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Lauer, Karl Witwer, Louis A. Okin, Maurice O'Sullivan,
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Randolph Bragg, Richard C. Griffiths, Sally Winchester, Stephen
Goranson, Tony Jackson, Mike Ruggeri, W. Richard Frahm, 'yy1122i'
and Yonatan Nadelman for headses  upses this week (as always
hoping I have left no one out).

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AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA
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A couple of Explorators ago, I mentioned:

"A preliminary online report of the 2003 dig season at Hemma
Plateau (Syria) has been put on line"

... but messed up the url when I subsequently cut and pasted
another piece in the midst of it for some reason. So here's
the url again, just in case you missed it ... apologies to all
concerned for the confusion:

http://www.espasoc.org/2003/he3_1acc.html (in French)

Lots of 'nice pieces' this week ... including this one on the
Ketef Hinnom inscriptions of the Old Testament:

http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/bpnews.asp?ID=17741

... and how far the Phoenicians went:

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/opinion/23_02_04_e.asp

... and the Serapeum:

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/679/hr2.htm

The Apis tombs at Saqqara are under threat from assorted
environmental factors:

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/679/hr1.htm

Roman Paris was apparently a bit down the road, in Nanterre:

http://tinyurl.com/35sl9 (Expatica)

A nice piece on Bulgaria's Rogozen Treasure (Thracian):

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=31595

Plenty of excitement over the discovery of a coin bearing the
likeness of third-century usurper Domitianus:

http://tinyurl.com/37pt2 (Independent)
http://tinyurl.com/2oc8k (Telegraph)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4361643/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1155529,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/3518621.stm
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_871209.html
http://tinyurl.com/3gbme (New Zealand Herald)
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2571293
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/afp/20040223/romancoin.html

Archaeologists have found evidence that China went through a
"Jade Age" some 5000 years b.p.:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-02/25/content_1331683.htm

Chinese archaeologists have also found some evidence of origins
of claims that the Chinese people were 'descended from the dragon':

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-02/24/content_1328987.htm

A brief item on the discovery of a Viking grave (possibly previously
mentioned):

http://english.pravda.ru/science/19/95/380/12126_Viking.html

I think this is the first time I've seen a report on archaeological
finds from New Zealand:

http://tinyurl.com/2bay4 (New Zealand Herald)

A metal detectorist has found a 14th century cross pendant thingy:

http://tinyurl.com/3ehgg (Nottingham Evening Post)

Archaeologists excavating the site of Killiecrankie have found
what is believed to be a piece of a 17th century hand grenade:

http://tinyurl.com/39k2x (Telegraph)

This is actually a followup sort of thing ... we're starting to
get our first major reports relating to that exhumation of the
Medicis:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55974-2004Feb19.html
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20040223/medici.html

This one is also semi-questionable as 'news' but there are a pile
of pieces about Darwin's Beagle again:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3490564.stm
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THE AMERICAS
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The latest evidence for the they-came-by-boat theory for the
migration of folks to the Americas:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3517229.stm
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040226-111419-4081r.htm

A good piece on Kennewick Man:

http://www.techcentralstation.com/022404E.html

A nice report on the excavations going on at Kaminaljuya Park
Guatemala):

http://www.sltrib.com/2004/Feb/02242004/tuesday/tuesday.asp

On the trail of a mysterious people whose remains are found
all over Pasco County (Florida):

http://www.sptimes.com/2004/02/22/Pasco/On_the_trail_of_the_a.shtml

I don't think we've covered this one ... a pair of 700 b.p. or
so mummies in an excellent state of preservation have been found
in Peru:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4356322/
http://tinyurl.com/2xed5 (Reuters via Yahoo)
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_870338.html (best photo)

Interesting piece on the Deerfield Massacre (1704):

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/27/arts/design/27ANTI.html
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That Anglo-Saxon belt buckle which was found a year or so ago
on the Isle of Wight might not be staying on the island because
of lack of funds:

http://tinyurl.com/ypu55 (Telegraph)

The Antonine Wall is on its way to becoming a UNESCO World
Heritage site:

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=216792004

Quite a bit of coverage of forthcoming expansion of the Met,
including a new Roman Court:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/24/nyregion/24MUSE.html
http://tinyurl.com/2nqfx (AP)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3485794.stm
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/167611p-146537c.html

The Nimrud Gold will be going on tour:

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11597

A touristy pair of things on Athens in anticipation of the Olympics:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0225/p11s01-trgn.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0225/p12s01-trgn.html

cf: http://tinyurl.com/297xg (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

... and one on Santorini:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0225/p11s02-trgn.html

Zahi Hawass' column in Al-Ahram:

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/679/hr3.htm

An Arab group is seeking the return of all 'stolen' antiquities,
such as the Rosetta Stone (I suspect we'll be hearing more from
this one):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3516477.stm

cf. Another spin on the repatriation issue:

http://www.techcentralstation.com/090503F.html

The Temple Mount controversy continues:

http://tinyurl.com/3flde (Jerusalem Post)
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/394454.html
http://tinyurl.com/yteou (Boston Globe)

A sampling of reactions to Mel Gibson's *Passion*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/24/nyregion/24NYC.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/25/opinion/25WOOD.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/28/arts/28CONN.html
http://www.illinoisleader.com/news/newsview.asp?c=12537
http://www.abclocal.go.com/wls/news/022504_ns_romannails.html
http://tinyurl.com/2lwwb (Jewsweek)
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/movies/04mv276.htm
http://tinyurl.com/32hy5 (Reuters)

Related to the above (obviously) is a smattering of pieces on
Aramaic:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/24/nyregion/24NYC.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3488046.stm
http://tinyurl.com/ypgku (Jerusalem Post)
http://tinyurl.com/2u6q2 (Voice of America)

... and on crucifixion:

http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/02282004/it/2529.htm

Lambeth Palace Library is facing cuts:

http://tinyurl.com/2brh9 (Telegraph)

A publisher who claimed an archaeologist faked his discoveries
has lost the subsequent libel suit:

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20040224a5.htm

Some interesting revisionism seems to be going on in regards to
the modern Olympic Games' history:

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_585608,00070007.htm
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A reviewish sort of thing on the Egyptian Ministry of Culture's
new "Eternal Egypt" site:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4364009/
http://tinyurl.com/2oxu4 (Globe and Mail)

... and the site itself (which has plenty of Flash stuff; you
will definitely want a fast connection to fully appreciate this
one):

http://www.eternalegypt.org/

Sergei Rjabchikov, "Remarks on the Scythian, Sarmatian and
Meotian Beliefs":

http://anthro-globe.com/bin/artdetail.cgi?ID=50

Rochelle Altman, "The History Merchants" (a reviewish sort of
thing):

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

GeoTimes has a nice feature on geoarchaeology:

http://www.geotimes.org/feb04/feature_Geoarch.html
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NEW ONLINE BOOKS
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Not really a 'book' per se, but Moliere's *Psyche* might be of
interest:

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=7444
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ON  THE ARCHAEOLOGY CHANNEL
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CRIME BEAT
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The New York Times has a HUGE piece on antiquities theft in
Egypt:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/23/international/23ANTI.html
http://www.iht.com/articles/130690.html

A new list has started for the discussion of the implications
of the Unitdroit Convention (and others) on the trade and sale
of antiquities, especially in regards to coins:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/

The James Ossuary saga has led to an investigation of antiquities
dealers in Israel:

http://tinyurl.com/23tag (USA Today)
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/395868.html
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BOOK REVIEWS
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T.H. Breen, *The Marketplace of Revolution: How Consumer Politics
Shaped American Independence*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/28/arts/28REV.html

Gregory Curtis, *Disarmed: The Story of the Venus de Milo*

http://www.abqjournal.com/venue/books/148839books02-22-04.htm

Lucasta Miller, *The Bronte Myth*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/29/books/review/29MERKINT.html

Frank Kermode, *The Age of Shakespeare*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/29/books/review/29CONNOLT.html

Those three books about Sappho:

http://tinyurl.com/ys2kf (the Australian)
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PERFORMANCES
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Pericles:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/24/arts/theater/24PERI.html
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EXHIBITIONS
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Love Letters: Dutch Genre Paintings in the Age of Vermeer:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/27/arts/design/27GLUE.html

Eternal Egypt (Now in Toronto!! Now to find some curriculum
connection so I can take my grade sevens there ...):

http://tinyurl.com/yq8eh (Toronto Star)
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CLASSICIST'S CORNER
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John Noble Wilford ponders Serafina Cuomo's work with catapults:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/24/science/24CATA.html

The University of Calgary (yay!) News has a piece on Dr. Hanne
Sigismund Nielsen's research into Roman familial relationships
as revealed in inscriptions:

http://www.ucalgary.ca/news/feb04/roman-epitaphs.html

A piece on the Met's portrait of Caracalla:

http://tinyurl.com/2xzsz (ArtNews)

Another person who seems to wish he had learned Latin:

http://tinyurl.com/253k4 (Guardian)

Elgin/Parthenon Marbles saga:

http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=234412004
http://tinyurl.com/23ofm
http://tinyurl.com/3fdt6 (Kathimerini)

... and the Acropolis Museum won't be ready in time for the
Olympics:

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/8030774.htm

The third installment of the revived Nemean Games will be put
on this summer:

http://tinyurl.com/3apcg (AthensNews)

Victor Davis Hanson makes some Classical allusions in his latest
National Review column:

http://www.nationalreview.com/hanson/hanson200402270800.asp

... while he himself is the subject of a piece in the LA Times:

http://tinyurl.com/yszc7

Peter Jones in the Spectator:

http://tinyurl.com/3esps

Akropolis News in Classical Greek (it has returned!):
http://www.akwn.net/

Radio Finland's Nuntii Latini
[best accessed via rogueclassicism on Sundays]

Radio Bremen's Der Monatsrückblick - auf Latein
http://www.radiobremen.de/online/latein/

Weather in Latin:
http://latin.wunderground.com/
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OBITUARIES
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Norio Fujisawa (Plato Scholar):

http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&;cat=1&id=290041
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REPEATS
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Dead Sea Makeup Kit:

http://www.cp.org/english/online/full/science/040220/g022020A.html
http://tinyurl.com/2efy2 (SFran Chronicle)
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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 in Europe (blog):

http://archaeology.eu.com/weblog/

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/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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