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explorator 8.33                                December 11, 2005
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Michael Oberndorf, Richard C. Griffiths, R.M. Howe, Bob Heuman,
Rochelle Altman, Susan Jaslow, Tim Parkin, W. Richard Frahm,
and Yonatan Nadelman for headses upses this week (as always
hoping I have left no one out).
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EARLY HUMANS
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The latest on homo floresiensis:

http://tinyurl.com/7qk6z (Australian)
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17495510-421,00.html
http://tinyurl.com/caj4w (Courier-Mail)
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AFRICA
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Did a drought in Africa some 70,000 b.p. initiate a migration?:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4505516.stm
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Nice feature on the tomb of Petamenophis:

http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/petamenophis.htm

4000 b.p. objects near Manjil Dam:

http://tinyurl.com/b44py (Tehran Times)

Biblical Archaeology Review has put up the full text version of
an article on Eilat Mazar's recent finds:

http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/Mazar.pdf

Five Hellenistic sarcophagi were found in Turkey this week:

http://www.basilicatanet.it/news/article.asp?id=381923 (Italian)

Pondering Biblical plagues:

http://tinyurl.com/8yfnu (Star Tribune)

Celebrating Tut's "birthday":

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/772/he1.htm

Zahi Hawass in Al-Ahram:

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/772/he2.htm

Humanities Magazine has a piece on Hatshepsut:

http://www.neh.fed.us/news/humanities/2005-11/womanking.html

An archaeology conference in Israel is delayed for a somewhat
strange reason:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=654560

related:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=655140

The Church of the Nativity is in need of repair:

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

Egyptology News Blog:

http://egyptology.blogspot.com/

Egyptology Blog:

http://www.egyptologyblog.co.uk/

Archaeologist at Large:

http://spaces.msn.com/members/ArchaeologyinEgypt/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Five Hellenistic sarcophagi were found in Turkey this week:

http://www.basilicatanet.it/news/article.asp?id=381923 (Italian)

Report on the season's excavations of the lower city of
Amathous (Cyprus):

http://tinyurl.com/do6gz (Press release)
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=23200&cat_id=1

A number of Roman sarcophagi were found in a hypogeum in Rome:

http://tinyurl.com/9d54e (ANSA)
http://tinyurl.com/7zw6e (Herald)
http://qn.quotidiano.net/art/2005/12/06/5393852 (Italian)
http://www.wantedinrome.com/news/news.php?id_n=1225
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/3515649.html

Another Roman brick factory has been excavated, this time near
Emilia Romagna:

http://tinyurl.com/e4las (ANSA)
http://tinyurl.com/c2jsg (LA Times)

Hints about Plotinopolis:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/content.asp?aid=63985

Greece honoured various 'schools' digging in Greece:

http://tinyurl.com/b4c99 (AFP via Yahoo)
http://tinyurl.com/dw5qy (Peninsula)

Bulgaria has opened up one of those Thracian tombs to the public:

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=56111

An awfully long piece on Socrates used to make a two-sentence
point:

http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/religion/ci_3291944

One of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography biographies this
week was of Claudius (not sure how much longer it will be up):

http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/lotw/

The importance of Classics:

http://www.eurotrib.com/story/2005/12/6/115439/943

Review of Joy Connolly's Catullus translation:

http://www.bookforum.com/connolly.html

Review of Robin Lane Fox, *The Classical World*:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2102-1910955,00.html

Review of Fik Meijer, *The Gladiators: History's Most Dangerous
Sport*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/09/books/09book.html

Recent reviews from BMCR:

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/recent.html

Recent reviews from Scholia:

http://www.classics.und.ac.za/reviews/2006.htm

Visit our blog:

http://www.atrium-media.com/rogueclassicism
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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That Bosnian 'pyramid' continues to get coverage ... and yet
we still don't have photos of the "paved entrance plateau" and
various other claims ... hmmmmmm:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10335950/
http://tinyurl.com/c46h6 (CTV)

Santa Maria Maggiore's nativity scene is going to be more
'public' after its restoration:

http://tinyurl.com/8zmm7 (Telegraph)

Ireland's chief archaeologist has no excavation experience:

http://tinyurl.com/bzykr (Examiner)
http://tinyurl.com/7a8f5

Archaeology in Europe Blog:

http://www.archaeology.eu.com/weblog/index.html
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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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More coverage of the discovery of the gate of Daming Palace:

http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/Archaeology/151046.htm

Searching for the origin of Chinese civilization:

http://www.china.org.cn/english/culture/149971.htm

Pondering the fate of the Easter Island people:

http://tinyurl.com/76k39 (USA Today)

Remains of ponga huts in Wellington:

http://tinyurl.com/cd2tl (Herald)

New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

http://www.nzarchaeology.org/netsubnews.htm
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NORTH AMERICA
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Remains of an ancient forest have been found under water in
Nantucket Sound:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10323836/
http://tinyurl.com/8hn6v (Boston Globe)

A pre-Civil War family cemetery in Virginia:

http://washingtontimes.com/upi/20051207-040833-1127r.htm

Why do Walmarts always seem to be associated with archaeological
remains?:

http://tinyurl.com/9y9vr (WZZM)

Trying to preserve the site of an ancient village in Florida:

http://tinyurl.com/bfgx3 (Herald Tribune)

Excavating Fort Drum:

http://tinyurl.com/bs88m (Newsday)

Has the Fantome been found?:

http://tinyurl.com/7j4rk (Business Wire)

Nice piece on Little Petroglyph Canyon:

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_3282367

An auction of a number of Native American objects is causing
consternation:

http://www.wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?s=4225474

Brief item/reviewish thing about Matin's Hundred:

http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/martins/index.html

A wall in the way of subway construction in Battery Park is
causing some excitement:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/08/nyregion/08wall.html

A big Americana auction is coming up at Christie's:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/09/arts/design/09anti.html

Review of Louis Warren, *Buffalo Bill's America*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/books/review/11ward.html

They'll be celebrating Mesa Verde's Centennial:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10308787/
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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A team from the University of Calgary (yay!) have found a very
interesting monument to a Mayan woman at Naachtun:

http://tinyurl.com/87lzv (CBC)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/12/051206084430.htm
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10339225/
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/051206_mayafrm.htm
http://tinyurl.com/76tgj (Wired)
http://tinyurl.com/c6uq3 (Age)
http://www.physorg.com/news8760.html
http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1205-maya.html
http://tinyurl.com/cb6rl (La Tercera ... Spanish)

Repeat of the story about Peru's possible suit against Yale to
get Machu Picchu artifacts returned:

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

On migration to Brazil in the early 19th century (I think):

http://www.agencia.fapesp.br/boletim_dentro.php?id=4729 (Portuguese)

More coverage of that study of mummy eyes:

http://tinyurl.com/bhp7h (La Tercera ... Spanish)
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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NPR has a feature on assorted ancient footprints:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5037480

More on binge drinking, this time in Victorian times:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4493442.stm

Beethoven appears to have suffered from lead poisoning:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10365197/
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5041495
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1525353.htm
http://tinyurl.com/73src (La Tercera ... Spanish)

Rembrandt appears to have been on to something in his depictions
of male/female emotions:

http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/051013_rembrandtfrm.htm

They're still learning stuff about the Titanic:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10339261/

An essay on democracy and literature in the U.S.:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/books/review/11wilentz.html

The New York Times has an interview with Peter Watson (author
of *Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention from Fire to
Freud*):

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/magazine/11wwln_q4.html

Review of Pat Thane, *The Long History of Old Age*:

http://tinyurl.com/839ts (Guardian)

Review of N. Ostler, *Empires of the Word: A Language History
of the World*:

http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/5763177.html

Review of the *Norton Anthology of Children's Literature*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/05/books/05nort.html

Review of three books looking at myths in various cultures:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/books/review/11alexander.html

Review of Dan Hofstadter, *Falling Palace: A Romance of Naples*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/books/review/11hazzard.html
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Ostia Antica:

http://tinyurl.com/cmykm (Taiwan News)

Luxor:

http://tinyurl.com/btufw (Tribune)
http://tinyurl.com/bv7yr (Herald)
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GENERAL MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS
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About.com Archaeology:

http://archaeology.about.com/

Archaeoblog:

http://archaeoblog.blogspot.com/

Archaeology Briefs:

http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/
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CRIME BEAT
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Police in Rome recovered a pile of purloined antiquities this
week:

http://www.interforze.it/redazione/dicembre,2005/07/rm2.php
(Italian)

Coverage of the Museum Case continues:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/06/arts/design/06gett.html
http://tinyurl.com/85mtd (Forbes)
http://tinyurl.com/cg97y (LA Times)
http://tinyurl.com/acwcb (Standard)
http://tinyurl.com/c7kbr (Reuters via Yahoo)
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/13334427.htm

As the Museum Case continues, Michael Kimmelman has written an
excellent Op-Ed piece:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/08/arts/design/08kimm.html

... and we get more details about the questions about certain
items in the Met's collection:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/10/arts/design/10coll.html

... and an op-ed piece on the 'changing climate' for museums:

http://tinyurl.com/9rd9j (SMH)

... and Susan Mazur continues to investigate Bob Hecht's role:

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0512/S00068.htm


NPR has a feature/interview with Michael Bogdanos:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5024219

... while Bogdanos himself has penned an Op Ed piece for the New
York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/10/opinion/10bogdanos.html

Nice piece on the FBI's efforts to recover stolen art:

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/entertainment/gossip/13374222.htm

Punishment for an Iraqi smuggler:

http://www.yobserver.com/news_8852.php

More coverage of the implications of the new Greek diving
legislation:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/07/arts/07arts.html
http://tinyurl.com/8pfuv (Guardian)
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EXHIBITIONS AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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Tut's coming to Fort Lauderdale:

http://www.nbc6.net/news/5477523/detail.html

... and the 'ethnicity' issue that seems to be dogging the
exhibition:

http://tinyurl.com/867gg (Palm Beach Post)
http://tinyurl.com/con8a

Gentile Bellini and the East:

http://travel2.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/arts/design/11unge.html

 From Byzantium to Modern Greece: Hellenic Art in Adversity:

http://www.onassisusa.org/onassis.art.shtml

Legacy of Homer:

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/entertainment/13310988.htm

Melancholy:

http://travel2.nytimes.com/2005/12/07/arts/design/07mela.html
(includes slide show)

A survey of thousands of libraries and museums across the U.S.
suggests that "millions" of artifacts are threatened because
of improper storage:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10340881/
http://tinyurl.com/9vrwa (AP via Yahoo)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20051206/D8EAI6L08.html
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PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED
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Bacchae:

http://www.signandsight.com/features/502.html

Live Acts on Stage (Orpheus ... sort of):

http://tinyurl.com/dgqxm (SMH)

Measure for Measure:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/07/theater/reviews/07meas.html
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ON THE WEB
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Pyrgos-Mavroraki excavations:

http://www.pyrgos-mavroraki.net/pyrgos_mavroraki_00000a.htm
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OBITUARIES
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D.R. Shackleton Bailey:

http://tinyurl.com/9kes6 (Michigan Daily)

Frank Stubbings:

http://tinyurl.com/9hnj9 (Telegraph)
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PODCASTS
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Stone Pages Archaeology News:

http://news.stonepages.com/

Archaeologica Audio News:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/AudioNews.asp
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