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October 5, 2003

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Pirjo Hamari, Tony Jackson, W. Richard Frahm, and Yonatan Nadelman
for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no
one out).

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http://www.atrium-media.com/rogueclassicism/
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AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA
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We begin with a somewhat difficult-to-read piece on the excavation
of Azikh cave (a paleolithic site in/near Azerbaijan):

http://www.bakutoday.net/view.php?d=6369

There's a new explanation for those 'cart ruts' on Malta:

http://tinyurl.com/prz4 (Guardian)
http://www.maltamedia.com/cgibin/news03/print.pl?article=3630

Last week we mentioned the discovery of an Iron Age Silver hoard
in Lapland (Inari, Finland) ... here's much better coverage (with
photos) sent in from someone closer to the discovery:

http://tinyurl.com/prtr

Lottery money has helped Bolton Museum to acquire a statue of
Nefertiti's daughter from a private collector:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1052408,00.html

A third season of excavation is under way at a Sassanid site in
Iran's city of Takab;

http://www.payvand.com/news/03/sep/1178.html

Alas, as mentioned far too often here and elsewhere, looting of
archaeological sites in Iraq continues on a near-massive scale:

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-ancient30.html
http://tinyurl.com/prt5 (Arab Times ... scroll down a bit)

In a related bit, PBS has transcripts and online video of an
interview with Col. Michael Bogdanos:

http://tinyurl.com/prta

Last week we mentioned new rules which would apply to foreign
missions digging in Egypt ... now Zahi Hawass is defending
those rules:

http://www.cairotimes.com/news/Zahi0730.html

... he's also still talking about Nefertiti's mummy:

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/658/he2.htm

Israel's Antiquities Authority is considering selling pottery
shards which are found during digs:

http://tinyurl.com/prus (Ha'aretz)

Big news this week of the discovery of a Roman patera inscribed
with names of fortresses (and other things) near Hadrian's wall:

http://tinyurl.com/prrv (Telegraph)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1052925,00.html
http://tinyurl.com/prso (ABC)

Latest news from Hunley:

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/6936675.htm
http://www.charleston.net/stories/100403/hun_04hunley.shtml

There's supposedly a hidden code lurking on the back of the
Declaration of Independence (or is it just a movie?):

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20030929-123101-6547r.htm
(scroll down a bit)

This one's been kicking around for a while ... an Egyptian
professor is launching a lawsuit to reclaim gold taken by the
Jews during the Exodus (yes, my mind is boggling too):

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/features/30_09_03_c.asp
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ALSO OF INTEREST
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On the DNA front, dingoes are apparently descended from domestic
dogs:

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994207

The Chicago Tribune has a nice piece on the Oriental Institute's
collection:

http://tinyurl.com/prup

A new method of dating pottery based on fat preserved in pottery
walls looks interesting:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/09/030930055244.htm
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-09/acs-ta092903.php

An interesting piece on different motives for France and Britain
in their involvement in Egypt:

http://tinyurl.com/prs8 (Guardian)
http://www.artdaily.com/links.asp?idl=28&;id=173

A letter to the editor on what life is like being an
archaeologist in Greece:

http://tinyurl.com/przd (eKathimerini)

The Vinland Map is in the news again (sort of):

http://tinyurl.com/przx

A week or so ago, the Brooklyn Museum reopened its Egyptian
galleries ... now its European Painting collection is back on
view:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/03/arts/design/X03COTT.html

An article in the New Yorker on the relationship between John
Churton Collins and Edmund Gosse:

http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?031006fa_fact

Folks might want to read a William Safire editorialish thing on
the recovery of the Warka Mask:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/29/opinion/29SAFI.html

The Hope Diamond underwent some tests this week:

http://www.msnbc.com/news/975467.asp
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MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS
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The Atlantic has a nice piece on what lies beneath St. Peter's:

http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2003/10/mueller.htm

To be quite honest, I'm not sure what the title of this journal
in the making is ... it was mentioned on the ANE list and has
to do with Egyptology; there's a couple of full text articles
available as .pdf's:

http://www.palarch.nl/Archaeology/papers.htm

Archaeology (September/October 2003):

http://www.archaeology.org/magazine.php?page=curiss/index

Bible Review (October 2003):

http://www.bib-arch.org/bswb_BR/bswbBRKprd.html
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ON THE WEB
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The Etruscans: An Ancient Culture Revealed (museum exhibition
site):

http://www.fernbank.edu/museum/flash/etruscans.html

Lesley Adkins, "Cuneiform and the Bible":

http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/Adkins_Cuneiform.htm

Gerd Ludemann, "The Life of Jesus: A Brief Assessment":

http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/Ludemann_Life0fJesus.htm
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The latest case involving Nazi art theft (or not ... this one's
kind of strange):

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/01/national/01ART.html

Rubens''Tarquin and Lucretia' has been (or will be) returned to
Germany after the Russian government confiscated it from its
most recent 'owner':

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/02/arts/02ARTS.html

There seems to have been some confusion about Afghanistan's
'Bactrian Gold' and whether it had, in fact, survived the Taliban:

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/story.jsp?story=449812

Oxford's Christ Church College is in a dispute with Nippon Dental
University over the ownership of a text by Vesalius:

http://www.asahi.com/english/nation/TKY200310010219.html

Ethiopia has recovered a book of Psalms looted by British soldiers
150 years ago:

http://tinyurl.com/prtw (Yahoo)

Egyptian authorities recovered a number of items in Italy this
week:

http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/online/html10/o300923e.htm
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BOOK REVIEWS
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Brenda Wineapple, *Hawthorne: A Life*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/05/books/review/05ALLENT.html
http://tinyurl.com/prq3 (first chapter)

Neal Stephenson, *Quicksilver* (fiction)

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/05/books/review/05SCHULMT.html
http://tinyurl.com/prq9 (first chapter)
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PERFORMANCES
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Henry IV, Part I:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/02/arts/theater/02HENR.html

The Gospel of John (the 'other' Jesus movie):

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/29/movies/29GOSP.html
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DON'T EAT THAT ELMER (A.K.A. CVM GRANO SALIS)
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EXHIBITIONS
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Lice and Clothing History:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3142488.stm

Russia Engages the World: 1453-1825:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/03/arts/design/03RUSS.html

El Greco (Met):

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/03/arts/X03KIMM.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/29/arts/design/29GREC.html

Return of the Buddha:

http://tinyurl.com/prtd (Yahoo)
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CLASSICIST'S CORNER
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Much more of Classical interest can be found at our blog, of
course, (which I keep flogging here because my tracking service
suggests it isn't being consulted much by people with edu
addresses! ... there's job listings, calls for papers, more
ephemeral news items and plenty more):

http://www.atrium-media.com/rogueclassicism/

Swedish researchers suggest Constantine's vision might have
been the result of a meteor shower:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3013146.stm
http://tinyurl.com/prui (Space Today)

The Public Interest has a lengthy piece trying to figure out
Leo Strauss:

http://www.thepublicinterest.com/current/article1.html

Plenty of ClassCon in this piece from the Guardian about
Boris Johnson:

http://tinyurl.com/ps0f

AthensNews has a touristy sort of thing on Kythira:

http://tinyurl.com/prxn

... and a nice piece on why Classics *should* be
enjoying a revival:

http://tinyurl.com/prxt

Let's cheer on the Classics major on Jeopardy!:

http://www.wnbc.com/education/2531326/detail.html

Peter Jones (apparently the Spectator isn't payfer):

http://tinyurl.com/ps17

Akropolis News in Classical Greek (on hiatus?):
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/
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REPEATS
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Alaskan Munitions Factory:

http://www.adn.com/life/story/4029761p-4050675c.html

Anglo-Saxon 'Warrior Princess':

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20030929/xenawoman.html

Earliest Modern Human in Europe:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/30/science/30JAW.html

Dietary Shift From Surf to Turf:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/30/science/30OBSE.html

Redating the Maya:

http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&;xlb=180&xlc=1061795

Roman Amphitheatre in Corduba:

http://tinyurl.com/prrx (IOL)

Religious Toleration in Spain:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/27/arts/27SPAI.html
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OTHER SOURCES OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL NEWS
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About.com Ancient History (blog):
http://ancienthistory.about.com/

About.com Archaeology (blog):
http://archaeology.about.com/mbody.htm

Archaeologica:
http://www.archaeologica.org/NewsPage.htm

Archaeology Magazine's Newsbriefs:
http://www.archaeology.org/magazine.php?page=0305/newsbriefs/index

Bible and Interpretation Breaking News:
http://www.bibleinterp.com/news.htm

CBA Newsfeed:
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/newsfeed/index.html

CBA Archaeoblog:
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/archaeoblog/

Classics in Contemporary Culture (blog):
http://www.people.memphis.edu/~mhooker/ccc.html

Cronaca (blog):
http://www.cronaca.com/

Francis Deblauwe's 'Iraq War and Archaeology' site:
http://cctr.umkc.edu/user/fdeblauwe/iraq.html

Maritime Underwater Archaeological News:
http://www.munarchaeology.com/munarchaeology/news/main.htm

Megalithic Portal
http://www.megalithic.co.uk

Michael Ruggeri's Ancient America and Mesoamerica News:
http://community-2.webtv.net/@HH!35!F6!26C030D734B7/Topiltzin-2091/AncientAmericaand/

Mirabilis.ca (blog):
http://www.mirabilis.ca

Paleojudaica (blog):
http://paleojudaica.blogspot.com

Phluzein (blog):
http://www.binref.com/phluzein/

Stone Pages Archaeo News:
http://www.stonepages.com/news/

Texas A&M Anthropology News Site:
http://www.tamu.edu/anthropology/news.html

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