Ephraimite Forum-67
Date: 30/June/08 27th Sivan 5768
Contents:
1. Archaeology: Brit-Am version of Explorator 11.9
2. Audio: Hebron Singer Shalev Ben Ya'akov Live in Studio
3. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 11.10

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1. Archaeology: Brit-Am version of Explorator 11.9
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:18:58 -0400
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
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explorator 11.9 June 22, 2008
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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DNA analysis confirms that the wheat found at Catal Houyuk is
likely the oldest:

http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=75939

They're using a laser to scan/map Djoser's pyramid:

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/902/he2.htm

Some coils of Egyptian rope have been found in a cave
near the Red Sea:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/06/20/rope-cave-egyptian.html

A hitherto unknown type of Achaemenid architecture at Gachsaran:

http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2008/June2008/15-06-a.htm


Strange stone 'piles' found as Lake Kinneret recedes:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=993351

More coverage of the 'Methuselah date palm':

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/
17/science/17obseed.html
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/health_science/
20080616_2_000_years_later_.html

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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They've figured out the course of a 'lost' Roman road in the UK:

http://tinyurl.com/64gffk (Examiner)

If you have access to Nature, there's an article on the Phaistos
disk:

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/
v453/n7198/pdf/453990a.pdf

More coverage of the Argo recreation:

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/
2008/6/15/apworld/20080615085409&sec=apworld


Visit our blog:

http://www.atrium-media.com/rogueclassicism

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Neolithic remains near Wrexham:

http://www.wrexhamleader.co.uk/news/
Neolithic-camp-found-at-Wrexham.4195472.jp

Jewellery found near the Temple of the Sun at Sliven:

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=94294

Some 400 b.p. ship remains found during construction in Oslo:

http://it.moldova.org/stiri/eng/128103/
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2490292.ece

Coverage of Solstice activities at Stonehenge:

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1816945,00.html
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/244808.php
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/21/
stonehenge.dawn.ap/index.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/in_pictures/7467239.stm
http://news.mobile.msn.com/en-us/articles.
aspx?aid=25290019&afid=1

Nice feature/interview about a bog man from Ireland:

http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/2272392.htm

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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Lake sediments provide documentary history of mining and metal
use in China:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616092214.htm

Pondering how much Aborigine's ways of life have changed over
time:

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/19/2279784.htm

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NORTH AMERICA
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Very interesting 'fortified village' found near Cluny (Alberta):

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-06/uoc-afo061808.php
http://www.physorg.com/news133082175.html
http://tinyurl.com/5tm8cx (CTV)

Another DNA match for 'Long Ago Person Found':

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/439738.html
http://newsminer.com/news/2008/jun/16/
juneau-woman-related-ancient-hunter/
http://www.ktva.com/alaskanews/ci_9606730

A dig in PEI is giving info about the Acadians' trade activities:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/06/17/acadia-dig.html

Recent finds at the Seguin site:

http://seguingazette.com/story.lasso?ewcd=f83524cbff5c5845

They're looking for John Paul Jones' shipwreck again:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/jun/16/usa

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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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The history (and demise?) of the semicolon:

http://www.slate.com/id/2194087/

Some flags/banners from the Battle of Waterloo have been found:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/
south_of_scotland/7458741.stm


They've decided 'Rembrandt Laughing' is a self portrait:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/
ap_on_en_ot/art_rembrandt_laughing
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/20
/arts/design/20arts-AREMBRANDTRE_BRF.html

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Tzipori:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?
cid=1212659719039&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull


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DIG DIARIES/BLOGS
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Tel Dan:

http://teldan.wordpress.com/


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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on the Welsh branch of the Royal Mint:

http://tinyurl.com/6ejk4d

More on that gold coin from the Colony of Avalon dig:

http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=143931&sc=79
http://tinyurl.com/6gx3ns

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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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Hadrian:

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/whatson/results.asp?id=933


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OBITUARIES
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John T. Quinn (Classicist):

http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/x1165649031/
Hope-professor-dies-while-jogging
http://www.grandhaventribune.com/paid/295903789883845.bsp
http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/
base/news-42/1213967722258061.xml
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PODCASTS
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Stone Pages Archaeology News:

http://news.stonepages.com/

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Useful Addresses
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Yahoo site:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Explorator/

To subscribe to Explorator, send a blank email message to:

Explorator-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

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2. Audio: Hebron Singer Shalev Ben Ya'akov Live in Studio
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/126620

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3. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 11.10
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
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explorator 11.10 June 29, 2008
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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The Naked Archaeologist turns his attention
to Sodom and Gomorrah:

http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/
story.html?id=c7339c1f-75b3-471c-bc0b-d0d62c2187b1

More coverage of that Egyptian rope find:

http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=76238

More coverage of the Saar temple theory:

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?
Article=220908&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=31094

More coverage of the impending display of the Cyrus Cylinder
in Iran (techically it isn't 'returning'):

http://www.radiojavan.com/news/2008/06/
18/Cyrus-Cylinder-Returning-To-Iran

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Plenty of coverage of a theory correlating astronomy with the
date of Odysseus' return:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/
2008/06/080623-homer-eclipse.html
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/
06/24/Homerstudy.ap/index.html
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/
story.cfm?c_id=359&objectid=10518190
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/
20080623-1709-sci-odysseydated.html
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/
nationworld/2008013891_odyssey24.html
http://tinyurl.com/5oogqt (Independent)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080624/
ap_on_sc/sci_odyssey_dated_4
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/
jun/24/spaceexploration.sciencenews
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=
homers-odyssey-may-document-eclipse
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/science/24home.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25337041/
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080623175435.htm
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/
world/us_and_americas/article4200965.ece
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/26/healthscience/snastro.php
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/06/24/
can-an-eclipse-really-help-us-date-events-in-greek-mythology
http://www.agencia.fapesp.br/boletim_dentro.php?id=9023

... the journal article itself is now available:

http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/0803317105v1

... and a group is trying to redate Caesar's invasion of Britain:

http://www.txstate.edu/news/news_releases/
news_archive/2008/06/Caesar062308.html
http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/
2008/06/look_to_the_ancient_skies.html
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/21410774.html
http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/local/local_story_177113648.html

A Thracian 'doctor' burial:

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=f1645

Global warming threatens Scythian mummies:

http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jul/
25-frozen-siberian-mummies-reveal-a-lost-civilization

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Paris has had humans occupying it for much longer than previously
thought:

http://tinyurl.com/5mrhvm (Independent)
http://www.andhranews.net/Technology/2008/
June/27-Paris-years-older-51466.asp


An 'arab' was found in a Danish Iron Age burial:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/
2008/06/080624-arab-dane.html

Thousands of burials in London have been mapped:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article4228215.ece


Items from a recent excavation of a Viking boat burial are going on
display in Sweden:

http://tinyurl.com/4btvhw

Not sure if we've mentioned this Viking ship recreation yet:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/raiders-vikings.html

... while this one needs restoration:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/
chi-viking-ship_both_26jun26,0,7484116.story

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NORTH AMERICA
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Can Inuit oral stories shed light on the fate of the Franklin expedition?:

http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/story.html?
id=42e42606-a3a0-429d-be43-47a78378edc2

Clues to pioneer diet in Quebec:

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/
story.html?id=766c680b-d6ef-4f2d-a5ba-eef74cce54d0

More coverage of DNA matches to 'Long Ago Person Found':

http://www.capitalcityweekly.com/stories/
062508/news_20080625005.shtml
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Ancient maize varieties:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-06/asop-amm062308.php
http://www.physorg.com/news133663767.html

Rethinking Maya migrations:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/
columnist/vergano/2008-06-22-maya-kiuic_N.htm

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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Some old tomes belonging to Iraq's Jewish community have turned
up in Israel:

http://www.metimes.com/Politics/2008/06/27/
rare_iraqi_jewish_books_surface_in_israel/afp/

Copying biblical texts may have been harmful to monks' health:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/
06/27/poison-monks-mercury.html

Microscopic organisms threaten monuments around the world:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/
24/healthscience/24micr.php

Chemical fingerprints of volcanic eruptions and their implications:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/
2008/06/080624124308.htm

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Egypt:

http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700238123,00.html
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DIG DIARIES/BLOGS
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[please send in suggestions! current digs only please!]

Tel Kadesh (new!):

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/kelseymuseum.digdiary/read_our_blog

Tel Dan:

http://teldan.wordpress.com/

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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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Excavating Egypt:

http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=24892

Babylon: Myth and Reality:

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,3440815,00.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=
20601088&sid=aYog2rCe6MWk&refer=muse
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?
int_sec=11&int_new=24896&int_modo=1

Dead Sea Scrolls:

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1123440.html

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