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explorator 9.37 January 7, 2006
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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Bill Kennedy, Angie Telepenko,
Dan Kiernan, David Critchley, 'Duke Jason', Rick Heli,
John McMahon, John McChesney-Young, Joseph Lauer,
Mata Kimasitayo, Richard C. Griffiths, Ross W Sargent,
Bob Heuman, Rochelle Altman, Toke Lindegaard Knudsen,
Tony Jackson, 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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On the evolution of human diets:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/01/070102101811.htm
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AFRICA
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Nice feature on Zimbabwe:

http://allafrica.com/stories/200701050072.html

... related book review:

http://allafrica.com/stories/200701050422.html

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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The ancient Egyptians and global warming:

http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=33182007

Also in Egypt, they're restoring the oldes mud brick wall:

http://tinyurl.com/yjdl6o (SIS)

For reasons I can't quite figure out (is there something new
here?) there is plenty of coverage (again) of the excavations
at Hamoukar as the site of the first 'world war':

http://uktv.co.uk/index.cfm/uktv/History.news/aID/579880
http://tinyurl.com/y845ek (AFP via Yahoo)
http://tinyurl.com/y4c56o (Australian)
http://tinyurl.com/yzmfry (Daily Star)

... very detailed (German) coverage:

http://www.zeit.de/2007/02/A-Staedte

Remains of a camel rider from the Burnt City:

http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-235/0701016358195426.htm
http://tinyurl.com/vll38 (Iranmania)

... and evidence of B12 deficiencies near same:

http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_19852.shtml

Haven't heard about Egypt's efforts to recover antiquities it
believes should be returned for a while, so:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0104/p07s01-alar.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20070104/wl_csm/oantique

More warnings of impending ramp collapses at the Western Wall:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=808569
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3347606,00.html

More coverage of the lack of Median evidence at Ecbatana:

http://www.payvand.com/news/07/jan/1003.html

More on those Qumran latrines:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070103/ap_on_sc/israel_essene_latrine_5
http://tinyurl.com/y4tned (USA Today)
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/162931.php
http://www.physorg.com/news87054286.html

More Gospel of Judas coverage:

http://tinyurl.com/wk36n (KTLA)

... including interest in same by Jeffrey Archer (!):

http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/news/article2132599.ece

Egyptology News Blog:

http://egyptology.blogspot.com/

Egyptology Blog:

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

Iraq War and Archaeology:

http://www.archaeos.org/iwa/

Paleojudaica:

http://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/

Archaeologist at Large:

http://spaces.msn.com/members/ArchaeologyinEgypt/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Plenty of discovery of a chunk of Roman Road in the Netherlands:

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650220885,00.html
http://tinyurl.com/y9frs4 (USA Today)
http://tinyurl.com/yzakle (AP via Yahoo)
http://www.physorg.com/news87273256.html
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/01/06/science/15_04_181_5_07.txt
http://tinyurl.com/szx33 (Seattle Times)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16489022/

Item on the stuff they discovered (and are now exhibiting)
during the construction of the Acropolis Museum:

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1981038,00.html
http://www.thehindu.com/2007/01/07/stories/2007010702741200.htm

The Getty Aphrodite came under increased journalistic scrutiny
this week:

http://tinyurl.com/yyu7nm (LA Times ... very interesting)
http://washingtontimes.com/upi/20070103-054103-2204r.htm
http://tinyurl.com/y2owj6 (Standard)
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1982527,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21009435-1702,00.html

... while an Italian village is still asking for its Etruscan
chariot back:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-2532086,00.html

OpEd piece on Classics in the UK:

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1984465,00.html

... and more from Harry Mount:

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/harry_mount/2007/01/post_860.html

... cf, from the Times:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,542-2528556,00.html

... along with a letter to the editor:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,59-2531572,00.html

... then there was that bit of 'Mafia Latin':

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2528468.html

Was Narcissus a Narcissist?:

http://tinyurl.com/y46d8k (Men's Daily)

More coverage of that Cycladic art from Keros story:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061231/ap_on_sc/apn_secrets_of_keros_2
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16418552/
http://tinyurl.com/y5rngc (USA Today)
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/12/31/greekisle_arc.html

More Archimedes Palimpsest coverage:

http://tinyurl.com/y6b43r (LA Times)

More on the impending reopening of the Domus Aurea:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16299259/

Review of Adrian Goldsworthy, *Caesar*:

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650220597,00.html

... and Everitt's Augustus:

http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/reviews/article2122046.ece

Another review of Fagles' Aeneid translation:

http://tinyurl.com/y67xnf (Sun Times)

... semi-related: some letters to the editor of the NYT on one
of their reviews of same:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/books/review/Letters.t-4.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

Mediterranean Archaeology:

http://medarch.blogspot.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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A follow-up piece to that discovery of a Psalter in an Irish
bog last summer:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-2526932,00.html

I think we've covered this medieval image of Stonehenge before:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,61-2526389,00.html

Interesting finds beneath a Scottish "lap dancing bar":

http://heritage.scotsman.com/places.cfm?id=1896492006

More coverage of the controversy brewing about moving some
Viking ships:

http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1931642006
http://tinyurl.com/yyb2ra

Nice feature on the Vikings:

http://www.historysociety.ca/bea.asp?subsection=fea

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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Prehistoric artifacts from downtown Taipei:

http://www.cna.com.tw/eng/cepread.php?id=200701040031
http://www.taiwanheadlines.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=57514&ctNode=8

... and remains of Taiwan's 'first settlement':

http://www.physorg.com/news87300532.html

A Phung Nguyen burial from northern VietNam:

http://www.nhandan.com.vn/english/culture/060107/culture_an.htm

Slide show of the excavation of a Tang Dynasty tomb:

http://en.ce.cn/National/pic-news/200612/31/t20061231_9957690.shtml

Copper objects in a boat-shaped coffin from Sichuan:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-01/01/content_5556976.htm

A Harappan period burial from Uttar Pradesh:

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1888352,000900010004.htm

Politics and archaeology in Georgia:

http://tinyurl.com/yfswog (AFP via Yahoo)

Not quite sure whether should be filed under Europe or Asia, but
a Vishnu idol has been excavated in Russia's Volga region:

http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/15018.asp
http://tinyurl.com/y6z6ky

Japan is going to allow the excavation of 11 imperial tombs:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16471340/
http://tinyurl.com/yh2jjq (Globe)
http://www.indiadaily.com/breaking_news/84325.asp

New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

http://www.nzarchaeology.org/netsubnews.htm
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NORTH AMERICA
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The Topper Site and its potential implications for the peopling
of the Americas:

http://tinyurl.com/y97oqh (St. Pete Times)

An ancient fish hook from the Missouri River:

http://www.columbiatribune.com/2006/Dec/20061231News002.asp (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/y7phq8 (KSHB)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070102/ap_on_sc/ancient_fishhook_1
http://www.physorg.com/news87054364.html

A general overview piece on the mounds at Calusa:

http://tinyurl.com/wf2nc (News-Press)
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Using technology to find and follow trails used in ancient
Central America:

http://www.physorg.com/news87044935.html

Semi-related:

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/05/27509.aspx

The mystery of those Incan knots is in the news again:

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.01/khipu.html

An OpEd piece on human sacrifice etc. inspired, it seems, by
Apocalypto:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/02/opinion/02childs.html
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Was there a world wide drought which contributed to the downfall
of the Tang Dynasty and Mayan civilizations?:

http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=74310
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/01/03/070103192513.agkxud01.html
http://tinyurl.com/txrxs (New Scientist)

More coverage of that Medici cold case:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6230307.stm
http://tinyurl.com/ymwtu2 (AP via Yahoo)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/italy/story/0,,1979151,00.html
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/ap/story.asp?AP_ID=D8ME20JO0
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16453497/

The church where Shakespeare is buried is in need of repairs:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/04/theater/04shak.html

Another Indiana Jones movie is on the way:

http://in.news.yahoo.com/061231/139/6apsk.html

Interesting excavation of a 1991 van (no really ... it is
interesting):

http://www.guardian.co.uk/cars/story/0,,1980901,00.html

The Biblical Archaeology Society has launched findadig.com:

http://www.findadig.com/

Drinking some very old wine:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/03/dining/03pour.html

Betting on what happens in the next Harry Potter:

http://books.guardian.co.uk/harrypotter/story/0,,1978920,00.html

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Lives of the Week:

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

Arts and Letters Daily:

http://aldaily.com/
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Sailing down/up the Nile:

http://tinyurl.com/yykjte (Courier Mail)
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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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"Poaching" sites in Florida:

http://tinyurl.com/y9kd9w (St. Pete Times)
http://tinyurl.com/yebamq (ditto ... followup)

More coverage of Marion True's claims she's 'taking the fall':

http://tinyurl.com/y4mqey (Chronicle)

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NUMISMATICA
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Hobbyblog:

http://hobbyblog.blogspot.com/

Ancient Coin Collecting:

http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

Ancient Coins:

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/
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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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Tile Design in Valencia:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/02/arts/design/02tile.html

On creating 'satellite Louvres':

http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/01/01/arts/design/01louv.html

A 16th century map of Scotland is coming to auction:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6229523.stm

The Italy-Getty war of words continues:

http://tinyurl.com/tf323

The Theatre Museum in London is closing:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/02/theater/02london.html
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OBITUARIES
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Craig Hugh Smyth (Renaissance Art Historian):

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/01/arts/01smyth.html

Rev. W. Montgomery Watt (Historian of Islam):

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2527235,00.html
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PODCASTS
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The Book and the Spade:

http://www.radioscribe.com/bknspade.htm

Stone Pages Archaeology News:

http://news.stonepages.com/

Archaeologica Audio News:

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