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AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA
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In our previous issue, we mentioned the discovery of a 4000 b.p.
terracotta 'doll' ... that coverage was in Italian, however, so
here's some in English:

http://tinyurl.com/6yfyh (Guardian)

Badger, badger, badger and all their digging are apparently a
threat to Stonehenge and other sites (Snake!):

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5688105/

[gloss for those who don't understand the reference (requires
flash): http://badgerbadgerbadger.com/ ]

Also on the megalithic front, a recently-found wooden figure
may shed some light on the purpose of 'Seahenge':

http://tinyurl.com/6t9o4 (EDP)

A sort of 'catch-all' article of recent activities in Egypt (one
is non-archaeological, but genuinely bizarre):

http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/040812/2004081225.html

More details about that discovery of a colossal statue of
Ramses II mentioned last week:

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/703/fr1.htm

Nice coverage of the GWU excavations at Megiddo:

http://tinyurl.com/4colb (Washington Post)

Using technology to reconstruct an ancient synagogue in Golan:

http://www.jrep.com/Arts/Article-0.html (url may change, but
still available at the www.jrep.com site somewhere)

Interesting Iron Age finds from the tel Beit Shemesh dig:

http://tinyurl.com/4llxq (Jerusalem Post)

A touristy thing on Crusader sites in Israel:

http://tinyurl.com/6abdw (Jerusalem Post)

Mines (the exploding kind) are preventing excavation of many
sites in Iran:

http://www.payvand.com/news/04/aug/1067.html

... although a geophyisical survey of Parse is about to
get underway:

http://www.payvand.com/news/04/aug/1102.html

Interesting article on how the Parthenon restoration is being
accomplished:

http://tinyurl.com/4ggpb (AthensNews)

Another item on the display of recently-found artifacts in
Athens' subway stations:

http://tinyurl.com/5zye2 (AP via Yahoo)

The Kerameikos Museum has reopened:

http://tinyurl.com/5btm5 (Kathimerini)

The ongoing dig at Pompeii continues to get press coverage:

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/world/2735599

On efforts to save Herculaneum:

http://tinyurl.com/6og5l (HC)

Archaeologists excavating a Roman villa at Wheathampstead have
discovered the burial of an infant:

http://tinyurl.com/6jgzd (Herts24)

Ancient Roman fishpens are giving evidence about changes in
sea levels:

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996269

A brief item on recent finds at Anzio (in Italian)

http://www.graziarosavillanipress.it/cgi-bin/print.pl?article=314

The guy who found that Domitianus coin (amongst a hoard of other
coins) will find out its valuation this week:

http://tinyurl.com/6thb9 (Banbury Guardian)

An Iron Age burial from Orkney is a surprise:

http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/21875.html

Some ancient petroglyphs have been found in China's Yannan
province:

http://tinyurl.com/6vzxh (Xinhua)

The excavation of the citadel at Hanoi continues, with new
concerns about the preservation of finds:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5662067/
http://tinyurl.com/4nqg3 (Dallas News)

cf.: http://tinyurl.com/4j494

... which is connected, of course, to a potential UNESCO
designation as a heritage site:

http://tinyurl.com/3zcv8 (Reuters via Yahoo)

An update on the excavation of Kublai Khan's ill-fated fleet:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5635132/site/newsweek/

Archaeologists believe they have found the site of a 'lost city'
in Wales:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/3559534.stm

Another section of the Mary Rose has been found:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1281158,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/3552860.stm
http://www.cdnn.info/industry/i040813b/i040813b.html

The latest on the HMS Sussex:

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/040816/misc/16treasure.htm
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THE AMERICAS
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A nice feature on Cahokia:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5653719/

A feature on 'Jamestown Jones':

http://tinyurl.com/6udda (Free-Lance Star)
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ALSO OF INTEREST
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On the DNA front (sort of), exhumation of bones in Seville have
led to the conclusion that they were too 'young' to support
Columbus:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/spain/article/0,2763,1280590,00.html

The historical advisor to that King Arthur flick has been talking
about the inscription from Croatia which seems to have been
the movie's impetus:

http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/weekendlife/viewarticle.aspx?id=124531

We haven't had a 'facial reconstruction' piece in ages ... now we
get one on the reconstruction of the visage of an Anglo-Saxon
'princess':

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3556716.stm
http://tinyurl.com/4kgdj
http://tinyurl.com/7yw6q (Telegraph)

A nice feature on the ARTstor project:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/14/arts/design/14ART.html

Ha'aretz has started a series on ancient manuscripts:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/464090.html

A building which served as a prison during the Inquisition on Sicily
is to become a museum:

http://tinyurl.com/65zet (AP via Yahoo)

Nice profile of Francis Fukuyama:

http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/think/story/0,4386,267191,00.html

Elgin/Parthenon Marbles:

http://tinyurl.com/3w6yu (The Star)
http://tinyurl.com/3puht (Reuters)
http://tinyurl.com/3t3s9 (Union Tribune)

The 'battle' to purchase the Macclesfied Psalter (14th
century):

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1280293,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/3553332.stm

An interviewish thing with DaVinci Code author Dan Brown:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3541342.stm

Stuff from the Royal Geographic Society's attic:

http://tinyurl.com/6sjjx (Chicago Tribune)

Interesting review of a documentary dealing with the repatriation
issue:

http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/21636.html

Thinking of archaeology as a career?:

http://tinyurl.com/6oy45 (Guardian)

The World Acadian Congress has opened:

http://tinyurl.com/436yq (NYT)
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OLYMPICS-RELATED
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Opening ceremonies commentaries:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/14/sports/olympics/14tv.html
http://tinyurl.com/5uj5d (SA Express-News)
http://tinyurl.com/7x4m7 (SMH)
http://tinyurl.com/4h2zv (Newind)
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040814/main8.htm

General overview pieces on the Ancient Olympics:

http://tinyurl.com/67kgn (NG)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/olympics/185613_olyancient11.html
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/9402197.htm
http://tinyurl.com/4wx9r (Miami Herald)
http://tinyurl.com/6ty8s (Miami Herald)
http://tinyurl.com/4zend (Jerusalem Post)
http://tinyurl.com/6jx96 (Sunday Independent)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3534988.stm
http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_murray/20040813.html
http://tinyurl.com/5vg8c (Star Ledger ... humour)
http://washingtontimes.com/sports/20040813-125632-4425r.htm
http://www.asahi.com/english/sports/TKY200408130130.html
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/464041.html
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/olympics/185640_olyart11.html
http://tinyurl.com/5wdmw (Plain Dealer)

An ancient 'Beckham' (although he probably had a somewhat
different take on 'choke'):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3557058.stm
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/12520854

An interesting piece on some of the Nazi origins of things we
automatically associate with the modern Olympics:

http://tinyurl.com/497yj (Newind)

Greek through the ages:

http://tinyurl.com/5bpzd (The Star)

On the 'myth' behind the modern Olympics:

http://tinyurl.com/5kz5o (Australian)

NPR visited the site of Olympia this week (audio):

http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3849643

Check out Google's commemorative logo (if you haven't seen it):

http://www.google.ca/
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ON THE WEB
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National Museum of the American Indian:

http://www.nmai.si.edu/

"Lathe Machining of Bronze Coin Flans":

http://www.classicalcoins.com/flans1.html

Chester Amphitheatre dig (includes a live webcam):

http://www.chester.gov.uk/amphitheatre/index.html

Genghis Khan on the web:

http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/genghis/
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NEW ONLINE BOOKS
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Everyday Life in Ancient Greece by C. E. Robinson:

http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&;d=59501764
 
History of Greek Culture by Jacob Burckhardt:

http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&;d=200453
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CRIME BEAT
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Egyptian officials plan to focus on 'domestic suppliers' of
stolen antiquities:

http://www.jordantimes.com/thu/news/news8.htm
http://tinyurl.com/5n9el (Concord Monitor)

Iraqi antiquities continue to be smuggled through Jordan:

http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=60348

Vandals threaten a Chilean/Peruvian 'ghost town' (I thought this
sort of thing was a North American phenomenon):

http://tinyurl.com/6gvjx (La Tercera ... Spanish)
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BOOK REVIEWS
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Assorted books on ancient athletics/Olympics:

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2004/132/22.0.html

Spivey and Perrottet's books on same:

http://tinyurl.com/48sp7 (Montreal Gazette)
http://tinyurl.com/5mcbm (Guardian)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2998339a4501,00.html

Stephen Miller, *Ancient Greek Athletics*:

http://tinyurl.com/4trrh (Guardian)

Ian and Jenifer Glynn, *The Life and Death of Smallpox*

http://tinyurl.com/544z9 (Guardian)

Jack Turner, *Spice: The History of a Temptation*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/13/books/13BOOK.html

A couple of books on Shakespeare's Pericles:

http://www.the-tls.co.uk/this_week/story.aspx?story_id=2108146
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PERFORMANCES
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Medea in Jerusalem:

http://tinyurl.com/4zm7l (NYT)

Bacchae of Euripides Remixed:

http://tinyurl.com/5xy4u (HC)

Eumenides

http://tinyurl.com/6r7ez (Kathimerini)

Trojan Women:

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/2004/August/11/LFlist1.htm
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EXHIBITIONS
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Sudan: Ancient Treasures:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3558694.stm

Vasemania:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/13/arts/design/13SMIT.html
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CLASSICIST'S CORNER
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Mythmatical Battles?:

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/8/prweb149750.htm

Reading list for your own 'Greek Revival':

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/living/9373835.htm

Some Greek quotes (I note they've changed some of these):

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/living/9373832.htm

Sayings which originated with the Greeks:

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/living/9373895.htm

Test your knowledge of Greek myth:

http://tinyurl.com/3ozyq (Guardian)

An interview with Francine Segan on ancient Greek food:

http://tinyurl.com/4l5wa (USA Today)
cf: http://tinyurl.com/6usqe (Times Star)

Astrobiology magazine has an article on what ancient types
thought about the 'plurality of worlds':

http://tinyurl.com/5gx2h

What-have-the-Greeks-ever-done-for-us pieces (see also the
Olympics section above):

http://tinyurl.com/3sswd (Newsday)
http://tinyurl.com/5nwxc (Seattle PI)

The New Zealand Herald has a piece suggesting the Olympics were
used to pick members of elite military units:

http://tinyurl.com/5aw7z

Why major in Classics:

http://tinyurl.com/56l9v (Newsday)

... another:

http://tinyurl.com/689nq (Newsday)

Homer v Homer:

http://tinyurl.com/522s3 (Seattle PI)

Nice feature on Cavafy:

http://tinyurl.com/7yyp6 (Guardian)

Gates of Troy demo (computer game ... requires a
broadband connection to download):

http://www.slitherine.co.uk/Troy/DemoInfo.htm

Peter Jones in the Spectator:

http://tinyurl.com/3zsbc

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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Wolfgang Mommsen (Historian):

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/14/obituaries/14mommsen.html
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REPEATS
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Ancient Grain From Israel:

http://tinyurl.com/726cd (Jerusalem Post)
http://tinyurl.com/3wosh (Washington Post)

First Nude Art in Britain?:

http://tinyurl.com/3pfu7 (Telegraph)

Ireland as Atlantis:

http://tinyurl.com/6ef5w (Guardian)
http://tinyurl.com/5wsof (IOL)
http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=49095&;pt=n

Nemea:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/08/040809100624.htm
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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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