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25 November 8 Kislev 5770
Contents:
1. Remains of a Minoan-style painting discovered during excavations of the Canaanite palace at Tel Kabri
2. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 12.31
3. Parthian grave with astounding artifacts found in Iraq
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1. Remains of a Minoan-style painting discovered during excavations of the Canaanite palace at Tel Kabri
http://newmedia-eng.haifa.ac.il/"p=1484
Extracts:
The remains of a Minoan [Crete]-style wall painting characterized by a blue background, the first of its kind to be found in Israel, was discovered in the course of the recent excavation season at Tel Kabri. This fresco joins others of Aegean style that have been uncovered during earlier seasons at the Canaanite palace in Kabri. "It was, without doubt, a conscious decision made by the city's rulers who wished to associate with Mediterranean culture and not adopt Syrian and Mesopotamian styles of art like other cities in Canaan did. The Canaanites were living in the Levant and wanted to feel European", explains Dr. Assaf Yasur-Landau of the University of Haifa, who directed the excavations.
The remains of a Canaanite city from the Middle Bronze Age (2000-1550 B.C.) have been exposed at Tel Kabri, next to Kibbutz Kabri near Nahariya. A palace for the city's rulers stands in the center of the city, which was the most important of the cities in the Western Galilee during that period. Excavations began at Tel Kabri in 1986, conducted by the late Prof. Aharon Kempinski, and were halted in 1993. Over the past years, excavations have been renewed by teams directed by Dr. Yasur-Landau of the Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies at the University of Haifa and Prof. Eric Cline of The George Washington University. Tel Kabri is unique in that after the city was deserted, no other city was built over its remains. Therefore, this is the only Canaanite city that can be excavated in its entirety. The palace too, which has been measured with geophysical tools at 1 to 1.5 acres, is the only such palace of this period that can be excavated fully. "The city's preservation enables us to get a complete picture of political and social life in the Canaanite period. We can reveal whether or not it had a central government, whether taxes were levied, what sort of agriculture there was and how politics were conducted at the time," Dr. Yasur-Landau explains.
The recent excavation season has enabled researchers to conclude what the rulers" cultural preferences were. While excavations at Tel Hazor in the northern Galilee, the largest Canaanite city of that period, revealed numerous remains of sculpture works of Syrian and Mesopotamian style, no such evidence of this style of artwork were discovered at Tel Kabri. Until now the remains of a fresco in a style that had been common on the island of Santorini (Thera), discovered during previous seasons at the Tel Kabri site, might have been considered a solitary occurrence. However, the remains of additional works reinforce the conjecture that this was a city that not only had trade relations with Mediterranean kingdoms, but also preferred to be culturally associated with them. "Unlike Hazor, which held trading and cultural ties with Syria and Mesopotamia, the rulers of the city at Tel Kabri consciously chose the Mediterranean alternative, relating to Aegean cultures, which doubtlessly seemed more exotic to the local inhabitants," Dr. Yasur-Landau explains.
2. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 12.31
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
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explorator 12.31 November 22, 2009
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Evidence that the Zerqa Valley (Jordan) has been inhabited and
irrigated for at least 13 000 years:
http://www.physorg.com/news177784568.html
A spectacular Parthian burial from Iraq:
http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp"fname=news\2009-11-19\kurd.htm
There's a new online map which shows archaeological activity in
the environs of Jerusalem:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/11/a-searchable-map-detailing-40-years-of-israeli-archaeological-work-in-the-west-bank-and-east-jerusalem-developed-for-the-usc.html
http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/map-of-7000-hol.html
http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/boynter-149142.aspx
http://cbs2.com/wireapnational/USC.UCLA.Middle.2.1326749.html
cf: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/wbarc/
Plenty of coverage for a UNESCO conference focussing on saving
Israel's (and other) sites from natural disasters:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite"cid=1258566463480&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml"itemNo=1128396
http://www.antiquities.org.il/about_eng.asp"Modul_id=14
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/134489
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite"cid=1258027305654&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull(Acre)
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1128295.html (Acre)
Feature on the Canaanites as art collectors:
http://blogs.usatoday.com/sciencefair/2009/11/canaanites-the-art-collectors-of-their-day.html
Another feature on the DSS:
http://www.thestar.com/living/religion/article/727097
Fallout from *The Invention of the Jewish People*:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite"cid=1258027296653&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
Reviewish sort of thing of Eric Cline, *Biblical Archaeology*:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article6917740.ece
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Feature on Roman painting:
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/great-works/great-works-still-life-with-peaches-c-ad50-anon-1823826.html
Time Magazine buys into the Cambyses Lost Army claim:
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1938822,00.html"xid=rss-world
More on the Etruscan roots of the Twilight saga:
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/the-etruscan-roots-of-the-twilight-saga-1824664.html
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Nice payday for the finders of the Staffordshire hoard:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6926946.ece
Feature on 'historical' food from the UK:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/nov/19/british-food-from-the-past
More on those Mesolithic "weapons" found in Leicestershire:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091116114256.htm
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NORTH AMERICA
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Pondering the fate of the Adena/Hopewell people:
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/11/15/john15.ART_ART_11-15-09_B4_V9FM6MM.html"sid=101
Latest Civil War ship being searched for is the USS Westfield:
http://www.galvnews.com/story.lasso"ewcd=6fe187a0a16c96b0
Outhouse as time capsule:
http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13758.htm
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PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED
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Sholom Aleichem:
http://theater.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/theater/reviews/18sholom.html
3. Parthian grave with astounding artifacts found in Iraq
http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp"fname=news\2009-11-19\kurd.htm
By Mohened Ali
Azzaman, November 19, 2009
Extracts:
An Iraqi excavation team has uncovered a grave with magnificent finds dating to the Parthian period.
The grave's artifacts have astonished scientists for their beauty and magnificence. "The discovery includes 216 artifacts all belonging to the Parthian Period," said Antiquities Department spokesman Abdulzahara al-Talaqani.
Talaqani said the finds are at least about 2000 years old and the new grave is the largest to be excavated from the same period in Iraq.
The Parthians were a Persian dynasty and their name is probably drawn from the Persian dialect they spoke, historically known as Parthava.
They established an extensive empire which included Iran, Mesopotamia and other regions. They ruled Iraq for more than three centuries while their empire survived from 247 BC to 224 AD.
Talaqani said the grave occupies 306 sq. meters and consists of several floors connected by special staircases.
The team working on the Parthian grave is one of nine other teams currently excavating Iraq's ancient treasures.
The acting head of the Antiquities Department Qais Hassan said: "The grave exhibits important architectural features. The dead were buried in it with their belongings such as gold, precious stone and pottery."
He said the great care taken "of the architecture, decoration and building of the grave is a sign that the grave does not belong to ordinary people but to the royalty."
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