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Mark Morgan, Maurice O' Sullivan, R.M. Bragg, R.S. Heuman, Tony
Jackson, Sally Winchester, Mike Ruggeri, W. Richard Frahm, and
Yonatan Nadelman for headses upses this week (as always hoping
I have left no one out).

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(Thunderbird!), so it's possible I may have missed something sent
in while flipping back and forth between programs; apologies if
I've left you out!

n.b. 2: Apologies to all our friends in Ireland for my bone-
headed location of Waterford in the UK ...
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AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA
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The 'did-humans-interbreed-with-Neanderthals-thing' is back in
the news:

http://tinyurl.com/3n6dv (Washington Post)

An aerial survey of Ireland's Loughcrew Neolithic cemetery is
revealing even more archaeological sites:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,173-1274921,00.html

Adnkronos is reporting the discovery of a 6000 b.p. intact
tomb found in France:

http://tinyurl.com/3s6ng (Italian)

The coverage of animal mummies continues this week (some new
'angles', but much of it is repeated from last week):

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/21/science/21cats.html
http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20040922-015139-2522r.htm

A bronze head of Zeus/a Thracian ruler was found in Bulgaria
this week:

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=39509
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=39541
http://tinyurl.com/4xavv (Australian)

... which they're claiming might have been sculpted by Phidias:

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=39590

... while there is mo' better coverage of the discovery of
that funeral mask from Bulgaria a few weeks ago:

http://tinyurl.com/4uhn2 (Telegraph)
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=39360
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=39592

... and a sort of roundup piece on what's been found this
year by Kitov and crew:

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=39645

An update on the excavation of that Roman bridge on the River
Tyne:

http://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/viewarticle.asp?id=138530

The Norman Pillar from Coventry Benedictine Priory has been
found:

http://tinyurl.com/5hxsq

Excavating a Cistercian nunnery in Scotland:

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1123902004

Was Owain Lowgoch born in East Surrey?:

http://tinyurl.com/49mct

Plans are afoot for a museum to house the head of Hercules found
near/at the Behistun monument:

http://www.payvand.com/news/04/sep/1178.html
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THE AMERICAS
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Analysis of hair from mummies has provided the first evidence of
alcohol consumption in ancient populations in South America:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20040920/mummydrink.html

On the orientation of Cuzco (a bit old, but it wouldn't come up
last week):

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1198067.htm

The Incas trashed Pambochanka before leaving it:

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1199007.htm

An update on the excavation at Jamestown:

http://tinyurl.com/6medl (Daily Press)

A Civil War site has been dedicated ... in France:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6082303/

Waiting to hear confirmation of pre-Clovis occupation of North
America:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0923/p13s01-stgn.html

More on the Range Creek Canyon excavations:

http://tinyurl.com/5dvahm (Mail Tribune)
http://tinyurl.com/42nvg (AP via Yahoo)

More coverage of the excavations at Little Big Horn:

http://tinyurl.com/6sfp2 (Billings Gazette)

The search for the 'Superstition Treasure' (aptly named?) has
been approved:

http://tinyurl.com/6vzab (Arizona Republic)

Tribes are trying to protect assorted site in southern Nevada:

http://tinyurl.com/48t2y (Nevada Appeal)

That mysterious locked box from the Arctic tundra apparently
contains a body:

http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/9762741.htm
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On the DNA front, I guess we're not really surprised to see a
link between Malta and the Phoenicians:

http://www.maltamedia.com/news/2004/ln/article_3447.shtml

Interesting Bronze Age Funeral experiment:

http://tinyurl.com/3uf8k

A campaign to make the Antonine Wall a World Heritage Site was
launched this week:

http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/24444.html
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/24448.html

Plenty o' coverage for the publication of the Oxford Dictionary
of National Biography:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/23/books/23dnb.html
http://tinyurl.com/45x5u (Telegraph India)
http://tinyurl.com/3mgle (Mirror)
http://tinyurl.com/4uwoz (Telgraph)

French antiques dealers are wooing American buyers:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/23/garden/23ANTI.html

An interesting little page designed to accompany a television
program looking at the authenticity of assorted artifacts from
the Holy Land (e.g. James Ossuary):

http://tinyurl.com/4q5sd (BBC)

On the effect the Intifada has had on archaeology in Israel:

http://tinyurl.com/5gu3m

The next stage in that ongoing dispute over return of some
Aboriginal artifacts to the British Museum:

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=18957

A little overview of Thracian history:

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=39578

A history of ink:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0921/p18s02-hfks.html

An update on the British Museum's impending loan of the Cyrus
Cylinder to Iran:

http://www.payvand.com/news/04/sep/1176.html

The latest on Temple Mount:

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/481856.html
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/480121.html
http://tinyurl.com/4jfsa (JPost)
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ON THE WEB
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Archaeo-Volunteers:

http://www.greenvol.com/arkeo/

Historia Numorum: A Manual of Greek Numismatics:

http://www.snible.org/coins/hn/

Warren Carter, "Pontius Pilate, Roman Governor":

http://tinyurl.com/42cm4 (Bible and Interpretation)
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NEW ONLINE BOOKS
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Bruce Thornton, *A Student's Guide to Classics*:

http://tinyurl.com/5s6fm (pdf)
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CRIME BEAT
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This technically isn't a crime, unless you consider stupidity
on the part of a museum exhibition resulting in damage to a
painting to be a crime (sorry ... it's the health and safety
officer in me):

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/24/arts/design/24INSI.html

Looting in Iraq is out of control:

http://tinyurl.com/5tttg (Daily Star)
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BOOK REVIEWS
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Valerio Massimo Manfredi, *The Talisman of Troy* (fiction):

http://tinyurl.com/4sjpx (NDTV)

Shimon Gibson, *The Cave of John the Baptist*:

http://www.indystar.com/articles/5/181421-2895-021.html

A couple of books about Paul:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/26/books/review/26WOODWAR.html

Robin Brooks, *The Portland Vase: The Extraordinary Odyssey of
a Mysterious Roman Treasure*:

http://washingtontimes.com/books/20040925-102807-7044r.htm
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PERFORMANCES
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Alcmeon in Corinth:

http://tinyurl.com/4mpur (IC Teeside)

Antigone:

http://theedge.bostonherald.com/artsNews/view.bg?articleid=45703

Daphne:

http://tinyurl.com/5lxhy (New York Metro)

Iphigenia in Kingman:

http://www.suntimes.com/output/weiss/cst-ftr-kingman23.html

Prometheus Bound:

http://tinyurl.com/4p258 (Oregonian)

Memory of Salt:

http://tinyurl.com/4ybry (Boston Globe)

Persians:

http://tinyurl.com/6yfbb (East Bay Express)
http://tinyurl.com/4cov5 (Berkeley Daily)

Rose Rage (Shakespearean):

http://tinyurl.com/5btkb (NYT)
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EXHIBITIONS
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Books -- The Chinese Journey:

http://metro.thestar.com.my/news/2004/9/8970166.html

European Bronzes from the Quentin Collection:

http://www.newyorkmetro.com/arts/cue/art/index.htm (scroll down)

National Museum of the American Indian:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/21/arts/design/21muse.html

The Colonial Andes: Tapestries and Silverwork, 1530-1830:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/24/arts/design/24SMIT.html

Jewes in America: Conquistadors, Knickerbockers, Pilgrims and
the Hope of Israel:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/24/arts/design/24ROTH.html
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CLASSICIST'S CORNER
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What Kirk Ormand is up to:

http://www.hamilton.edu/news/more_news/display.cfm?ID=8419

... and Josiah Ober:

http://www.fresnostatenews.com/2004/Sept/0924-lecture.html

... and John Peradotto:

http://tinyurl.com/5shpy (COHC)

The Allegory of the Cave applied:

http://tinyurl.com/58fpn (Korea Herald)

Another spin on the latest edition of Wheelock:

http://www.detnews.com/2004/schools/0409/23/a02-282251.htm

Reaction to Alexander the Great's sexual orientation as
portrayed by Oliver Stone:

http://www.mpa.gr/article.html?doc_id=481591

Coverage of the NJCL certamen this summer:

http://tinyurl.com/52z6d (Winchester Star)

The tragedy of Pete Rose:

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/9754127.htm

George Bush as Alcibiades?:

http://tinyurl.com/683fc (LA Times)

Peter Jones in the Spectator:

http://tinyurl.com/4m747

Akropolis News in Classical Greek (not updated in a while):
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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Norman Cantor (Medievalist):

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/21/obituaries/21cantor.html
http://www.indystar.com/articles/8/180644-2338-010.html
http://tinyurl.com/5faew (Newsday)

Ralph Andrist (Historian):

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/24/books/24andrist.html

Rona Goffen (Art Historian):

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/19/nyregion/19goffen.html

Michael Jameson (Classicist):

http://tinyurl.com/4y8yu (Stanford Review)
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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/

Egyptology News (blog):
http://www.egyptology.blogspot.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

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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