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AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA
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A French Egyptologist claims he has solved the 'riddle of the
Sphinx':

http://tinyurl.com/497dt (Telegraph)

More coverage of the mummy find in the Bahariya Oasis (and their
'live' excavation on TV):

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/721/eg10.htm
http://tinyurl.com/3ujph (Independent)
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/721/eg10.htm
http://www.sltrib.com/nationworld/ci_2487031
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6706019/
http://tinyurl.com/4fpms (Globe and Mail)
http://tinyurl.com/6g3od (IOL)
http://tinyurl.com/648zq (ABC)
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2004/12/12/779773-ap.html

Piles of archaeological sites in Iran are threatened by dam
construction:

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11685

... while remains of eight ancient dams have been found near
Pasardadae:

http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=139022

Some Roman remains have been found in Suffolk:

http://tinyurl.com/635rl (EADT)

Hellenic News has a feature on polyandria burials on Paros:

http://www.hellenicnews.com/readnews.html?newsid=2800〈;=US

A brief item on the discovery of a coin hoard in Islamabad:

http://www.greaterkashmir.com/Full_Story.asp?ItemID=1388&;Cat=1

A medieval site from Winchester:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/4105623.stm

A 17th Century 'curtain wall' has been found at Carrickmines
Castle:

http://tinyurl.com/45sfa (eircom)
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THE AMERICAS
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A 2300 b.p. mummy has been found in Mexico City:

http://tinyurl.com/6rgsh (IOL)

Solving the mystery of the 'chirping pyramid':

http://www.nature.com/news/2004/041213/full/041213-5.html

A sort of 'end of dig' piece relating to an excavation of a
native site on the Millstone River (New Jersey):

http://tinyurl.com/55kr5 (Trentonian)

An update on the Port Angeles graving yard situation:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/204315_bridge18.html
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6716370/
http://tinyurl.com/6zkg2 (Washington Post)

More on those finds from the oldest settlement (maybe) in
Delaware:

http://tinyurl.com/5l2fj (News Journal)
http://tinyurl.com/5lpya (Cape Gazette)

Trying to find a home for Chumash artifacts:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6731385/

Last week we mentioned they were going to 'retry' Chief Leschi;
the 'reverdict' is now in:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/12/national/12chief.html

Aztalan State Park is facing cuts:

http://www.gazetteextra.com/aztalan121604.asp

Apparently some discoveries *are* due to "stumbling":

http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/4855/

Restoring a replica of one of the Boston Tea Party ships:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1214/p18s02-hfks.html

Forks of the Road (Miss.) has been recognized as a historic
site:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/16/garden/16FORK.html

Was Lincoln gay?:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/16/books/16linc.html
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I think we've mentioned something like this in the past couple
of weeks ... computer reconstructions of mummies and their
accoutrements is all the rage:

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04348/425914.stm

... and I think we've also mentioned the use of remote sensing
technology at the Kincaid Mounds:

http://www.pjstar.com/stories/121304/REG_B50DJ80F.025.shtml

A replica of a Bronze Age boat found near Hull a while back
will be plying the Humber in the spring:

http://tinyurl.com/4z3qb (Yorkshire Post)

Plenty of coverage of Google's plans to put some major
libraries' holdings online:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/14/technology/14google.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/19/weekinreview/19mang.html

... and connections of the above to the Library of
Alexandria:

http://tinyurl.com/3sv7p (Plain Dealer)

The homo floresiensis thing is turning into a saga:

... background, in case you missed it:

http://tinyurl.com/4kdxp (SMH)

On the DNA front, scientists have discovered the gene which
may have led to the transformation of a type of grass
to maize:

http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/science/mcmaize.asp

I would have thought this was 'obvious', but the shift from
being a nomad to a more settled life leads to religious
complexity and quick development of a social heirarchy:

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6784

The governor of Vermont wants to remove a statue depicting a
Greek slave girl from his desk:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/12/national/12vermont.html

All about beer:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/14/science/14beer.html

Nice piece on a McMaster University (yay!) project looking at
how Neolithic potters did their work:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/11/041123161910.htm

The music of the spheres is not a figment of assorted dwem's
imagination:

http://tinyurl.com/6uun5 (space.com)

The 'Whispering Column' is going to be restored:

http://tinyurl.com/5yuj7 (Queens Chronicle)

This seems to be part of the Temple Mount saga:

http://tinyurl.com/6ekrr (JPost)
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=73529

More on that 'curse parchment' from the Dead Sea:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/513071.html
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MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS
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The Digger (34):

http://www.bajr.org/DiggerMagazine/Latest/index.html

Antiquity (December 2004):

http://antiquity.ac.uk/CurrentIssue/currentindex.html
(check out the project gallery at the bottom of the TOCs too!)
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ON THE WEB
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Archaeology Magazine's 'Interactive Dig' at Heirakanopolis has
been updated:

http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/hierakonpolis/fort.html

Vote for what *you* think should be the Seven Wonders of the
World:

http://www.new7wonders.com/

background: http://tinyurl.com/4zgvp (Toronto Star)
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NEW ONLINE BOOKS
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A pile of 'new' books are up at the Baldwin Project:

http://www.mainlesson.com/newbooks.php
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CRIME BEAT
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Nice overview piece on looting of sites in Israel:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6718151/
http://tinyurl.com/69yht

Ten people in Egypt, including three noted archaeologists,
have been arrested in a major smuggling bust:

http://tinyurl.com/4onvc (Guardian)
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/world/10407645.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6vrq4 (Newsday)

A 4th Century antiquity was returned to Yemen this week:

http://tinyurl.com/54ls4

An update on that theft of Roman artifacts from ANU:

http://tinyurl.com/6bpqq (Australian)

Italian police have recovered 100 or so stolen artifacts
destined for the black market:

http://tinyurl.com/3zx54 (Ireland On Line)

A former night supervisor of the Kenyon Library has admitted
theft of a number of books and artifacts therefrom:

http://tinyurl.com/5qphl (News Journal)
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BOOK REVIEWS
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Stephen Mitchell, *Gilgamesh*:

http://tinyurl.com/4n2dk (SF Chronicle)

Pascale Casanova, *The World Republic of Letters*:

http://tinyurl.com/7y4xz (Nation via Yahoo)
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PERFORMANCES
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Caligula:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=6&;ObjectID=9003388
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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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The Royal Armouries has (have?) acquired a rather interesting
Roman sword:

http://tinyurl.com/45j2x (Leeds Today)

Lincoln Museum preview:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/12/opinion/12sun3.html

Interesting story behind a pile of Confederate notes coming up
for auction:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/12/nyregion/12towns.html

Pompeii:

http://tinyurl.com/5326e (FAZ) (interesting article)

Petra: Lost City of Stone:

http://tinyurl.com/6w2ac (Cinci Enquirer)

Mummies From the British Museum:

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041214/latu061_1.html

An update on plans to move the Barnes collection:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/14/arts/design/14barnes.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/15/arts/design/15note.html

cf:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/15/opinion/15wed4.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/15/pageoneplus/corrections.html
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CLASSICIST'S CORNER
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An interview with Valerio Manfredi about Alexander the Great and
other matters:

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/critique.cfm?id=1442742004

Potentially strange claims about Cleopatra as a scientist:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20041213/cleopatra.html

Some scholarly reaction to the Alexander flick (inter alia):

http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/2004/12-27-2004/correction.htm

Optimism? Stoicism? You decide:

http://tinyurl.com/5wul6 (Sun Herald)

Was Alexander Great?:

http://tinyurl.com/6gb8l (Modesto Bee)

Nice feature on John Prevas' work on Alexander:

http://tinyurl.com/4mkc4 (SP Times)

Parthenon living:

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/business/10436758.htm

A pseudonymous Classicist ponder politics in academe:

http://chronicle.com/jobs/2004/12/2004121501c.htm

Peter Jones in the Spectator:

http://tinyurl.com/4ypyv
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REPEATS
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Ice Age Flute:

http://tinyurl.com/3kb8k (Guardian)

Female Warrior Burial:

http://tinyurl.com/3w4z5 (Daily Times)
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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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