BHR-42
Brit-Am Historical Reports
29 June 2010 17 Tammuz 5770
Contents:
1. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 13.09
2. Possible Hyksos Capital:
Ancient Egyptian city located in Nile Delta by radar
3. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 13.10
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1. Archaeology: Brit-Am version of explorator 13.09
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
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EARLY HUMANS
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On Neanderthals being ancestors of modern humans (again):
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/neanderthals-may-be-ancestors-of-modern-humans-scientist-says/article658149/
... and an opeddish sort of thing on the same topic:
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/11/kissing-cousins/
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Feature on Hershel Shanks:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/world/middleeast/17iht-letter.html
Another dig in Israel (near Jaffa), another protest/vandalism:
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/vandals-deface-jaffa-archaeological-site-ultra-orthodox-protest-nearby-1.296201
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2010/06/16/Hundreds-protest-archaeological-dig/UPI-24331276693061/
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/06/16/2739638/haredi-riot-in-jaffa-over-excavations
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3906405,00.html
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/General+News/62188/Chareidim-Suspect-in-Vandalism-Attack-against-Antiquities-Site.html
Interview with Yval Gadot about Ramat Rachel (two parts):
http://www.foundationstone.org/LandMinds10/files/June16Landminds1-lr.mp3
http://www.foundationstone.org/LandMinds10/files/June16Landminds2-lr.mp3
Interview with Itzik Shai and Joe Uziel about Tel Burna (two parts):
http://www.foundationstone.org/LandMinds10/files/June02Land3-lr.mp3
http://www.foundationstone.org/LandMinds10/files/June02Land4-lr.mp3
... and the Tel Burna project has an excavation blog:
http://telburna.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/first-day-of-the-2010-season/
More on Jewish genomes:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/science/10jews.html
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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A Phoenician palace/administrative centre has been found at Idalion:
http://www.famagusta-gazette.com/link.asp?twindow=Default&smenu=69&sdetail=10650&mad=No&wpage=&skeyword=&sidate=
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINTRE65H2W520100618
http://www.isria.com/pages/18_June_2010_161.php
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_cyprus_phoenicians_garisson
Why Plutarch matters (possibly a repeat):
http://www.benningtonbanner.com/opinion/ci_15264482
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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The Stonehenge visitors' centre saga goes on and on and on and on:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/10343945.stm
http://www.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1098705
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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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Evidence of human sacrifice from a complex in China?:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/06/photogalleries/100615-human-sacrifice-china-tombs-science-archaeology-pictures/?now=2010-06-15-00:01
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NORTH AMERICA
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Latest theory has two separate groups colonizing the Americas:
http://www.physorg.com/news195759989.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100614/sc_afp/scienceusanthropologyasia_20100614225117
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/329203,americas-new-study-shows.html
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0011105
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20100614/tsc-skulls-show-new-world-was-settled-tw-e123fef.html
cf:
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/328/5984/1344
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/328/5984/1346
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/328/5984/1347
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Very interesting feature on some famous art forgeries:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-features/7824999/Art-forgeries-does-it-matter-if-you-cant-spot-an-original.html
... in a similar vein, how the National Gallery spots fakes and the
like:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2010/jun/20/national-gallery-restoration-science
A very interesting diary of someone who attended Napoleon in exile:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1287169/Defeated-exile-Napoleon-dreamed-beating-Britain.html
A French engineer has saved some interesting art he found while
restoring a house in Damascus:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=38733
Isaac Newton's alchemist side:
http://www.physorg.com/news195754126.html
The Human Phenome Project:
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/the-human-phenome-project/
A bit out of our time period, but an interesting account of Churchill's
'finest hour' speech:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/18/world/europe/18churchhill.html
Some Gallipoli shipwrecks:
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/7428027/divers-discover-gallipoli-wrecks/
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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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Pioneers of the Past:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703561604575282343365922152.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines
Captivating Characters in World Mythology:
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/96258824.html
Arabian Horses:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE65H1PY20100618
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PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED
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Merchant of Venice/Winter's Tale:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/theater/13repertory.html
Historical musical arrangements:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/arts/music/13arrange.html
2. Possible Hyksos Captial:
Ancient Egyptian city located in Nile Delta by radar
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/10367930.stm
Radar imaging shows the outlines of the ancient city's streets and houses
An ancient Egyptian city believed to be Avaris, the capital of the Hyksos people who ruled 3,500 years ago, has been located by radar, Egypt's culture ministry says.
A team of Austrian archaeologists used radar imaging to find the underground outlines of the city in the Nile Delta, a now densely populated area.
The Hyksos were foreign occupiers from Asia who ruled Egypt for a century.
Avaris was their summer capital, near what is now the town of Tal al-Dabaa.
The radar images show the outlines of streets and houses underneath the green farm fields and modern towns in Egypt's Delta.
Egyptian antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said in a statement that the area could be part of Avaris, the summer capital of the Hyksos who ruled Egypt from 1664-1569 BC, during the 15th Dynasty.
"The pictures taken using radar [imaging] show an underground city complete with streets, houses and tombs which gives a general overview of the urban planning of the city," Dr Hawass said in a statement.
Irene Mueller, who heads the Austrian team, said the main purpose of the project had been to determine how far the underground city extended.
"The aim of the geophysical survey was to identify the size of the ancient city and the mission managed to identify a large number of houses and streets and a port inside the city," she said.
"The mission also identified one of the Nile river tributaries that passed through the city, as well as two islands," she was quoted as saying in the statement
3. Archaeology: Brit-Am version of Explorator 13.10
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
Subject: [Explorator] explorator 13.10
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Plenty of coverage of a story about radar imaging being used
to determine the extent of a Hyskos town beneath Tel al-Dabaa:
http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=38809
http://www.physorg.com/news196314761.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/world/middle_east/10367930.stm
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/middle-east/3834308/Radar-reveals-ancient-city
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10653530&ref=rss
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/138198
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/7037388.html
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptian-town-found-using-radar.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/21/radar-imaging-egyptian-underground-city
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gmlqUI9TuQVibcJRjc95USQoWAwgD9GF25301
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100620/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt_antiquities
... and women in ancient Egypt:
http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=7&id=21409
There appears to be some controversy about the DNA tests that were
done to determine Tut's relatives:
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/303/24/2471?rss=1
Plans for a Western Wall museum threaten some Roman remains:
http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/western-wall-museum-plans-threaten-roman-relics-archaeologists-warn-1.298567
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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More on that Phoenician fort from Cyprus:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012171583_apeucyprusphoenicianfort.html?syndication=rss
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/06/21/archaeologists-cyprus-uncover-barracks-belonging-year-old-phoenician-fort/
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=116311
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/diggers-discover-phoenician-garrison-idalion/20100619
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NORTH AMERICA
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A 112 years b.p. shipwreck find from Lake Michigan:
http://www.twincities.com/ci_15365893?nclick_check=1
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-wi-shipwreckdiscover,0,6192895.story
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=11003886
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100625/ap_on_re_us/us_shipwreck_discovered_wis
http://www.ship-wreck.com/shipwreck/doty/
Latest cra**y evidence that megafauna in North America weren't
killed off by a comet:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/06/100622-science-environment-wildfires-cooling-ice-age-extinctions/
On black Republicans in congress:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/26/us/politics/26scottbox.html
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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The annual coverage of Solstice happenings at Stonehenge:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012168193_apeubritainsolstice.html?syndication=rss
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/06/20/new-agers-neo-pagans-descend-stonehenge-celebrate-summer-solstice/
http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/longest-day-of-the-year-solstice-at-stonehenge-32919.php
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100621/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_solstice_5
http://www.news24.com/World/News/1000s-descend-on-Stonehenge-20100621
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37821183/ns/technology_and_science-science/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/wiltshire/hi/front_page/newsid_8750000/8750983.stm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/uknews/7843018/The-Summer-Solstice-at-Stonehenge-in-pictures.html(slideshow)
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100621.html (APOD)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127980228
... and an item on how ancient folks celebrated the Solstice:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37767279/ns/technology_and_science-science/
http://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-130855.html
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