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Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and people of Rick Husband, William McCool, Michael Anderson, David Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark, and Ilan Ramon ... ================================================================ ================================================================ AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA ================================================================ The earliest evidence for dairy farming in Britain has been found: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=624&e=2&cid=624&u=/ap/20030127/ap_on_sc/ancient_milking http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_744324.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2699547.stm http://www.sciencenews.org/20030201/fob1.asp Spy photos have revealed that Bronze Age villages in the Near East were not as 'isolated' as was once thought: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=585&e=2&cid=585&u=/nm/20030127/sc_nm/life_mideast_roads_dc http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030128-111144-2162r http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/28/science/social/28ROAD.html http://www.iht.com/articles/85038.html The Denver Post has a lengthy piece on the history, ancient and otherwise, of Iraq: http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E73%257E1132351,00.html A statue of Queen Ti was recently found: http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/online/html8/o300123b.htm A nice chunk of a Roman road has been excavated in Koln: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=588&art_id=qw1043760780607B265&set_id=1 A number of bronze relics from the Western Zhou Dynasty have been found in China's Shanxi province: http://fpeng.peopledaily.com.cn/200301/30/eng20030130_110963.shtml http://test.china.org.cn/english/2003/Jan/54799.htm ================================================================ THE AMERICAS ================================================================ Excavation of a mound in North Carolina is shedding light on the Conestee people: http://www.msnbc.com/news/864104.asp http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=624&u=/ap/20030127/ap_on_sc/exp_biltmore_archaeology A mystery wreck off the coast of Louisiana is getting some coverage: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/28/science/28WREC.html ================================================================ ALSO OF INTEREST ================================================================ Again, construction of things for the Olympics in Athens seems to be damaging archaeological sites: http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/content.asp?aid=25752 The Washington Post has a somewhat strange (especially in light of other coverage) piece on the similarities between the James Ossuary and Jehoash Inscription discoveries: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8808-2003Jan31.html http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Feb/02012003/saturday/25300.asp A nice feature on mummies found in cold climes on various continents: http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-mummies3jan03,0,2879088.story The Oxbow Books site has an interview with Anna Marguerite McCann,who talks about her various underwater researches at Cosa and Skerki Bank: http://www.oxbowbooks.com/feature.cfm?FeatureID=74&MID=1487 Ditto a piece on the Society for History Archaeology Congress (has anyone ever written a piece on an academic conference with a positive spin?): http://www.oxbowbooks.com/feature.cfm?FeatureID=73&MID=1487 Christianity Today has an interview with Dan Bahat on Temple Mount and related matters: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2003/104/22.0.html The Egyptian Museum's guides face some high tech competition: http://www.egypttoday.com/issues/0302/6850/03026850.asp Research suggests the Maori traditions about the settlement of New Zealand have some veracity: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3097878&msg=emaillink ================================================================ ON THE WEB ================================================================ William Dever, "Contra Davies" (on Minimalism and Anti-Semitism in Biblical Studies): http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/Contra_Davies.htm ================================================================ CRIME BEAT ================================================================ Vandals have damaged the Maiden Bower Fort (Iron Age): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2697253.stm Similiter, at Ancients National Monument in Colorado: http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/state/article/0,1299,DRMN_21_1711680,00.html ================================================================ AT ABOUT.COM ================================================================ Ancient History Guide N.S. Gill's latest is a review of *Troy*, a young adult fiction novel: http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/gr/troyadelegeras.htm Archaeology Guide Kris Hirst has links to poetry about archaeology: http://archaeology.about.com/library/weekly/aa012903a.htm ================================================================ BOOK REVIEWS ================================================================ John Noble Wilford reviews Gavin Menzies: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/02/books/review/02WILFORT.html .... another of the same book: http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0129/p03s01-ussc.html cf. http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/books/01/27/1421.china.react.ap/index.html Lisa Jardine, *On a Grander Scale: The Outstanding Life of Sir Christopher Wren*: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/02/books/review/02RYBEZYT.html Larissa MacFarquhar, *Bark* (history of dogs): http://www.newyorker.com/printable/?critics/030203crbo_books ================================================================ DON'T EAT THAT ELMER (A.K.A. CUM GRANO SALIS) ================================================================ Pravda is accusing the CIA of "concealing" Noah's Ark: http://english.pravda.ru/main/2003/01/30/42735.html ================================================================ EXHIBITIONS ================================================================ Dead Sea Scrolls (Grand Rapids): http://www.detnews.com/2003/religion/0301/31/d01-59942.htm Magna Graecia (Tampa): http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Site=SH&Date=20030202&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=302020772&Ref=AR&Profile=1060 ================================================================ CLASSICIST'S CORNER ================================================================ Valentine's Day is a few weeks away, but Classicists are already being asked their opinions: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030130/nyfnsr06_1.html Nice to know some priests (not mine, alas) still know Latin: http://morningsun.net/stories/020103/lif_20030201011.shtml Another installment in the 'what to do with a Latin degree' (he must have one, no?): http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E64%257E1148427,00.html In case you missed it, Britain's Education Secretary is getting flak for questioning the value of studying classics: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/2712833.stm Some geologists have written a paper on how well Homer knew his geography: http://www.nature.com/nsu/030127/030127-4.html A Classicist will become Dean of Arts and Letters at UPenn: http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/01/27/3e351c716f7c1 .... and another Classicist has apparently speculated on Jesus' drug use: http://www.naplesnews.com/03/02/neapolitan/d9112.htm ClassCon in a piece on a Sweetest Lips contest: http://www.detnews.com/2003/macomb/0302/02/c05-70772.htm On being female and getting tenure at Yale: http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=21522 Some suggestions that Roman numerals go beyond just designating which Superbowl it is: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/levesque/105977_leve27.shtml Etymologies: http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20030201/northwest/19764.shtml (precatory) http://www.pilotonline.com/news/nw0201dea.html (a latin motto) http://www.oregonlive.com/living/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/living/104384653452540.xml (vigil) http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/food/106157_prunes29.shtml (plum) Peter Jones in the Spectator: http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php3?table=old§ion=current&issue=2003-02-01&id=2754 .... and Dot Wordsworth: http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php3?table=old§ion=current&issue=2003-02-01&id=2753 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 ================================================================ Mary Chubb (archaeologist): http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-558558,00.html Hugh Trevor-Roper (historian): http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&targetRule=10&xml=%2Fnews%2F2003%2F01%2F27%2Fdb2701.xml http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-45-556173,00.html ================================================================ FOLLOWUPS ================================================================ Black Sea Ship (excellent article): http://www.sofiaecho.com/art.php?id=6402&catid=29 Cyclops in Crete (good photo): http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/01/29/elephant.ancestors.ap/index.html Elgin/Parthenon Marbles Virtual Re-creation: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2697307.stm Jehoash Inscription: http://www.baptiststandard.com/2003/2_3/pages/tablet.html UCLA Cultural Virtual Reality Lab: http://www.msnbc.com/news/864421.asp ================================================================ EXPLORATOR is a weekly newsletter representing the fruits of the labours of 'media research division' of The Atrium. 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