BHR-30
Brit-Am Historical Reports
15 February 2010 1 Adar 5770
Contents:
1. Did Homer Know of America?
2. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 12.42
3. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 12.43
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1. Did Homer Know of America?
http://wapedia.mobi/en/Geography_of_the_Odyssey
Plutarch agrees with Strabo on the location of Calypso's island of Ogygia in the Atlantic, and specifically west of Britain. [20] He also repeats what Plato had described as a continent on the opposite side of the Atlantic, [21] and he adds that from this continent Ogygia was about 900 km distant. Plutarch's account of Ogygia has created a lot of controversy as to whether he was referring to a real or a mythical place. Kepler in his 'Kepleri Astronomi Opera Omnia' estimated that 'the great continent' was America and attempted to locate Ogygia and the surrounding islands. G. Mair in 1909 proposed that the knowledge of America came from Carthaginian sailors who had reached the Gulf of Mexico. Hamilton in 1934 indicated the similarities of Plutarch's account and Plato's location of Atlantis on the Timaeus, 24E - 25A. [22]
2. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 12.42
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
Subject: [Explorator] explorator 12.42
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explorator 12.42 February 7, 2010
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Feature on ancient Egyptian sports:
http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp'section=7&id=19762
Finds from various periods from Syria's Hasska province:
http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/201002064686/Travel/archaeological-findings-cuneiform-tablets-seals-and-tombs-unearthed-in-syria.html
... and three cemeteries from Southern Syria too:
http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/201002054680/Related-news-from-Syria/4-thousand-year-archaeological-cemeteries-discovered-in-syria.html
Interview with Donny George:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Radio/News.aspx/1904
An interview with Aaron Demsky on matters onomastic:
http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c228_a17804/Special_Sections/Text_Context.html
A couple of items on the political side of archaeology in the
City of David area:
http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,64098268001_1957917,00.html(video)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8480304.stm
Not quite sure what to make of this (rather dated) report
suggesting a DNA connection between the Mizo people and one
of Israel's lost tribes:
http://farshores.org/a04mizo.htm
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Evidence that Stonehenge was surrounded by hedges:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/04/stonehenge-hedge-discovery
A long-lost theory on Silbury Hill has been rediscovered:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/8495004.stm
http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/4884791.Long_lost_theory_on_Silbury_Hill_is_uncovered/
Interesting addition to the site of Bannockburn:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article7017170.ece
A number of underwater sites have been identified off the UK's
North East coast:
http://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/features/Hidden-Wrecks-Revealed.4926218.jp
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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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A 2000 years b.p. burial from easter Mongolia has 'western'
ancestry:
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/mongolian-tomb-western-skeleton.html
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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The founders of British obstetrics weren't very nice people:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/07/british-obstetrics-founders-murders-claim
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Turkey's Top 10:
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-200809-117-turkeys-top-10-archaeological-sites.html
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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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1001 Inventions:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/feb/01/islamic-science
3. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 12.43
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
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explorator 12.42 February 14, 2010
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EARLY HUMANS
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On the Neanderthal front this week, the big question is about the
ethics of cloning them (!):
http://www.archaeology.org/1003/etc/neanderthals.html
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/02/10/scientists-clone-neanderthals
http://scienceblogs.com/gnxp/2010/02/the_rise_of_the_neo-neandertal.php
http://www.physorg.com/news185091636.html
On the antiquity of the steak dinner (apparently):
http://news.discovery.com/animals/earliest-bull-beef-fossil.html
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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A report of 27 cuneiform tablets being found in Syria:
http://www.littleabout.com/news/67161,27-cuneiform-tablets-2500-bc-unearthed-syria.html
http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/201002064686/Travel/archaeological-findings-cuneiform-tablets-seals-and-tombs-unearthed-in-syria.html
Overviewish thing on recent finds in Damascus:
http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/201002094718/Travel/archaeological-discoveries-in-damascus-show-depth-and-diversity-of-civilizations.html
Plenty of attention for a Byzantine street find in Jerusalem
(made via an ancient 'map'):
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx'id=168385
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi'f=/n/a/2010/02/10/international/i031932S77.DTL
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/90873/6893257.html
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/technology/6801154/archeologists-uncover-ancient-jerusalem-street/
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/11/jerusalem.ancient.road.discovery/
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Israel+beyond+politics/Main-road-from-the-Byzantine-period-exposed-10-Feb-2010.htm'DisplayMode=print
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1148845.html
http://content.usatoday.net/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx'cId=azcentral&sParam=32767165.story
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/culture/2010-02/10/c_13171507.htm
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i-XVFM5d0-lH5KKC2d3ySM4x9_7AD9DP9CG03
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/byzantine-street-jerusalem-old-city.html
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100210/science/science_ml_israel_ancient_street_1
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20100210/tsc-archaeologists-find-1-500-year-old-j-c2ff8aa.html
http://www.physorg.com/news185028452.html
http://www.antiquities.org.il/about_eng.asp'Modul_id=14
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/135956
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gtUeR8Y4IddYBj5Jc0DPVdSNvSAw
http://www.ottawasun.com/news/world/2010/02/10/12820361.html
On the problems associated with Jerusalem's Old City walls:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml'itemNo=1149348
... and the latest on the Mughrabi Ramp dispute:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/180007
Dr Leen Ritmeyer's Blog:
http://blog.ritmeyer.com/
Paleojudaica:
http://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Reviews of Mason, *The Lost Books of the Odyssey*:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/books/review/Mansbach-t.html
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/84162797.html
... cf a profile of Mason:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/books/10mason.html
Review of Mason's tome and Malouf's *Ransom*:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703630404575053752560289226.html
... and a related 'Virgil Strikes Back' piece:
http://papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/virgil-strikes-back/
Visit our blog:
http://rogueclassicism.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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DNA tests on a 4000 years b.p. man from Greenland suggest he had
(among other things) baldness issues:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php'storyId=123567603&ft=1&f=1007
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/science/11genome.html
http://www.twincities.com/national/ci_14373472
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/technology/6788829/ancient-greenland-gene-map-has-a-surprise/
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sc/us_sci_ancient_dna
http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre6195h7-us-human-genes/
... while some coverage is emphasizing the implications of this for
new world migration:
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/56213/title/Ancient_DNA_points_to_additional_New_World_migration
http://www.usnews.com/articles/science/2010/2/11/ancient-dna-points-to-additional-new-world-migration.html's_cid=rss:ancient-dna-points-to-additional-new-world-migration
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8506080.stm
http://www.physorg.com/news185026955.html
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20100210/tsc-go-east-young-man-greenland-was-colo-c2ff8aa.html
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php'storyId=123567603
http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php'storyId=123567603
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/science/11genome.html
A Bronze Age shipwreck off the Devon coast:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/archeology/7228108/Bronze-Age-shipwreck-found-off-Devon-coast.html
Latest facial recreation is a Mary Rose crewman:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/8508258.stm
More on Stonehenge 'hedge':
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/02/100211-stonehenge-stonehedge-secret-rituals/
... and the latest salvo fired at the visitors centre:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/feb/07/stonehenge-city-garden-visitor-centre
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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New Zealand Archaeology eNews:
http://www.nzarchaeology.org/netsubnews.htm
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NORTH AMERICA
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Do the carvings in the 'scorpion tree' (California) have some
astronomical significance':
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1960661,00.html'utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+time%2Fnation+%28TIME%3A+Top+Nation+Stories%29
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/ancient-tree-carving-points-to-the-stars.html
Theory that the 'rush for meteoric iron' spurred Inuit migration:
http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Rush+iron+spurred+Inuit+ancestors+sprint+across+Arctic+book+contends/2538167/story.html
Challenge to the report that that mound in Alabama is 'natural':
http://annistonstar.com/bookmark/5852068
Study on racial discrimination in Union Army pensions:
http://www.physorg.com/news185041820.html
Folks might be interested in the 'Faces of America' tv series:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/arts/television/10faces.html
Pondering the faith of the Founding Fathers:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/magazine/14texbooks-t.html
Bill O'Reilly is working on a biography of Lincoln:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/02/11/arts/AP-US-Books-Bill-OReilly.html
More on turkey domestication:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/science/09obgobble.html
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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A pre-Panama-canal link between Atlantic and Pacific':
http://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-50538.html
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Why humans walk 'flat-footed':
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100212/sc_livescience/whyhumanswalkflatfooted
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7213423/We-evolved-to-walk-on-heels-in-order-to-save-energy-while-out-hunter-gathering.html
... although you might want to try an 1881 chocolate caramel recipe
on this chocolate infested day:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/magazine/14food-t-000.html
Whence dat' Whence dat' Whence the fleur-de-lys'
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/sports/football/07fleurdelis.html
On the expansion of AP tests:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/education/11college.html
A new rc calibration curve:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-02/qub-qhp021110.php
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100211111549.htm
Review of Jerry Muller, *Capitalism and the Jews*:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/books/review/Rampell-t.html
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Turkey's Ancient Sites:
http://www.sundayszaman.com/sunday/detaylar.do'load=detay&link=201449
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