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AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA
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I suspect most Explorator readers must be cat people since
everyone and their ... er ... cat seems to have sent this one
in ... new evidence from Cyprus suggests that humans and kitties
were hanging out together as early as 9500 b.p. ... some 5000
years earlier than previously thought:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/09/science/09cat.html
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4694015/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3611453.stm
http://tinyurl.com/28nw8 (SciAm)
http://tinyurl.com/2qobz (VOA)
http://tinyurl.com/2uk4h (AP via Newsday)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/168373_firstcat09.html
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2494462
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994867

The Spanish mission working in Egypt might lose its dig rights:

http://www.tercera.cl/articulo/0,5819,3255_5726_72732150,00.html
(in Spanish)

The latest in the Temple Mount saga:

http://tinyurl.com/252kc (Jerusalem Post)

Al-Ahram has an excellent feature on the Siwah Oasis:

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/685/heritage.htm

"Sensational" discoveries are being made at a Roman armoury site
near Gottingen:

http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=406222004
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,294310,00.html
(in German ... more photos)

The dig at Chester's Roman amphitheatre has begun:

http://tinyurl.com/ypjkg

The church of Santa Maria Antiqua in the Roman Forum with its
amazing frescoes is again open to the public:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4695071/ (photo)
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-forum09.html
http://tinyurl.com/yvpqm (USA Today)

A survey of the north coast of Northern Ireland has found
600 or so potential sites:

http://www.4ni.co.uk/industrynews.asp?id=27934

Archaeological evidence suggests the hills of Northumberland
were alive with farmers some 3500 years b.p.:

http://tinyurl.com/2jjlk (IC Newcastle)

A christening spoon has been found in the grave of a Saxon
king:

http://tinyurl.com/2nkp3 (Telegraph)

Archaeological sites in Pakistan are in disarray due to lack
of funding:

http://www.thedailystar.net/2004/04/06/d40406011313.htm

The 'Successive Emperors' Temple in Beijing has undergone
some restoration work:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-04/09/content_1410694.htm

A major study has been launched to determine the impact of
pollution on rock art in Western Australia:

http://tinyurl.com/2weaf (AP via Yahoo)
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THE AMERICAS
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They're trying to figure out some way to preserve or at least
mark a major aboriginal site in downtown Edmonton:

http://tinyurl.com/2msc9 (Edmonton Journal)

On efforts to save various Maya sites in Guatemala:

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/8388515.htm

... and research into the Maya at Xibun:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-04/bu-rvc040204.php
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I *think* this might be a repeat, but ... the Britism Museum
will be putting up a 'virtual tour' of Nesperunnub's mummy this
summer (interesting technology):

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1186675,00.html
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/10107643?version=1

A nice 'state of the question' piece on the James Ossuary:

http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2004/apr/prof2_040412.html

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a nice feature on the debate
over ownership of assorted cultural artifacts:

http://tinyurl.com/2sspm

The African American National Biography Project looks like it
might be useful:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/10/arts/10BIO.html

A rather good touristy thing on Masada:

http://www.ajc.com/travel/content/travel/content/0204/0411masada.html

The New York Times has a piece on the attempt by many museums
to promote Islamic art in an attempt to promote more understanding
between East and West:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/06/arts/design/06RIDI.html

Tipu's sword has returned to India:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3609205.stm

Zahi Hawass' column in Al-Ahram:

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/684/he2.htm

A new wing has opened in the Luxor Museum devoted to the role
of the Egyptian army:

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/684/he1.htm

Camille Paglia has an interesting essay on the changing nature
of the 'image' in modern culture:

http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=12923

Reviews of The Alamo:

http://www.newyorkmetro.com/movies/articles/04/04/alamo.htm
http://movies2.nytimes.com/2004/04/09/movies/09ALAM.html

Turkey hopes that the upcoming Troy flick will boost tourism
(this article also has a brief history of the excavations of
Troy):

http://tinyurl.com/2eocl (Al Jazeerah)

As might be expected on Easter weekend, we've got a pile of
reviews of various documentaries in search of the 'real' Jesus:

http://movies2.nytimes.com/2004/04/05/arts/television/05STAN.html

... and an update on the Shroud of Turin:

http://tinyurl.com/3acd3 (National Geographic)

... and the archaeological evidence for crucifixion (but this
might be due to that Mel Gibson thing too):

http://tinyurl.com/2bhtm (Reuters)

Our first lengthy piece on the history of the Olympic Games ...
we'll definitely be seeing more of this sort of thing:

http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/8383322.htm

The skull in Petrarch's tomb isn't Petrarch's:

http://tinyurl.com/3g598 (Telegraph)

How NASA helps to find archaeological sites (on Earth):

http://www.spacedaily.com/news/radar-04f.html

... and a different sort of technology is making historical
documents available on the web:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/04/business/yourmoney/04prof.html
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ON THE WEB
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A very nice coin collecting site ... the counterfeit section is
definitely worth a look:

http://rg.ancients.info/

Two new articles on The Passion at the Bible and Interpretation
site:

http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/Byassee_Passion_Review.htm
http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/Chancey_Unacknowledged%20_Passion.htm
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CRIME BEAT
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Sites in Iraq continue to be looted:

http://tinyurl.com/2eewj (New York Times)
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4694243/

Semi-related to the above, the Oriental Institute has (and
continues to) play an important role in the recovery of looted
artifacts from Iraq (n.b. the url below was acting very
strangely this a.m.; if there are problems try accessing via
http://www-news.uchicago.edu/):

http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/04/040408.looting.shtml

... see also a magazine article on John Russell:

http://tinyurl.com/2sdo6

Meanwhile, some rescued antiquities from Iraq are suffering
after-effects of their being stolen:

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11630

On Egypt's efforts to recover stolen antiquities:

http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=1679_0_1_0_M

Some stolen Neanderthal teeth were returned this week:

http://tinyurl.com/2bpjg (AFP via Yahoo)
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BOOK REVIEWS
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William Rehnquist, *Centennial Crisis: The Disputed Election of
1876*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/11/books/review/11DONALDT.html

John Guy, *Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/11/books/review/11KILROYT.html

Rafi U. Sumad, *Greeks in Ancient Pakistan*:

http://www.indolink.com/Book/book103.html
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PERFORMANCES
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Trojan Women:

http://theater2.nytimes.com/2004/04/07/theater/reviews/07TROJ.html
http://tinyurl.com/24ncw

Women of Troy:

http://tinyurl.com/ypd5t (niner online)

Antigone:

http://www.timesstar.com/Stories/0,1413,125~1549~2073215,00.html

I La Galigo (Indonesian Myth):

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/07/arts/dance/07GALI.html

Treasures of Tutankhamun (in Switzerland):

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/06/arts/06ARTS.html
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=9575
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EXHIBITIONS
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The Devonshire Inheritance: Five Centuries of Collecting at
Chatsworth:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/09/arts/design/09BARD.html

Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/09/arts/design/09COTT.html

Ocean Flowers: Drawing from Nature:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/09/arts/design/09SMIT.html
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CLASSICIST'S CORNER
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Ancient Greek techniques apparently are the inspiration for some
new nano technology (a somewhat spurious connection):

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/04/040406085508.htm

More on the revived Nemean Games:

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2004/04/08_nemea.shtml

The Greek Supreme Court has rejected arguments that the Acropolis
Museum project should be scrapped:

http://tinyurl.com/2ww6y (Kathimerini)

A different theory on what the origin of crossing the Rubicon
was:

http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=105&;sid=4836120

An update on the HBO/BBC Rome thing:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/05/arts/television/05ROME.html

Nice sculpture of the Death of Cleopatra by Edmonia Lewis:

http://tinyurl.com/39z47 (Art Daily)

Another pair of Socrates Cafe stories:

http://www.dogstreetjournal.com/story.php?aid=1614
http://tinyurl.com/2rgl7 (review journal)

Peter Jones in the Spectator:

http://tinyurl.com/2swhq

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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REPEATS
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Comanche Rock Art from Colorado:

http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=ANCIENTART-04-09-04&;cat=AN

Gladiator Diet:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/afp/20040405/gladiator.html
http://abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1081439.htm
http://cooltech.iafrica.com/science/314454.htm
http://tinyurl.com/298rr
http://tinyurl.com/yudm7 (The Australian)

Taulas:

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994849
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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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