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AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA
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200 000 b.p. homo sapiens remains have been found in Kenya:

http://www.eastandard.net/headlines/news13070417.htm

More 13 000 b.p. petroglyphs have been found at Creswell Crags
(U.K.):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/3890113.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1260838,00.html
cf: http://antiquity.ac.uk/ProjGall/bahn/index.html
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20040712/cavedrawing.html

Some guy in the U.K. remembered he had a Neolithic ax in his
closet:

http://tinyurl.com/47q6l (Manchester Online)

A summary of recent finds from Egypt (I think we've covered most
of these, if not all):

http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=2326_0_1_0_M

The Guardian has a nice feature on Abydos:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,1261044,00.html

Iranian archaeologists are seeking funding to excavate the
Nahbandan citadel:

http://www.payvand.com/news/04/jul/1111.html

The restored Apollo of Veii is on display in Rome again:

http://tinyurl.com/58pyp (Tiscali)
http://tinyurl.com/5ex2b (Globe and Mail ... good photo)
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=541515
http://tinyurl.com/437oq (AGI)

A nice semi-touristy feature on the site of Nemea:

http://travel2.nytimes.com/2004/07/18/travel/18sites.html

More Roman skeletons are emerging at Worksop:

http://tinyurl.com/4cj5o (Worksop Today)

A major Roman Villa site has been found at Groundwell Ridge (UK):

http://tinyurl.com/6fho2 (Evening Advertiser)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/3900845.stm

Roman remains found near a pub:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/3891829.stm

Livia has been reunited with her head:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1259685,00.html

Remains from 2300 b.p. have been found at Minervino Murge (Italy):

http://tinyurl.com/5cddl (La Gazetta del Mezzogiorno ... Italian)

The 'Prince of Prittlewell's' goods have been put on display:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1260596,00.html
cf.: http://tinyurl.com/3k95r (MOLAS)

Some ancient graffiti has been found on China's Great Wall:

http://tinyurl.com/5by96 (AFP via Yahoo)

Archaeologists are excavating a "worshipping site" in Vietnam:

http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/2004-07/14/Stories/22.htm

The excavation of the Sussex is coming soon:

http://www.cdnn.info/industry/i040716/i040716.html
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THE AMERICAS
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The big news of the week appears to be the discovery of a wine
cellar at Jamestown with some intact wine 'bottles':

http://tinyurl.com/4ttt5 (Times Dispatch)
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/07/17/jamestown.find.ap/index.html
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=73106&;ran=67724

A Klallam people site is being excavated near Port Angeles:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/182030_klallam14.html

A sort of 'state of the excavation' piece about the Ridges
Basin (Pueblo) site in Colorado:

http://apnews.myway.com//article/20040712/D83OV5B01.html
http://tinyurl.com/4x8vl (Durango Herald)
http://tinyurl.com/5lwbr (Newsday via Yahoo)

All about the South Park Archaeological Project (Oh my g*d! They've
excavated Kenny! ... sorry, couldn't resist):

http://tinyurl.com/3pw7t (Summit Daily)

Three human skeletons found at Epping (New Hampshire) are being
sent to the lab for analysis:

http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showa.html?article=40922

A possible Fremont people site in Montana:

http://tinyurl.com/4fael (Billings Gazette)
http://tinyurl.com/48uqs

A site with plenty of limestone in Illinois is causing a
rethink:

http://www.belleville.com/mld/newsdemocrat/9136156.htm

A Native American site has been found in Roanoke:

http://tinyurl.com/5oy2x (Daily Press)

The battle over Kennewick Man appears to finally be over:

http://tinyurl.com/4m53u (AP via Yahoo)

A hearth possibly used by the Donner Party has been found:

http://www.thekcrachannel.com/news/3530499/detail.html
http://tinyurl.com/49csb (AP via Yahoo)
http://www.krnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2037143&;nav=8faOOlwi
http://tinyurl.com/4z97q (SF Chronicle)

A 'mystery box' found near Nunavut is going to be opened in
August:

http://tinyurl.com/3qtas (Toronto Star)
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2004/07/11/536156-cp.html

Smithsonian Magazine has a feature on Tikal:

http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues04/jul04/tikal.html
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On the DNA front, there are now some doubts on DNA tests which
were used to confirm that the occupants of a mass grave were the
Romanovs:

http://tinyurl.com/68486 (Telegraph)
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/afp/20040712/tsar.html

Using computer technology to save a Hermes by Praxiteles:

http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/19831.html
see also: http://tinyurl.com/6jqpk (paper on the subject - pdf)

So ... was King George nuts or was he poisoned (shades of Napoleon
in this one):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3889903.stm

Maybe Mona Lisa's smile is just a lighting thing:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3889903.stm

Medieval monks don't appear to have been adherents of the low-carb
craze:

http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,9830,1261560,00.html

A touristy thing about assorted sites and sights in Greece:

http://travel2.nytimes.com/2004/07/18/travel/18daytrips.html

An interesting antique column about Garde Meuble de la Couronne
furniture:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/16/arts/design/16ANTI.html

On efforts to preserve some Silk Road sites:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/15/arts/design/15ROAD.html
http://www.iht.com/articles/529573.html

The Pope is going to return a revered icon to Russia:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/12/international/europe/12vati.html

A nice feature on Neil MacGregor:

http://news.scotsman.com/features.cfm?id=794632004

... and David Stronach:

http://www.payvand.com/news/04/jul/1118.html

On the history of humans eating insects:

http://tinyurl.com/46t3m (National Geographic)

The latest strategy in the Elgin/Parthenon Marbles issue is to
mount an exhibition to demonstrate how Elgin removed the sculpture
from the Parthenon:

http://tinyurl.com/5yx9h (Boston Globe)

A Roman glass bowl recently brought in a huge amount at auction:

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3204377
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3895733.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1261790,00.html
http://tinyurl.com/4jstg (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://tinyurl.com/4e5re (Newsday)

... and some pre-auction hype on same:

http://tinyurl.com/6ns9u (Telegraph)

Arguing over the authenticity of a Caravaggio:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3894605.stm

The Jewish National and University Library is under attack ...
by bookworms:

http://tinyurl.com/3vepn (Jerusalem Post)

So what's happening with that Ethiopian obelisk? Not much:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/italy/story/0,12576,1262385,00.html

Last week we heard of the University of Chicago's 'cultural
diplomacy' with Iran ... they still maintain ties with Israeli
scholars too (or so they apparently want us to know):

http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/040715/israel.shtml

Reviews of King Arthur:

http://www.worldmag.com/newsite/content/displayArticle.cfm?ID=9417
http://tinyurl.com/4gxxc (News.com)
http://tinyurl.com/54t5l (VOA)

... while Troy does seem to have boosted tourism in Turkey:

http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=2339_0_1_0_M
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MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS
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A new archaeology magazine appears to be in the offing ...
Archaeology World Report might be worth encouraging:

http://www.archaeologyworldreport.com/
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ON THE WEB
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There are a number of 'interactive digs' (i.e. online dig diaries
and the like) at Archaeology Magazine which are worth catching
up on:

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

Interesting page on Augustin Dupre and the Hercules 5 Franc piece:

http://frenchcoins.tripod.com/Dupre.htm
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NEW ONLINE BOOKS
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Franz Cumont, *The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism* (Wow!):

http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/orrp/index.htm
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CRIME BEAT
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On plundering of sites in Iraq:

http://www.tagesschau.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,1185,OID3440690,00.html
(article in German)

An attempt to smuggle some antiquities from Iraq into Iran was
foiled this week:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-07/14/content_1599957.htm

El Paso is a hotbed for the illegal antiquities trade:

http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/3534992/detail.html
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BOOK REVIEWS
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Stephen Taylor,*Caliban's Shore: The Wreck of the Grosvenor and
the Strange Fate of her Survivors*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/18/books/review/18WHEELER.html

Owen Gingerich, *The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions
of Nicolaus Copernicus*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/18/books/review/18WILFORD.html

Catherine Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy, *The Amber Room*:

http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/history/0,6121,1263494,00.html
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PERFORMANCES
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Much Ado About Nothing:

http://theater2.nytimes.com/2004/07/14/theater/reviews/14ADO.html

Oedipus:

http://tinyurl.com/5qpau (QC Times)
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EXHIBITIONS
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The Theater That Was Rome:

http://tinyurl.com/5j2eo
also: http://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/storydetail.cfm?ID=2401

Rethinking the Romans:

http://tinyurl.com/3n2aq (click on Excerpts from the catalogue)

The Games in Ancient Athens:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/16/arts/design/16INSI.html

Agon:

http://tinyurl.com/6l4yx (SF Chronicle)

A couple of Islamic art exhibitions:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/16/arts/design/16COTT.html

Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya:

http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues04/jul04/maya.html

Preparing for an upcoming exhibition of Iranian antiquities at
the BM:

http://www.payvand.com/news/04/jul/1081.html

Asian Games: The Art of the Contest:

http://www.neh.fed.us/news/humanities/2004-07/playfulpursuits.html
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Marathon history:

http://www.theherald.co.uk/sport/20039.html

Combat sports at the ancient Olympics:

http://www.neh.fed.us/news/humanities/2004-07/natureofgame.html

The Birmingham Post has a nice feature on Lindsay Davis:

http://tinyurl.com/4xgft

Recreating the Theatre of Pompey:

http://www.neh.fed.us/news/humanities/2004-07/pompey.html

Interesting plan to recreate a Roman bath in the UK:

http://www.whtimes.co.uk/archived/2004/wk29_2004/news/asp/bath.asp

Aristophanes as the Michael Moore of his day:

http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/4874457.html

On the Classics exams in the U.K. situation:

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3195202

Baz Luhrman's Alexander flick is on hold:

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/529/529949p1.html

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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Miriam (Scharf) Balmuth (Classical Archaeologist)

http://tinyurl.com/6qr32 (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
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REPEATS
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3D Mummy at the BM:

http://tinyurl.com/6e9bo (SF Chronicle)

Samnite Remains at Pompeii:

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