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In this issue:



This Week's Show: Seeing the Elephant, Jumbo Comes to America



Op/Ed: Seeing the Elephant through the eyes of another



This Day in History: 11 November



Possum Holler News: Raw video



Other news: 12,000-year-old shaman grave site found





Events: Send your organization's events to oz@...





Last week's show: AAPS Re-Cap and announcing the Copper Trail Project





Next week's show: Giants and Pygmies and Hobbits, OH MY!



Site of the week (1) : Remembering the veterans of our allies as well





Site of the week (2) : Seeing the Elephant
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This Week's Show: Seeing the Elephant





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Op/Ed: Seeing the elephant through the eyes of another



I defer this editorial space to the veteran and veteran reporter, David
Botti





This section is for you, the audience. You are welcome to contribute to it.
Submit your "stuff" to

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Today in History - Nov. 11



Today is Tuesday, Nov. 11, the 316th day of 2008. There are 50 days left in
the year. This is Veterans Day in the U.S., Remembrance Day in Canada.

Today's Highlight in History:

On Nov. 11, 1918, at 11AM, fighting in World War I came to an end with the
signing of an armistice between the Allies and Germany.

On this date:

In 1620, 41 Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, then still anchored off
Massachusetts, signed a compact calling for a "body politick."

In 1831, former slave Nat Turner, who'd led a violent insurrection, was
executed in Jerusalem, Va.

In 1889, Washington became the 42nd state.

In 1918, the Second Polish Republic declared its independence.

In 1921, the remains of an unidentified American service member were
interred in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery
in a ceremony presided over by President Harding.

In 1966, Gemini 12 blasted off from Cape Kennedy, Fla., with astronauts
James A. Lovell and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. aboard.

In 1968, the Republic of Maldvies was declared.

In 1983, President Reagan became the first U.S. chief executive to address
the Diet, Japan's national legislature.

In 2004, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died at a military hospital in
Paris at age 75.



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Possum Holler News



I've started editing the AAPS Marquette video. Mouse over the icon for raw
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Other news:


a.. Did ancient Scots stop erecting monuments because of a climate change? -
3 days agoKilmartin Glen, in Argyll, has one of the most important
concentrations of Neolithic and Bronze Age remains in Europe. The glen
contains at least 350 ancient monuments, many of them...
a.. English Heritage Protection Bill could be axed - 3 days agoThe English
Heritage Protection Bill may not make it into the British Government's
parliamentary programme in 2009. Culture minister Andy Burnham has hinted
that the draft bill would be excluded.....
a.. Dig unearths ancient Turkish treasures - 3 days agoAbove ground, the
Istanbul suburb of Yenikapi is a normal, modern-day bustling port on the
Marmaris Sea. But beneath the waters, its newly discovered treasures are
rewriting the history books....
a.. Bronze Age village discovered in Romania - 3 days agoA village
established in the Bronze Age has been recently discovered near Zalau town,
northwestern Romania. The discovery was made following an archeological
excavation over a 2 square kilometer area....
a.. Switzerland to return stolen antiquities to Italy - 3 days ago
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Egypt unveils discovery of 4,300-year-old pyramid

700-year-old coins found in Welsh field

12,000-year-old shaman grave site found

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Ancient Kentucke Historical Association

Newsletter

Nov. 23rd, 2:30 PM AKHA Meeting at Marilyn Michael’s home
Lee Pennington update on trip to Welsh Caves in Ft.
Payne, AL.; update on the Ancient American Conference in Marquette,
MI.

Nov. 29th, 2:00 PM Falls of Ohio

Africa

It is one of the great ironies of archaeology that the country thought now
to be the very place where human history began would for many years be
considered to have no real history of its own. From medieval times on, the
spectacular ruins of the southern African kingdom of great Zimbabwe could
not be accepted by European settlers as having been built by Africa’s native
people.

European “experts” proposed instead that Zimbabwe was built by everyone
from wandering Phoenicians to the biblical Queen of Sheba, but certainly not
Africans.

A different story has now emerged not only of the fabulous “lost city” of
Great Zimbabwe, but also of the amazing Swahili Coast, which was a thriving
trade center of gold and ivory until the 16th century.

After centuries of racial prejudice and neglect, the world has come to
realize the extraordinary achievements of Africa’s indigenous people


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a.. Last week's show: AAPS Re-Cap and announcing the Copper Trail Project



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