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explorator 7.33 December 12, 2004
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AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA
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Much coverage of the discovery of a 35,000 b.p. flute in
Germany:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6694344/
http://tinyurl.com/4k35u (Reuters)

Plenty of coverage of an apparent discovery that they were
drinking fermented beverages in China 9000 years b.p.:

http://tinyurl.com/6as99 (Telegraph)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4078947.stm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/12/041206205817.htm
http://nytimes.com/2004/12/07/science/07chin.html
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6661424/
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6662850/
http://tinyurl.com/44ndz (SciAm)
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-12/uop-9ho120204.php
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996759

A 5000 b.p. backgammon set from Iran:

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

Very vague item on Egyptians living in Toshka 8000 years b.p.:

http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/041207/2004120731.html

Another pile of gold-clad mummies were found in Egypt's Bahariya
Oasis:

http://tinyurl.com/3veht (Australian)
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6671893/
http://tinyurl.com/4defx (AP via Yahoo)
http://tinyurl.com/6k2v3 (another AP via Yahoo)

Al Ahram has a nice feature on Lake Mareotis:

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/720/heritage.htm

Not sure why, but this week there was a wave of news articles
devoted to Shimon Gibson's 'John the Baptist's Cave' theory/
discovery:

http://tinyurl.com/6uu8k (AFP via Yahoo)
http://tinyurl.com/4fdvv (Daily Star)

Rather bizarre find from near the Dead Sea:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/513071.html

A sanctuary of Apollo on Despotiko:

http://tinyurl.com/57ezz (AFP via Yahoo)

More golden finds from Bulgaria:

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=42263

A tropaeum associated with Sulla's campaigns against Mithridates
was found in Central Greece:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1260156.htm
http://tinyurl.com/5wf55 (Ledger)
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6682293/
http://tinyurl.com/4hbom (AP via Yahoo)
http://tinyurl.com/6fwho (Seattle PI)
http://tinyurl.com/4jwdq (Tribune)

Archaeological research in the Plain of Jars is rather risky:

http://tinyurl.com/5dx57 (Telegraph)

Has the foot of the 'Sleeping Buddha' been found?:

http://washingtontimes.com/world/20041203-102141-1648r.htm

A 2000+ b.p. bell mold has been found in Japan's Aichi
prefecture:

http://asia.news.yahoo.com/041207/kyodo/d86qj2b80.html

A late 6th/early 7th century hexagonal tomb from Japan:

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20041207wo61.htm

A number of Saxon items from Suffolk found by a metal
detectorist have been declared treasure:

http://tinyurl.com/4cqf5 (Evening Star)

The site of the Battle of Brunanburh may have been found:

http://tinyurl.com/6jsds (Independent)

Nice feature on Dan Bahat's research into the Maccabees:

http://www.nmjewishlink.com/decmbees.html
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THE AMERICAS
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A 4800 b.p. farming community has been unearthed in Uruguay:

http://tinyurl.com/4v8pq (Seattle PI)

More details seem to be trickling out about that discovery at
the Pyramid of the Moon at Teotihuacan:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/12/041203084345.htm
http://tinyurl.com/46r9w (Guardian)

What remote sensing is telling us about Kincaid Mounds:

http://www.sj-r.com/sections/news/stories/42062.asp

Nice feature on mounds in Louisiana:

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

Possible artifacts from Delaware's first European settlement
have been found:

http://tinyurl.com/4uxdf (News Journal)

A Chinook site on the Columbia:

http://www.tdn.com/articles/2004/12/11/area_news/news03.txt

They're retrying Chief Leschi, a century and a half after he
was executed:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/05/national/05chief.html

Auction of gas leases near Hovenweep National Monument have
been deferred:

http://tinyurl.com/4f8kv

Nice feature on archaeologist Jay Johnson:

http://tinyurl.com/3w43k (Daily Journal)

... and one on 'Indiana Jones' Gene Savoy:

http://tinyurl.com/6tlt9 (Baltimore Sun)
http://tinyurl.com/5ojkq
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ALSO OF INTEREST
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A followup on the 'heist' of the remains of homo floresiensis:

http://tinyurl.com/45975 (Australian)
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2004/s1257717.htm

... plus some more info:

http://tinyurl.com/3ps7v (ABC)

A sort of touristy thing on Montalcino (Italy):

http://tinyurl.com/5jfcb (NYT)

"Mummy Autopsy" looks like it might be interesting:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6667398/

Interesting feature in the Daily Star about what clay lamps
reveal to us:

http://tinyurl.com/4dnz4

Latest twist in the Elgin/Parthenon Marbles saga:

http://abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1258736.htm
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20041129/elginmarbles.html
(repeat?)

A touristy thing about Sicily:

http://tinyurl.com/65ggj (Sun Times)

On Europe and adultery:

http://tinyurl.com/3u65z (Boston Globe)

Interesting item on marginalia:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1068-1398459,00.html

The Australian has a feature on pre-Islamic Persian art:

http://tinyurl.com/6hj6e

Still looking for Amelia Earhart:

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1395162004
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CRIME BEAT
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A pile of Roman artifacts were stolen from ANU this week:

http://tinyurl.com/4zvzn (IOL)
http://tinyurl.com/5g59r (Australian)
http://tinyurl.com/3v38h (Washington Times)
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=24354

A stolen Sican mask is being returned to Peru:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6694468/

The Science Museum in London is the latest 'museum-victim':

http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh/ART25176.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1398477,00.html

A metal detectorist was convicted of anticipated looting of
a Leicestershire site:

http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh/ART25070.html

A number of idols chopped up by the Taliban have been restored
and returned to the Kabul Museum:

http://tinyurl.com/55css (Reuters)

A somewhat vague piece about a 'smuggler' being released from
a Turkish prison for Christmas:

http://tinyurl.com/4ash3 (Telegraph)

A major article on antiquities theft and smuggling around the
world:

http://www.suntimes.com/output/books/sho-sunday-atwood12.html
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BOOK REVIEWS
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A pair of books about the Crusades:

http://www.newyorker.com/critics/books/?041213crbo_books

David Dary, *The Oregon Trail: An American Saga*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/08/books/08grim.html

Assorted Alexander books:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2102-1392972,00.html
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PERFORMANCES
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A Talking Picture:

http://movies2.nytimes.com/2004/12/10/movies/10talk.html
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DON'T EAT THAT ELMER (A.K.A. CVM GRANO SALIS)
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On the Atlantis front, Robert Sarmast doesn't think he'll be
heading back to prove his claims until next summer:

http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=17359

... while some other guy is claiming it's in Tampa:

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041208/law056_1.html
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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM STUFF
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African Art, African Voices:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/10/arts/design/10cott.html

Alexander the Great: Treasures from an Epic Era of Hellenism:

http://tinyurl.com/4r94z (Citizen)
http://tinyurl.com/69jtv (Tribune)
http://tinyurl.com/5n7gb (Kathimerini)
http://tinyurl.com/4eod7 (SF Chronicle)

Eleutherna: Polis-Acropolis-Necropolis:

http://tinyurl.com/4d8gl (Kathimerini)

Assorted items of interest from various periods mentioned in
the NYT's 'catchall' arts columns:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/10/arts/design/10voge.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/09/arts/09arts.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/07/arts/07arts.html (Leipzig)

Caravaggio:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/12/arts/design/12chri.html

The Sargent Museum is short of cash to buy back items from its
namesake's collection:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6683096/

A follow-up on the sale of El Greco's 'Baptism of Christ':

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4079755.stm

A 9th/10th century inscription depicting St. Peter which was
used as a cat's headstone has brought a rather large price:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/4085045.stm
http://tinyurl.com/5ymke (Telegraph)
http://tinyurl.com/5hfz7
http://tinyurl.com/692wd

Interesting editorial about the impending Tut exhibition:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/07/opinion/07tue2.html

cf: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/07/opinion/l07tut.html

... while there was an interesting 'correction' as well:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/09/pageoneplus/corrections.html

Elam will soon be getting its own museum:

http://www.payvand.com/news/04/dec/1072.html
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CLASSICIST'S CORNER
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Another feature on Alexander the Great:

http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/29155.html

... and some points about the historical accuracy of the film:

http://www.payvand.com/news/04/dec/1055.html

... and finding a political message in the movie:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1370710,00.html
http://tinyurl.com/4dc8p (Times Argus)

... and a new theory on Alexander's death (even though acute
pancreatitis was suggested at least five years ago elsewhere):

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1144620,0050.htm

... and another feature on Robin Lane Fox:

http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1416122004

... while he evidently tends to his garden:

http://tinyurl.com/3njxh (Financial Times)

Are your students this enthusiastic?:

http://tinyurl.com/3lwbr (Free Lance-Star)

Nice feature on the soon-to-be-emeritus Stephen Miller:

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2004/12/08_miller.shtml

Peter Jones in the Spectator:

http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php?id=5351&issue=2004-12-11
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REPEATS
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Roman Face Cream:

http://tinyurl.com/5nu22 (USA Today)

Woman Warrior from Iran:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6661426/
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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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