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1. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator
2. Pictish throne built as part of new research project
3.Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 12.39
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1. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
Subject: [Explorator] explorator 12.37-38
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explorator 12.37-38 January 10, 2010
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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A massive statue of Taharqa has been found in the Sudan:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/massive-statue-of-pharaoh-taharqa-discovered-deep-in-sudan-1862007.html
http://heritage-key.com/blogs/owenjarus/massive-statue-egyptian-ruler-taharqa-found-deep-inside-sudan?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hkdigest+%28Heritage+Key+Digest%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
Egyptian eyeliner apparently had medicinal qualities:
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2010/108/1
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6952195/Cleopatras-eye-make-up-was-for-protection.html
http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1806757/ancient_egyptian_eye_makeup_protected_from_eye_disease/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8447851.stm
http://www.physorg.com/news182095729.html
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ikMN5wkVK-JYryb2tPPdIYRvQ_2A
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6952195/Cleopatras-eye-make-up-helped-protect-her-from-disease.html
Suggestion that Noah's Ark was actually circular:
http://www.theage.com.au/world/ancient-tablet-giving-new-shape-to-the-story-of-noahs-ark-20100102-lmii.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/01/noahs-ark-was-circular
http://www.sphere.com/article/noahs-ark-was-a-circular-raft-ancient-tablet-reveals/19309746
That 'oldest Hebrew biblical inscription' found a few months ago
has been 'deciphered':
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-01/uoh-mah010710.php
http://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-26614.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100107183037.htm
http://www.physorg.com/news182101034.html
http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/most-ancient-hebrew-biblical-inscription-deciphered-28989.html
http://www.sciencecodex.com/most_ancient_hebrew_biblical_inscription_deciphered
http://esciencenews.com/articles/2010/01/07/most.ancient.hebrew.biblical.inscription.deciphered
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gM9Vz_GRfzYuxCKU
q0wGzBBZAg2Q
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20100107/tsc-archaeologists-claim-discovery-of-ol-c2ff8aa.html
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1141247.html
Semi-touristy thing on life during the Second Temple:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1261364468208&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
On climate change and Mesopotamia:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091215155954.htm
They've done a survey of Paphlagonia:
http://www.physorg.com/news180185776.html
Strange item on the 'jewishness' of Paul:
http://ideas.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/was-st-paul-a-jew/
Review of a book written by scholars of various faiths all about
Temple Mount:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1261364561768&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1139542
More on the antiquity of irrigation in the Jordan Valley:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091215155956.htm
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Did the Romans bring a healthy diet to Britain?:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/6942594/Did-the-Romans-introduce-Britain-to-a-healthy-diet.html
Feature on a Minoan shipwreck:
http://www.archaeology.org/1001/abstracts/minoan_shipwreck.html
The year in Bulgarian archeology:
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=111472
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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A new technique allows scientists to better analyze DNA from very early
skeletons and distinguish between ancient evidence and modern
contamination ... it was used on a 30 000 b.p. European:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8435317.stm
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2010/01/02/Ancient-DNA-distinguished-from-modern-DNA/UPI-12851262461842/
http://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-22249.html
http://www.physorg.com/news181466133.html
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-12/cp-ums122309.php
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091231164741.htm
A Bronze Age burial near Aberdeen suggests folks laid flowers at
the graves of their dead:
http://www.physorg.com/news180119116.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6815824/Flowers-found-in-Bronze-Age-grave.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/8412938.stm
http://www.physorg.com/news180119116.html
Not sure if we had this 'winter solstice feasts' at Stonehenge
story yet:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/dec/20/stonehenge-animal-bones-solstice-feast
Clumsy archaeologists have located Scandinavia's oldest and most
complex collection of iron forges:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091228124733.htm
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NORTH AMERICA
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Yale alums in the Gold Rush:
http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2009_11/oldyale2425.html
Essay on Colonial Yale:
http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/extras/demos.html
Feature on myths of the American Revolution:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Myths-of-the-American-Revolution.html
... and Dutch Americana:
Review of a couple of books on the U.S. Constitution:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/books/review/Liptak-t.html
More on caribou hunting sites under Lake Huron:
http://discovermagazine.com/2010/jan-feb/095
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Which came first ... bread or beer?:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,668642,00.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/weekinreview/03grist.html
A researcher has found the medieval text of a Jewish exorcism:
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=5324
http://www.physorg.com/news180186353.html
Archaeology Magazine's 'top ten' finds for 2009:
http://www.archaeology.org/1001/topten/
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=114836§ionid=351020105
Independent's 'greatest finds' list:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/greatest-finds-of-the-year-1860991.html
Feature on Sherlock Holmes:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/06/books/06holmes.html
The long history of anti-semitism:
http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2442710.ece/From_Roman_to_Third_Reich_anti-Semitism_has_long_history%0A
I can't believe it's still butter:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091216/wl_uk_afp/antarcticanzealandheritageoffbeat
... but what's in the airplane?:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/01/02/international/i053432S85.DTL&tsp=1
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iQZ45_E4XXLMPKFqaduKedXlG2ww
Preserving rare livestock:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/06/dining/06frozen.html
On the origins of Tidiness:
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/1218/3
... and skiing:
http://www.physorg.com/news180723430.html
... and the lowly (?) origins of many modern grape varieties:
http://www.physorg.com/news180366830.html
The annual item on languages in danger:
http://www.physorg.com/news179999981.html
Review of Kaeppler and Fleck, *James Cook and the Exploration
of the Pacific*:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/6834744/James-Cook-and-the-Exploration-of-the-Pacific-by-Adrienne-Kaeppler-and-Robert-Fleck-review.html
Review of *Baseball Americana*:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121511254
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Byblos:
http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/travel/03next.html
Boston:
http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/01/01/travel/escapes/01boston.html
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GENERAL MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS
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Biblical Archaeology Review (Jan/Feb 2010):
www.biblicalarchaeology.org
American Journal of Archaeology 114.1:
http://www.ajaonline.org/index.php?ptype=toc
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CRIME BEAT
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An arrest of a digger in Hebron:
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=252060
A number of old manuscripts were damaged when vandals set fire to the Etz
Hayyim
synagogue (Crete):
http://www.ansamed.info/en/greece/news/ME03.XAM14413.html
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on some coins from the Bar Kokhba Revolt:
http://www.archaeology.org/1001/etc/artifact.html
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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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From Ur's Royal Tombs:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703740004574513482277694674.html
Japan: Power and Splendour:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/arts/09iht-conway.html
Nice gift for the Israel Museum:
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/israel-museum-receives-12-million-gift/
A Chagall for the London Jewish Museum of Art:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/02/arts/design/02chagall.html
Not Bonnie Prince Charlie after all:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/6817863/Gallery-admits-portrait-is-not-Bonnie-Prince-Charlie.html
Some famous diamonds:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/fashion/07DIAMONDS.html
More on Jordan/Palestinians asking Canada to return the DSS:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/jordan-asks-canada-to-seize-dead-sea-scrolls/article1416369/
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1262339380979&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=251251
http://www.themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=27618
... and Canada said no:
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2010/01/03/scrolls-jordan-canada.html
... and the exhibition is over and sparking retrospective commentary now:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/scroll-exhibit-closes-amid-controversy/article1417846/
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=35520
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PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED
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The Young Victoria:
http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/movies/18young.html
1492:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/jan/07/reel-history-1492-conquest-of-paradise
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DON'T EAT THAT ELMER (A.K.A. CVM GRANO SALIS)
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Claims of Atlantis in the Caribbean (again):
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/16/archaeologists-claim-they_n_394240.html
http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/europe/Lost-city-of-Atlantis-found/Article1-487941.aspx
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2. Pictish: throne built as part of new research project
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8380610.stm
A throne built to a design used by the ancient Picts has gone on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
The seat was created by master furniture maker Adrian McCurdy who drew inspiration from stone carvings.
It was commissioned by distillers Glenmorangie and National Museums Scotland (NMS).
The Picts dominated Scotland north of the Firth of Clyde from the 4th to the 9th centuries AD.
Their symbol stones continue to intrigue historians.
The throne is part of a wider project investigating Scotland's early history.
3. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 12.39
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@GMAIL.COM>
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explorator 12.39 January 17, 2010
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AFRICA
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More on that Taharqa statue from the Sudan:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100111/lf_nm_life/us_sudan_archaeology_1
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Not sure if we've mentioned this reconstruction project before -
a boat which may have sailed to Punt during the time of
Hatshepsut (this is hype for a television program plus some
additional info):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pq9gs
http://mailer.fsu.edu/~cward/Egyptmain.htm
cf:
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2010/01/11/boston_university_archeologists_digs_uncover_clues_to_egyptian_mariners/?page=2
A neolithic building (and other interesting stuff) from Tel
Aviv:
http://www.dailypress.com/news/sns-ap-ml-israel-ancient-building,0,622406.story
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/135456
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1141836.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100111/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_ancient_building_4
http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/41053/prehistoric-building-found-in-tel-aviv
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1807790/ancient_city_unearthed_in_israel/index.html?source=r_science
http://www.antiquities.org.il/about_eng.asp?Modul_id=14
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/90874/6865666.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34807227/ns/technology_and_science-science/
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=atnxsd9a4fPc
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/11/world/AP-ML-Israel-Ancient-Building.html
http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3832450,00.html
http://www.physorg.com/news182411439.html
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hzi-gJYZv1_jtqZA7vnPJZvatyzg
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122449828
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=35595
Recent finds from Palmyra:
http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/201001124343/Travel/syria-important-archaeological-findings-in-the-ancient-palmyra.html
http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/201001124343/Travel/syria-important-archaeological-findings-in-the-ancient-palmyra.html
Feature on the Temple of Hadad at Aleppo:
http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/201001094300/Culture/archaeological-findings-temple-of-hadad-in-aleppo-citadel-sheds-light-on-important-periods.html
This seems to be about a Phoenician shipwreck off Spain:
http://www.theleader.info/article/21305/spain/costa-calida/treasure-found-off-la-manga/
They're erasing all the Judaic imagery from Ezekiel's tomb (!):
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1263147896786&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Sanhedrin tombs are apparently suffering from neglect:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1142502.html
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2010/981/eg2.htm
Interesting item on Josephus as a 'Zionist':
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1142731.html
... and a possibly-related feature on Lisa Ullmann and her
translation of Josephus:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1141087
More on that earliest Hebrew writing:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34880397/ns/technology_and_science-science/
More on the medicinal qualities of Egyptian eyeliner:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100114-cleopatra-eye-makeup-ancient-egyptians/
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/3233/eye-make-ancient-egypt-was-antimicrobial
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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... and a feature on Spartacus:
http://socialistworker.org/2010/01/15/who-was-spartacus
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Interesting finds from some pre-Roman burials found during
preliminary digs prior to gas-storage-facility construction at
Caythorpe:
http://www.huttoncranswicktoday.co.uk/736/East-Yorkshire-gas-storage-facility.5971733.jp
A prehistoric arrowhead of some sort found in the garden of a
ruined schoolhouse in Scotland:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8461919.stm
A Seahenge update:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/8453606.stm
http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/edp24/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=xDefault&itemid=NOED11%20Jan%202010%2017%3A07%3A18%3A290
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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On the role of Iberian horses in equine domestication:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100107114431.htm
Plant domestication is linked to having a stable climate:
http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=65852&CultureCode=en
... and the role of the Bering Strait in climate:
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2010/111/2
Do monkeys talk?:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/science/12monkey.html
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Syria (with the author doing a Zahi Hawass imitation):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2010/jan/09/syria-dead-cities-byzantine-archaeology
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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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Jordan is now petitioning the UN to get the DSS returned:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=35637
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1263147883720&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
http://www.canada.com/news/world/Jordan+wants+Dead+Scrolls+back+from+Israel/2428668/story.html
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j4Lm1ed__c-wKiQ_t-9Af70OIMSw
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/14/world/AP-ML-Jordan-Dead-Sea-Scrolls.html
http://www.thejc.com/news/world-news/26014/pa-claims-dead-sea-scrolls
... and related responses:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/178663
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DON'T EAT THAT ELMER (A.K.A. CVM GRANO SALIS)
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Personally I think folks look for Atlantis around the Bahamas
because of the weather:
http://www.standard.net/topics/sports/2010/01/10/divers-seeking-lost-continent-atlantis-bahamas
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