will soon be dubbed the 'American Mary Rose'): http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_738054.html http://www.thecourier.co.uk/febcourierrede/NewsStory.cfm?StoryID=30313&Today=110103 The site of the medieval castle at Kaliakra (Bulgaria) has been declared an archaeological reserve: http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=17880 ================================================================ THE AMERICAS ================================================================ The Boston Globe has a piece on the Pine Hawk site, which dates to 7000 B.P.: http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/005/northwest/Shroud_lifts_on_unearthed_ancient_relics+.shtml Zheng He discovers America seventy years before Columbus, but nobody notices (prepare to be inundated; a book's coming out this week ... see below for the first review): http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/05/magazine/05MENZIES.html A nice piece (somewhat touristy) on the 'ancient' port of Chirje, Ecuador: http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=ourWorldNews&storyID=2027850 The Maya declined because of a two-centuries long drought: http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,873075,00.html This is actually an old story, but I missed this version of it by ABC's Lee Dye ... giant hyenas may have prevented people from migrating to North America: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DyeHard/dyehard021120.html The latest on the Monitor: http://stacks.msnbc.com/news/855201.asp?cp1=1 A major row is brewing over ownership of a very rich Spanish shipwreck: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2634593.stm Who is buried in Buffalo Bill's tomb? Er ... which one?: http://www.cnn.com/2003/TRAVEL/01/10/buffalo.bill.ap/index.html ================================================================ ALSO OF INTEREST ================================================================ Some modern Knights Templar are going to do a non-invasive survey of Rosslyn Chapel to see if there's a possibility the Grail or some such is there, as is claimed: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_medical/story.jsp?story=366779 In our 'holiday hangover', we might still be interested in a New York Times piece on the suggestion that 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' was an "underground catechism": http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/04/national/04BELI.html Here's the latest on the ongoing Temple Mount repairs: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/A/JPArticle/ShowFull%26cid=1041743441830 A museum has decided to tone down the 'real life' smells of ancient Rome that accompany one of its exhibits: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_737313.html What is the deal with ostrich eggs? They're in the news again: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2648487.stm ================================================================ ON THE NEWSSTANDS ================================================================ There's a new issue of Biblical Archaeology Review out: http://www.bib-arch.org/bswb_BAR/indexBAR.html .... and Archaeology Odyssey as well: http://www.bib-arch.org/bswb_AO/indexAO.html *worthy of note is that both magazines have their 'Digs List' ================================================================ ON THE WEB ================================================================ Not sure if I had a direct link to this one a couple of issues ago, but the New York Times has a nice Flash (6) presentation on Qumran: http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/science/20021224_DEADSEA/ A piece on the Taino of Jamaica: http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/0103_taino.htm ================================================================ NEW ONLINE BOOKS ================================================================ Homer, "The Iliad* (Pope translation): http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=6130 Homer, "The Iliad* (Earl of Derby translation): http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=6150 E. Bulwer-Lytton, *Athens: Its Rise and Fall*: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=6156 ================================================================ ON THE ARCHAEOLOGY CHANNEL ================================================================ An audio interview focusing on the organization of the Icronos International Archaeological Film Festival: http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/audio/icronos.html ================================================================ CRIME BEAT ================================================================ The Chilean government is going to investigate the sale of some Easter Island artifacts in Miami (the Miami Herald piece is the most informative): http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2633865.stm http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_737608.html http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/4896579.htm http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,872690,00.html A man was arrested for smuggling some "post-Byzantine" icons from the Ukraine to Greece: http://www.hri.org/news/greek/ana/2003/03-01-07.ana.html#12 A stolen Buddha has finally made its way home: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/09/arts/design/09BUDD.html ================================================================ AT ABOUT.COM ================================================================ Bruce Heydt, *Bronze Age Riddle Uncovered at Flag Fen*: http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/prm/blflagfen.htm Archaeology guide Kris Hirst's latest is on Kilwa Kisiwani: http://archaeology.about.com/library/weekly/aa102200a.htm ================================================================ BOOK REVIEWS ================================================================ Gavin Menzies, *1421: The Year China Discovered the New World*: http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0109/p15s01-bogn.html Robert Collins, *The Nile*: http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0109/p16s01-bogn.html Hugh Thomson, *The White Rock: An Exploration of the Inca Heartland*: http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0102/p12s01-bogn.html ================================================================ PERFORMANCES ================================================================ Medea (New York): http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/07/arts/theater/07SHAW.html ================================================================ DON'T EAT THAT ELMER (A.K.A. CUM GRANO SALIS) ================================================================ A piece in High Times magazine makes some interesting claims about the early Church: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2633187.stm ================================================================ EXHIBITIONS ================================================================ The First Europeans: Treasures From the Hills of Atapuerca (New York): http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/49897p-46790c.html http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/10/arts/10FIRS.html http://www.msnbc.com/news/857735.asp Mummy! (Huntington): http://www.herald-dispatch.com/2003/January/12/LFlist1.htm ================================================================ CLASSICIST'S CORNER ================================================================ Here's a press release on UCinn's William Johnson and his work looking at how and why ancient folks read: http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.asp?id=102 A nice account of a 'study tour' of Greece: http://www.startribune.com/stories/1611/3577327.html Here's more on the Posidippus papyrus: http://www.newsok.com/cgi-bin/show_article?ID=970016&pic=none&TP=getlifestyle Just when I learned that "An Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas" was penned by a Classics professor, doubt is being cast on his authorship: http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/2002/12/17/cz_sa_1217hot.html There's a brief review here of an audio performance of the Aeneid which might be of interest (scroll down a bit): http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,871691,00.html Interesting bit of Latin in a piece on why Bill Clinton should not be made chancellor of Oxford: http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,871034,00.html Plenty of ClassCon in musings about the American Empire: http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20030110-105957-1802r.htm The Romans had bagpipes?: http://www.heraldonline.com/local/story/2089490p-1995181c.html An interesting use of Roman precedent: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=SVBIZINK3.story&STORY=/www/story/01-07-2003/0001866990&EDATE=TUE+Jan+07+2003,+07:30+AM Etymologies: http://www.irna.com/en/head/030112042502.ehe.shtml (iter) http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/travelstorydisplay.cfm?storyID=3050945&thesection=travel&thesubsection=destination&thesecondsubsection=europe (palus) http://morningsun.net/stories/011103/agr_20030111032.shtml (ad astra per aspera) http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/motor/story/0,2276,69285,00.html (vios?) http://www.bgdailynews.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?/200301/10+club20030110_news.html+20030110+news (ecce quam bonum) http://www.inman.com/InmanStories.asp?ID=33509&CatType=B (computatorium > counter) http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/10/1041990093503.html (tolerare) http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/living/4909009.htm (gladius) http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=6622006&BRD=1163&PAG=461&dept_id=103377&rfi=6 (dulcimer) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/comp/articleshow?artid=33683152 (aurum?) Peter Jones in the Spectator: http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php3?table=old§ion=current&issue=2003-01-11&id=2683 .... and Dot Wordsworth: http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php3?table=old§ion=current&issue=2003-01-11&id=2681 Akropolis News in Classical Greek: http://www.akwn.net/ 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 ================================================================ ================================================================ FOLLOWUPS ================================================================ Classifying Mycenean Pottery: http://www.nr.uc.edu/read.asp?ID=12223 James Ossuary: http://www.tdn.com/articles/2003/01/11/this_day/news01.txt Virtual Exhibition of Parthenon/Elgin Marbles: http://www.hri.org/news/greek/ana/2003/03-01-04.ana.html#12 Roman Tower in the Netherlands: http://www.msnbc.com/news/853540.asp ================================================================ EXPLORATOR is a weekly newsletter representing the fruits of the labours of 'media research division' of The Atrium. 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