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Brit-Am Historical Reports
16 August 2009 26 Av 5769
Contents:
1. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 12.16
2. University of Toronto archaeologists find cache of cuneiform tablets in 2,700-year old Turkish temple
May provide insights into Assyrian imperial aspirations
3. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 12.17

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1. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 12.16
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
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explorator 12.16 August 9, 2009
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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A cache of cuneiform tablets from Tell Tayinat:

http://www.news.utoronto.ca/lead-stories/university-of-toronto-archaeologists-find-cache-of-cuneiform-tablets-in-270-1.html
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gdcrmXgT25ixpxgf6YEV8B60j5fg
http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-88489.html

Plenty of coverage of the IAA's launch of a campaign to register
private antiquities collections:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249275691727&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Communiques/2009/Israel_Antiquities_Authority_register_collections_held_general_public_4-Aug-2009.htm
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hMXwK7k9cIosoTBPK3b3UdFdIfkQ
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/05/content_11826913.htm
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1105296.html
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/168980

Audio on the Tell es-Safi/Gath dig (see below for the dig
blog):

http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/am/200908/20090803-am05-goliath-dig.mp3

Finds from various periods at Sidon:

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=105005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/06/content_11838819.htm

Interesting audio report on the goings-on at Akko (Acre):

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Radio/News.aspx/1249

Speculating about the 'Great Flood':

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/20470/

More on that 'mysterious' Aramaic inscription:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h6VSI7g7xGnpPhTZaLID8_Ki4gRQ
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=104865
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-mtzion1-2009aug01,0,6188025.story

More on that Temple model:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/132683

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Not sure if we've mentioned this late antiquity Black Sea fortress
from Bulgaria:

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=106519

A Sarmatian (?) site from Hungary:

http://english.mti.hu/default.asp?menu=1&theme=2&cat=25&newsid=263556

A Bronze Age burial from Prague:

http://www.praha.eu/jnp/en/visitors/historic_prague/-publish-portal-en-visitors-historic_prague-archaeological_discovery_in_terronska.html
http://zpravy.idnes.cz/foto.asp?r=vedatech&c=A090730_152124_vedatech_jw(photos)

Tomb of a Bulgarian princess from Veliko Turnovo:

http://www.sofiaecho.com/2009/08/03/765128_archeology-works-in-veliko-turnovo-discover-a-princess

A dig in Co Meath suggests some medieval monks were 'green':

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0804/1224251959097.html

Oliver Cromwell's grave "comes back to life" (zombies?):

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/aug/02/cromwell-grave-westminster-abbey

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Finds of a stegomastodon's bones in Patagonia are leading to hopes
of finding a human settlement nearby:

http://www.patagoniatimes.cl/index.php/20090807871/News/Health-Science/CHILEAN-ELEPHANT-FOSSILS-HINT-AT-ANCIENT-HUMAN-SETTLEMENT.html

A pile of Late Post Classic preHispanic burials and assorted other
items have been found in Cholula:

http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-85012.html

The Maya did use bricks:

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=32589

Excellent restoration of an anthropomorphic figure from Teotihuacan:

http://www.artknowledgenews.com/2009-08-05-00-00-00-restored-teotihuacan-effigy-exhibited-at-national-museum-of-anthropology.html

Interesting twist(s) in that story about the rubbish remover who
found a burial of artifacts:

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/08/03/2009-08-03_he_donates_some_of_mex_treasure_found_in_trash.html

Mike Ruggeri's Toltec and Aztec art portfolio is worth a look:

http://web.me.com/michaelruggeri/MIKE_RUGGERIS_TOLTEC_AND_AZTEC_ART_PORTFOLIO/MIKE_RUGGERIS_TOLTEC_AND_AZTEC_ART_PORTFOLIO/MIKE_RUGGERIS_TOLTEC_AND_AZTEC_ART_PORTFOLIO.html
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Challenging the origins of domestic dogs:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8182371.stm

On the origins of malaria:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090803173252.htm
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/03/malaria.origins/index.html

In case you missed the brouhaha about haggis:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/5960237/Haggis-was-invented-by-the-English-not-the-Scottish-says-historian.html

Feature on the antiquity of beer:

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20090804/LIVING0101/908040301/1032/RSS05

Recreating ancient lighting at various sites from various periods:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327206.500-shedding-old-light-on-archaeological-artefacts.html

Explorers who shaped the world:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/5988936/Explorers-that-shaped-the-world.html

The 10 most historically inaccurate movies:

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article6738785.ece

Interesting language (Dutch) development:

http://schott.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/smart-smijten/

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DIG DIARIES/BLOGS
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Tell es-Safi/Gath (just ending):

http://gath.wordpress.com/

Apollonia Arsuf (Israel):

http://apollonia-arsuf.blogspot.com/

Dhiban (Jordan):

http://dhiban.wordpress.com/

Gabii Project:

http://lapisgabinus.blogspot.com/

Tel Dan:

http://teldan.wordpress.com/

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Gordion:

http://www.sundayszaman.com/sunday/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=182716

Beit Shemesh:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1248277948339

Troy:

http://www.thesundaily.com/article.cfm?id=36496

2. University of Toronto archaeologists find cache of cuneiform tablets in 2,700-year old Turkish temple
http://www.news.utoronto.ca/lead-stories/university-of-toronto-archaeologists-find-cache-of-cuneiform-tablets-in-270-1.html
May provide insights into Assyrian imperial aspirations

Friday, August 7, 2009

By Sean Bettam

Excavations led by a University of Toronto archaeologist at the site of a recently discovered temple in southeastern Turkey have uncovered a cache of cuneiform tablets dating back to the Iron Age period between 1200 and 600 BCE. Found in the temple's cella, or 'holy of holies', the tablets are part of a possible archive. The cella also contained gold, bronze and iron implements, libation vessels and ornately decorated ritual objects.

"The assemblage appears to represent a Neo-Assyrian renovation of an older Neo-Hittite temple complex, providing a rare glimpse into the religious dimension of Assyrian imperial ideology," said Timothy Harrison, professor of near eastern archeology in the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations and director of U of T's Tayinat Archaeological Project (TAP). "The tablets, and the information they contain, may possibly highlight the imperial ambitions of one of the great powers of the ancient world, and its lasting influence on the political culture of the Middle East."


Partially uncovered in 2008 at Tell Tayinat, capital of the Neo-Hittite Kingdom of Palastin, the structure of the building where the tablets were found preserves the classic plan of a Neo-Hittite temple. It formed part of a sacred precinct that once included monumental stelae carved in Luwian (an extinct Anatolian language once spoken in Turkey) hieroglyphic script, but which were found by the expedition smashed into tiny shard-like fragments.

"Tayinat was destroyed by the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III in 738 BCE, and then transformed into an Assyrian provincial capital, equipped with its own governor and imperial administration," said Harrison. "Scholars have long speculated that the reference to Calneh in Isaiah's oracle against Assyria alludes to Tiglath-pileser's devastation of Kunulua - i.e., Tayinat. The destruction of the Luwian monuments and conversion of the sacred precinct into an Assyrian religious complex may represent the physical manifestation of this historic event."

The temple was later burned in an intense fire and found filled with heavily charred brick and wood which, ironically, contributed to the preservation of the finds recovered from its inner chambers. "While those responsible for this later destruction are not yet known, the remarkable discoveries preserved in the Tayinat temple clearly record a pivotal moment in its history," said Harrison. "They promise a richly textured view of the cultural and ethnic contest that has long characterized the turbulent history of this region."

TAP is an international project, involving researchers from a dozen countries, and more than 20 universities and research institutes. It operates in close collaboration with the Ministry of Culture of Turkey, and provides research opportunities and training for both graduate and undergraduate students. The project is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Institute for Aegean Prehistory (INSTAP), and receives support from the University of Toronto

3. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 12.17
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
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explorator 12.17 August 16, 2009
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Remains of a third century Jewish temple in Andriake:

http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-183710-101-jewish-temple-found-in-ancient-port-city-at-lycian-site.html

Finds from the era of King Hezekiah at Ramat Rachel:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/132808
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418590264&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

Major brouhaha this week as Israel was excluded from the World
Archaeological Congress in Ramallah:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418591420&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=45164
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/08/13/1007217/israeli-archeologists-excluded-from-ramallah-confab
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/132889

A section of road collapsed in the Silwan area of East Jerusalem due
to archaeological excavations:

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=218018

Two-part radio broadcast on the closing of the Elah Fortress 2009
excavation season:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Radio/News.aspx/1289

The IAA has a nice clickable map on ongoing excavations in Israel:

http://www.antiquities.org.il/map_eng.asp

cf: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/132809

Preliminary Report on the 2009 season at Tel Kabri:

http://digkabri.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/preliminary-report-on-the-results-of-the-2009-excavation-season-at-tel-kabri4.pdf

Feature/semi-touristy thing on Tel Jezreel:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418599965&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

Gamla gets similar treatment:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1211434078106&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

Essay on the transition from Coptic to Arabic:

http://ema.revues.org/index1920.html

More coverage of those cuneiform tablets found by UofT researchers
in Turkey:

http://www.physorg.com/news169121163.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090810122133.htm
http://www.sciencecodex.com/university_of_toronto_archaeologists_find_cache_of_tablets_in_2700year_old_turkish_temple
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1736155/iron_age_cuneiform_tablets_found/index.html?source=r_science

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Interesting claim that Hadrian's wall was originally made from wood:

http://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/news_at_a_glance/hadrian_s_wall_was_built_of_wood_1_598511?referrerPath=home

More on the claimed discovery of Vespasian's villa:

http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/90873/6727558.html
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gQMz4mGCQZtona6eSGHcL3OXXo2wD99U7JT00

Review of John Hale, *Lords of the Sea*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/books/07book.html?_r=1

cf: http://www.lordsofthesea.org/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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A 'spectacular' early Bronze Age burial from Perthshire:

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/As-old-as--the.5544397.jp
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/8195357.stm
http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-92469.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6792763.ece

... and a somewhat less spectacular one from Exmoor:

http://www.thisiswesternmorningnews.co.uk/news/Gone-8211-secrets-4-000-year-old-tomb/article-1253396-detail/article.html

Evidence of contact between ancient Bohemian people and the Black Sea:

http://praguemonitor.com/2009/08/10/prehistoric-east-bohemian-people-had-contact-black-sea-area

An Iron Age log boat from Yorkshire:

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Discovery-of-log-boat-shows.5537797.jp

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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Genghis Khan returns to Mongolia:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/03/world/asia/03genghis.html

Australias first astronomers:

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/07/27/2632463.htm

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NORTH AMERICA
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Remains of what was once Britain's largest military outpost in
colonial America have been hit/damaged by dredging operations:

http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=831222
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/15/us-dredger-hits-colonial-outpost

The coffin of the man killed by Andrew Jackson (?):

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/video/andrew-jackson-shooting/article1250430/(video)
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/08/12/Andrew-Jackson-duel-victim-found/UPI-52551250087482/

New York City's 'birth certificate':

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/city-birth-certificate/

US immigration documents will soon be available to the public:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/us/12archives.html

Not sure where to file this one ... the grave of a man who bankrolled
the Confederate cause has been located in London:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/aug/10/grave-of-confederate-backer-found

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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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The astounding revelation that "The Tudors" is historically
inaccurate:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/6005582/BBC-period-show-The-Tudors-is-historically-inaccurate-leading-historian-says.html

On the impact of science on methods of execution:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090810104809.htm

On globalization in the Middle Ages:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,637830,00.html

On lice and Napoleon's invasion of Russia:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,638751,00.html

The dying art of taxonomy:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/science/11naming.html

Six 'fortunes' and how people accidentally found them:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/08/12/mf.buried.treasure/

On the Haggis controversy:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/opinion/07mcallsmith.html

Alphabetic writing systems "undermined indigenous social memory":

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-08/uoh-doa081109.php

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PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED
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Hamlet:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/theater/09heal.html

Playing Shakespeare:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111546863

Oregon Shakespeare Festival:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/15/theater/15oregon.html

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ON THE WEB
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1350 Ancient Sites on Google Earth:

http://rambambashi.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/1350-ancient-sites-on-google-earth/

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