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AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA
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Plenty of coverage of a recent study suggesting early hominids
were using 'toothpicks':

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3243593.stm
http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusgen/reuters11-05-033638.asp
http://tinyurl.com/u9ta (Reuters via Yahoo)
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994347
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-11/ns-ohc110503.php

... which makes sense as researchers also turned up a 2.6 million
b.p. 'kitchen'/butcher shop:

http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/11/04/stone_kitchen031104

A nice news report on the excavation of an Etruscan tomb (I
love the photo that accompanies this one):

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20031103/etruscan.html

Remains of a Roman well have been found in Worcester:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hereford/worcs/3245135.stm

One of the better stories this week was about how a lone security
guard in Afghanistan seems to have managed to ensure the safety
of the Bactrian hoard:

http://tinyurl.com/u9r5

The son of a British archaeologist has returned some ancient
earrings to Cyprus:

http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=11753&;archive=1

Was Orkney the ceremonial capital of Ancient Britain?:

http://ww1.theherald.co.uk/news/3749-print.shtml

A number of medieval burials have been found during an excavation
in Cardiff:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/3248075.stm

A metal detectorist has found an Anglo Saxon sword belt thingie,
possibly with connections to Caedwalla:

http://tinyurl.com/u9qx (Telegraph)

The well-preserved corpse of a woman dating from the Song Dynasty
has been found near Nanjing:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-11/05/content_1161484.htm
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THE AMERICAS
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Another (sort of ... we've reported on this one before, I think)
chapter in the 'who got to North American when' debate:

http://www.centerfirstamericans.com/mt.html?a=60

Explorers have 'rediscovered' the ancient Incan city of
Llactapata, which was first mentioned by Hiram Bingham back in
1912:

http://www.msnbc.com/news/990097.asp
http://tinyurl.com/u9t8 (Reuters via Yahoo)
http://tinyurl.com/u9rk (New York Times)
http://tinyurl.com/u9va (Independent ... best coverage)

The Kensington Runestone has gone to Sweden (!):

http://www.echopress.com/article.cfm?Article_Id=21520
http://www.echopress.com/article.cfm?Article_Id=21521

How Nine Mounds Road in Verona (Wi.) got its name:

http://www.veronapresswi.com/news.cfm?num=3745

It appears the Republic (and its gold) has been found:

http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/110903/new_20031109045.shtml

An interesting piece on 'Sandy Ground' on Staten Island, the
oldest 'free black' community in North America:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/04/nyregion/04SAND.html
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Melissa Massat has set up a BBC message board with the purpose
of trying to save a site in Peru from destruction due to
clandestine and illegal development. She believes some world
attention might help save the site ... check out her board at:

http://tinyurl.com/u9sr

Louise Leakey has taken up the family 'business':

http://tinyurl.com/u9ut (National Geographic)

So ... what did happen to Peking Man's remains?:

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200311/03/eng20031103_127479.shtml

... and coincidentally/conspiratorially, the guy I always
got confused with Peking Man -- Piltdown Man -- was
also in the news this week:

http://tinyurl.com/u9wy (Washington Post)

The New York Times has a nice touristy thing on the Altamira
Caves:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/09/travel/09altamira.html

... and a piece on a conference on the history of Jewish life in
the U.S. (the article looks mostly at music):

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/07/arts/music/07JEWI.html

As mentioned at rogueclassicism last week, there appears to be
a growing trend towards marking the significant anniversaries of
various dead folks by digging them up and fiddling with their
corpses ... the latest to get the treatment is Petrarch:

http://tinyurl.com/u9r1 (Telegraph)
http://www.msnbc.com/news/988605.asp
http://tinyurl.com/u9tu (Reuters via Yahoo)

Also on the exhumation front ... a while back we mentioned a
plan to exhume the body of Billy the Kid in order to solve
various disputes and claims ... here's the next chapter in
what appears to be a mini-saga:

http://www.thedailypress.com/NewsFolder/10.29.1.html

There appear to be plans in the works to establish a mechanism
for repatriation of human remains in British Museums:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3241369.stm
http://web.latercera.cl/lt/Articulo/0,5819,3255_5726_43618456,00.html
(Spanish)

Speaking of human remains, the couple who found Oetzi have finally
been officially acknowledged:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3239015.stm

Here's some of the reaction to that 'Jesus was married' program
based on the DaVinci Code:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/03/arts/television/03HEFF.html

Did Rob Roy spy on behalf of the British?:

http://tinyurl.com/u9qv (Telgraph)
http://tinyurl.com/u9qr (Telegraph - related editorial)

An assessment of the damage which might have been done if
Guy Fawkes et al had succeeded:

http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusgen/reuters11-04-031614.asp
http://tinyurl.com/u9tq (Reuters via Yahoo)

Scientists have figured out the magnitude of an earthquake from
1700:

http://www.msnbc.com/news/989630.asp

A gold coin which was found at Agincourt and once included as
part of a private album put together by JMW Turner has been
found again:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1078596,00.html

A German firm has been hired to help preserve/conserve the big
heads at Easter Island:

http://tinyurl.com/u9vu (Reuters via Yahoo)

The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery has been given a significant
collection of Chinese antiquities:

http://tinyurl.com/u9to (The Mercury)

It looks like they finally *are* going to return the Axum
Obelisk:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3252283.stm
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ON THE WEB
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Jeffrey Chadwick, "Indications that the "Brother of Jesus"
Inscription is a Forgery":

http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/Chadwick_Indications.htm
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CRIME BEAT
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Two more 'major' items looted from the Baghdad Museum were
recovered this week ... from a cesspool:

http://tinyurl.com/u9t5 (Reuters via Yahoo)
http://tinyurl.com/u9v0 (CNN)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,102404,00.html
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BOOK REVIEWS
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L. Braudy, *From Chivalry to Terrorism: War and the Changing
Nature of Masculinity*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/09/books/review/09SHERRYT.html

T. Cahill, *Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/09/books/review/09CONNOLT.html

John Keegan, *Intelligence in War: Knowledge of the Enemby from
Napoleon to Al-Qaeda*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/09/books/review/09PERSICT.html

Robert Hughes, *Goya*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/07/books/07BOOK.html

Tom Holland, *Rubicon*:

http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,1079379,00.html

Charles Murray, *Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence
in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950*:

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/teachout.html
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PERFORMANCES
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Falstaff Wars:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/09/arts/theater/09ROSE.html
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EXHIBITIONS
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Rembrandt's Journey:

http://www.newyorker.com/critics/art/?031110craw_artworld

The British Museum is celebrating amateur archaeologists:

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11393

Urartu: War and Aesthetics:

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/features/07_11_03_c.asp
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CLASSICIST'S CORNER
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They're going to give the Marathon route a 'facelift' in time
for the Olympics:

http://tinyurl.com/u9xl (AthensNews)

All about the LyrAvlos music ensemble, who research and recreate
ancient Greek music:

http://tinyurl.com/u9xq (AthensNews)

cf: http://tinyurl.com/u9xy (ditto)

Alan Cousin doesn't seem to fit the 'classicist stereotype':

http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/sport.cfm?id=1232252003

Peter Jones:

http://tinyurl.com/u9w8

Akropolis News in Classical Greek (it has returned!):
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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Mayan Altar Recovered:

http://exploration.vanderbilt.edu/news/features/mayaaltar/news_miller.htm

Maryland Slave Village:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17434-2003Nov8.html

Oetzi Not Far From Home:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/04/science/04OBSE.html

Olympia Shot Put:

http://tinyurl.com/u9xw (AthensNews)
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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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