Ephraimite Forum-66
Date: 18/June/08 15th Sivan 5768
Contents:
1. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 11.8
2.GRAVEDIGGER UNCOVERS RARE PICTISH STONE IN SHETLAND
3. ads4israel

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1. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 11.8
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>

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explorator 11.8 June 15, 2008
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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I think we mentioned this DNA-lab-for-analysis-of-mummies lab in Egypta long time ago:

http://tinyurl.com/56stc4
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Also on the prehistoric front, we have one of those why-didn't-anyone-notice-before things from Sweden:

http://www.thelocal.se/12344/20080610/
A significant Elizabethan shipwreck:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7446423.stm
Big article on the mysteries of Stonehenge:

http://tinyurl.com/6lf4pd (ToL)
... and one on the age of the Great Stonehenge Cursus:

http://
www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=71714
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080610095001.htm
An Iron Age settlement at Seaton Burn:

http://tinyurl.com/45kylyhttp://www.newspostleader.co.uk/
latest/Iron-age-settlement-unearthed-at.4173655.jp

Review of Christopher Duggan, *The Force of Destiny*

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/
arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article4065612.ece
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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Ancient hindu temples are claimed to have had 'musical pillars':

http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=73015
Finds from various periods in Pakistan:

http://www.karachinews.net/story/369175
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NORTH AMERICA
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Jefferson Davis' home has been restored:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20080602/
ap_tr_ge/travel_trip_katrina_historic_home

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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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The idea of a 'pure' Scandinavian race has been challenged:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-06/
uoc-nrr060908.phphttp://tinyurl.com/637cyn (Telegraph) http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080609172919.htm
Haven't heard of lasers being used in this way before:

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/
story/0,21985,23851320-5005961,00.html
Feature/reviewish thing on Heinrich Heine:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/11/books/11eder.html
... and one on a 150-year-old map of Central Park:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/12/nyregion/12central.html
Gotta include the unicorn find story:

http://tinyurl.com/6ogmvh (Telegraph) http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/
20080613/hl_time/abriefhistoryoftheunicorn
Astronomers have confirmed Tycho Brahe's supernova observation:

http://tinyurl.com/5vrr7j (CSM)
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Delphi:

http://www.tribuneindia.com/
2008/20080615/spectrum/main3.htm
Persepolis:

http://www.explorehoward.com/events-entertainment/
9245/majestic-persepolis-exhibits-strength-persia/
Lycian Way:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/
2008/jun/15/turkey.walkingholidays
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DIG DIARIES/BLOGS
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Tel Dan:

http://teldan.wordpress.com/

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CRIME BEAT
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Some porcelain in the British Museum has been ruled to be Nazi loot:

http://tinyurl.com/5umldp (Telegraph)
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NUMISMATICA
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Some Celtic coins found in Kent fetched a nice price:

http://tinyurl.com/3qu4mv (24dash) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
uk_news/england/kent/7449175.stm
A Scottish gold coin was found in a dig in Newfoundland:

http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=143931&sc=79
Ancient Coin Collecting:

http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/
Ancient Coins:

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/
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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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Van Gogh:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/13/arts/design/13voge.html
Isaiah Scroll:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/126461
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1212659685025&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

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PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED
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Macbeth:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/11/theater/11macbeth.html
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ON THE WEB
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The Megiddo Expedition:

http://megiddo.tau.ac.il/

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2. GRAVEDIGGER UNCOVERS RARE PICTISH STONE IN SHETLAND
By Caroline Lewis 06/06/2008
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART58108.html
Article with pictures.
Chris Patenaude on the [epigraphy] list suggests that dog-like face
on the second picture represents Anubis the Egyptian god of the dead.
He refers to it as:
## Dog headed mask = Mithraic acknowledgement to Anubis as celebrated in Gaelic traditions.
A known Guide and Mentor to the passing ghosts from this world to the next.##

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