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AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA
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A major 5000 b.p. necropolis has been found beneath a poor
neighbourhood outside Cairo:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5210161/
http://tinyurl.com/29buj (AP via Yahoo)
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1133289.htm
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/14/1087065082870.html
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/14/1087065066069.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38430-2004Jun13.html
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2004/06/13/498243-ap.html

A vague report of Roman remains being found in Shrepton Mallet (UK):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/somerset/3816853.stm

More details about Israel's desire to preserve Masada:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5210173/
http://tinyurl.com/2226r (AP via Yahoo)
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/06/15/masadacrumbling.ap/

Looks like many of Rome's most famous monuments are going to be
plastered with advertisements (if they aren't already):

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4935678-102275,00.html

I think we mentioned this Etruscan road discovery before ... now
we've got coverage in English (with photos):

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20040614/etruscanroad.html

Meanwhile, I hope we get some coverage in English of this dig
which is supposedly revealing the 'lost' city of Julia Augusta:

http://tinyurl.com/3bly3 PMNet ... in Italian)

Some Dark Age graves have turned up in Wales:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/3813181.stm

A seventeenth century artillery fort has been found in Hull (UK):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/3801365.stm

The Derry Journal reports the (re)discovery of a sword which
might date from the seige of Derry:

http://www.derryjournal.com/story/3726
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THE AMERICAS
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A mammoth kill site has been found in Kansas:

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2209696,00.html

Some spearheads have been found near Pittsburgh seem to be
interesting:

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04166/331516.stm

Some 200 b.p. flood walls are at the centre of a legal dispute
in Chile:

http://www.latercera.cl/articulo/0,0,3255_5666_78797757,00.html
(Spanish)

This is one of those so-what-was-it-like-participating-in-an-
archaeological-dig interviewish things (the dig is in Oklahoma):

http://www.winfieldcourier.com/w040619/Sat1.html

Ancient maps and corn are being used to figure out the migrations
of assorted Native American peoples:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/06/040616062606.htm

An interesting item on the journals of two ex-slaves:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/14/national/14SLAV.html

The University of Arizona will be looking into the fate of the
Hohokam people:

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/breaking/061704hohokam.html

... while the search is on again for the Lost Colony (maybe):

http://tinyurl.com/2b47f

Interesting article on hilltop sites used by Native Americans in
Arizona for communication:

http://tinyurl.com/3ykye (Daily Courier)

Some possible Olmeca burials have been found in Mexico:

http://www.nbc5.com/news/3430984/detail.html
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On the DNA front, this week we're looking into the origins of
donkeys:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5234072/
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996032

... and wolves:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3804817.stm

... and digging into the DNA preserved in ancient poop:

http://tinyurl.com/ypz4n (Globe and Mail)

Who is buried in St. Mark's tomb? Why, Alexander the Great of
course (cf the article in Antiquity mentioned below):

http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=530969

The Elgin/Parthenon Marbles debate is heating up again, with
the Greeks being compared to "abusive parents":

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1243312,00.html

... the background article:

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,1242758,00.html

On the Venus di Medici:

http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=lost&;s=gurstein061604

An article on the desire to preserve some caves in Malaysia is
noteworthy primarily for its use of gazette as a verb:

http://tinyurl.com/3dw4j (the Star)

No one expected this ... the Spanish Inquisition wasn't as
nasty as generally believed:

http://www.iht.com/articles/525118.html

On the history of cholera:

http://tinyurl.com/2fu6z (NG)

Some rock carvings in Northumberland are "baffling" archaeologists
(they look 'recent' to me):

http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh/ART22422.html
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/story.jsp?story=532669

The U.S. has signed a treaty (but Canada and France have not)
designed to help protect the remains of the Titanic:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5240083/

The AIA has received the Winckelmann Medal (congrats!):

http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10250

They're creating a huge database of archaeological artifacts in
museums in Lazio:

http://tinyurl.com/2k2fw (AGI)

The touristy things on Libya continue to trickle in:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5210117/

A touristy thing on Nanjing has info on the origins of the
tales of Sinbad:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0616/p11s01-trgn.html

Ultima Thule:

http://tinyurl.com/3du8h (SF Chronicle)

On the popularity of colonial (British Colonial) furniture:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/18/arts/design/18ANTI.html

Interesting little summary of assorted Neopagan religions:

http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/living/religion/8952589.htm

cf: a piece on Julian Cope:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1239383,00.html
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MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS
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Archaeology 57.4 (July/August 2004):

http://www.archaeology.org/0407/index.html

Antiquity 78 (Nune, 2004):

http://antiquity.ac.uk/CurrentIssue/currentindex.html

New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

http://www.nzarchaeology.org/netsubnews.htm

History Today 54.7 (July 2004 ... includes an interesting article
on the fate of Alexander the Great's body):

http://tinyurl.com/2t6cm

Bible Review (June, 2004):

http://www.bib-arch.org/bswb_BR/indexBR.html

Archaeology Odyssey (July/August, 2004):

http://www.bib-arch.org/bswb_AO/indexAO.html
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ONLINE DIGS/DIG DIARIES
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Yucatan:

http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/cenotes/index.html
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ON THE WEB
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An 1829 counterstamped U.S. coin (Houck's Panacea):

http://rob.com/russ/collection/2579.html

The Hirsch Collection (assorted ancient coins ... site in French):

http://www.kbr.be/coll/coin/gr_collections/hirsch/hirsch_fr.html

Peter Tsouras, "Alexander the Great's Most Heroic Moment":

http://www.historynet.com/mh/bl_alexander_the_great/

Harry J. Maihafer, "Battle of the Hydapses River"

http://www.historynet.com/mh/blbattleofhydaspesriver/
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More on plans to bulldoze a Bronze Age site in Cyprus for
condos:

http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=14818&;cat_id=1

A sting operation has netted a pile of antiquities from Iraq
destined for foreign markets:

http://tinyurl.com/242xv (VOA)

A vague item on recovery of looted antiquities from Israel:

http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=64056

Not really a crime, per se, but a court case involving a shipwreck
off the coast of Finland might have some repercussions for
salvors:

http://ww2.yle.fi/pls/show/page?id=250760

cf. a Jamaican comparandum:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1238779,00.html
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BOOK REVIEWS
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John Keegan, *The Iraq War*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/20/books/review/20FROMKIN.html

A pair of books on the ancient Olympics:

http://tinyurl.com/2khhf (Newsday)

Vivian Nuttonm *Ancient Medicine*:

http://tinyurl.com/2vsph (Telegraph)
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PERFORMANCES
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In Search of a Goddess (!):

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/19/arts/dance/19DUKE.html

Othello:

http://theater2.nytimes.com/2004/06/19/theater/reviews/19OTHE.html

Rush's Dream:

http://theater2.nytimes.com/2004/06/19/theater/reviews/19RUSH.html

Classics in Shorts:

http://www.lansingcitypulse.com/040616/theater/index4.asp

Trojan Women (Epidauros):

http://tinyurl.com/2atn7 (Kathimerini)

Medea in Jerusalem:

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/86799.html
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EXHIBITIONS
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'La Peregrina' is going on display:

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

Paris and the Age of Impressionism/Aztecs:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/18/arts/design/18INSI.html

Silk Route:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1242300,00.html
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CLASSICIST'S CORNER
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In case you missed it, Basil Gildersleeve's essay written for
the Atlantic about the first Olympics is online:

http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/1897feb/greece.htm

The Boston Globe had coverage of a wedding celebrated Roman
style (includes a slide show):

http://tinyurl.com/yq5rc

Crib on reasons Rome fell:

http://tinyurl.com/22udo (China Daily)

On all those towns with Classical names in the original 13
states:

http://tinyurl.com/2lk8k (Ithaca Journal)

All about the Coma Berenices:

http://tinyurl.com/3fyso (Newsday)

The Odyssey applied to Palestine:

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/695/op32.htm

A nice seminar focussing on the Tebt papyri:

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2004/06/14_papyri.shtml
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/178611_mummies19.html
http://tinyurl.com/26q9s (SF Chronicle)

Nice piece on Latin teacher Betty Merrill:

http://www.freelancestar.com/News/FLS/2004/062004/06152004/1390516

Troy reviews continue to trickle in:

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/jun2004/troy-j19.shtml

George Bush as Priam:

http://www.ldnews.com/Stories/0,1413,139~10142~2218596,00.html

The 'real' Troy:

http://www.xposed.com/entertainment/movies/the_real_troy.aspx

On why Greek tragedy is relevant:

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/arts/story/0,13319,1242657,00.html

... and why people should take Classics:

http://tinyurl.com/3cpla (FT)

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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Angkor Demise:

http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/4835772.html

Atlantis in Spain:

http://english.epochtimes.com/news/4-6-16/21897.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 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/MIKERUGGERISANCIENT

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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